Stéphane Horel

Stéphane Horel is a French journalist and documentary filmmaker born in 1976. A contributor to Le Monde, she has conducted several investigations into conflicts of interest and lobbies. A graduate of the Centre de formation des journalistes (CFJ) in 1999, she worked in various editorial offices of the written press (Le Monde, AOC, Le Vrai Papier Journal, Le Canard enchaîné) and for television channels (Arte, France 5) before devoting most of her time to independent investigations. An investigative journalist, she writes in particular about the influence of private interests on the general interest, conflicts of interest and lobbying. According to her, "lobbies have become essential players in democratic life despite any electoral legitimacy". She shows that the European Commission sometimes copies texts written by lobbies. Regulatory actors believe themselves to be immune to lobbying and attempts to influence industrialists, who in turn play on their naivety. Her work on lobbying b...