FRENCH communist newspaper L’Humanite was fighting for its survival yesterday, launching a campaign to save itself from liquidation after 115 years of publication.

The newspaper, which was founded by socialist Jean Jaures in 1904, said it was putting itself “in the hands of the people” as it appealed for help in raising the funds needed to stave off a potential bankruptcy order which could close the paper down. 

L’Humanite’s director Patrick Le Hyaric, also a French Communist Party (PCF) member of the European Parliament (MEP), launched a major drive to save the newspaper in Monday’s edition, calling on supporters to help with “no bank willing to work alongside us.”