If Anne-Sophie Lapix was persona non grata to animate the debate between two rounds, the star journalist of France 2 was well in charge of the first round and the second round of the presidential elections, sharing his mission with Laurent Delahousse. The presenter of the 8 p.m. television news made her political guests react to the victory of Emmanuel Macron, re-enlisting for a new term as President of the Republic. He indeed beat Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally, with 58.5% of the vote. While the show went smoothly, mistakes were made, forcing the host to apologize to viewers.
Among the political figures who were received on France 2, was Manuel Valls, former Prime Minister of Socialist President François Hollande. A banner from the France 2 broadcast, however, presented him as a member of the Socialist Party, as he reacted to the comments of his former colleague Ségolène Royal on the failed rally of the left during these elections. “We specify, and we apologize to our public, I believe that under the name of Manuel Valls, it was written Socialist Party. So you are no longer, for a little while now, in the Socialist Party“said Anne-Sophie Lapix a little later, warned of the error by her team.
Manuel Valls, who obviously did not hold it against the one who invited him, however specified that it had been five years since he was at the PS. He officially supported Emmanuel Macron in 2017 – he reiterated it in 2022 – when he left the socialist group. In 2018, he announced his retirement from French political life after declaring himself a candidate for the 2019 municipal elections in Barcelona, his hometown, where he was elected as a municipal councillor. The husband of the heiress Susana Gallardo Torrededia then became a columnist for RMC and BFMTV at the start of the 2021 school year.
It’s a live incident and it’s not the only one. Indeed, Arthur Sadoun’s wife also made a small slip when she gave the floor to Julien Bayou, national secretary of the Europe Ecologie les Verts party: “We give you back the aperol… The floor.“A light moment during an intense evening!