ABC will never touch this one

The French have been accused of having no humor before but this is ridiculous. State-owned Electricité de France has scheduled a disciplinary hearing for a part-time economist who wrote a book poking fun at French office life.

In chapters bearing titles such as "The Cretins Who Sit Next To You", "The Dice Are Loaded Against You", "Business Culture: My Arse!" and "Why You Lose Nothing By Resigning", Ms Maier rages at the hypocrisy of big French companies.

She describes how middle managers who have no strings to pull fail to win promotion to senior positions that she sees as monopolised by well-connected alumni of the elite grandes écoles.

Sounds like someone ought to get a sense of humor.
Is being insuffienctly respectful a crime for French citizens now? Or does that only apply to the U.S.?