Léa Salamé and Gilles Bouleau for the between-two-rounds debate – The HuffPost

via Associated PressHere’s what the inter-round debate plateau looked like in 2017. POLITICS – It’s official. After several days of negotiations, we finally know the names of the two facilitators who will be responsible for leading the debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. This is Léa Salamé and Gilles Bouleau. The identity of the pair must be officially formalized during this Thursday, April 14, announces an article in Le Monde this same Thursday. The two journalists thus replace Nathalie Saint-Cricq and Christophe Jakubyszyn. The debate will take place on Wednesday April 20. “This duo was proposed by TF1 and France 2 on Sunday evening to the two candidates, indicates the director of information for France Télévisions, Laurent Guimier, to the national daily. We did not propose Anne-Sophie Lapix. My choice fell on Léa Salamé because she hosts our political programs.” For several days, the name of Anne-Sophie Lapix has been coming back a lot. And for good reason, Jordan Bardella, right arm of Marine Le Pen, explained that the candidate of the National Rally did not want a debate organized by the journalist. According to the representative of the far-right party, Anne-Sophie Lapix “cannot hide her hostility towards Marine Le Pen”. Change of directorIn reality, it is not only in front of her that Anne-Sophie Lapix shows tenacity. The government was able to see this during the health crisis, in particular with an eventful interview with Prime Minister Édouard Philippe on March 17, 2020, the day after the announcement of the first confinement. Anne Hidalgo, also, in January 2022. Xavier Bertrand, again, at the end of 2021. According to Le Monde, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen do have a weight in the reflection around the debate. Marine Le Pen, for example, wants to “renew the genre”, as explained by Thierry Thuillier, news director at TF1. Result: The director of the 2017 show was replaced. Tristan Carné had been accused of having ridiculed the politician, showing her on several occasions rummaging through her files. See also on The HuffPost: All those times Anne-Sophie Lapix did her job in the face of politics