To remedy the fact that she tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, which forced her to campaign remotely, Valérie Pécresse took part in the France 2 political program in prime time this March 24, 2022 in duplex. A decision which allows him not to cut himself off from media interventions but which is technically not very obvious to achieve without a false note. Thus, the candidate Les Républicains for the presidential elections did not hide her annoyance because of the difficult technical conditions of her intervention against the presenter Léa Salamé.
The day after his performance in Facing Baba hosted by Cyril Hanouna, during which she notably debated with Marion Maréchal, Valérie Pécresse was expected on the set ofElysee 2022. However, this Thursday, she announced on Twitter that she was affected by Covid-19: “Tested positive for Covid, I am continuing the campaign remotely and in compliance with health rules. All our meetings are maintained thanks to the mobilization of the team“However, being interrogated in duplex conditions is not an easy task due to sound problems and she even criticized a member of the channel’s technical team live:”Today, everything is pretty much fine except that I can hear myself echoing in my headset and your cameraman is on the phone. So it’s very complicated for me to do the interview tonight. But other than that, the campaign is going well..” Then she added regarding his state of health: “I have a few symptoms but nothing serious.“
In the rest of the show, when Valérie Pécresse was questioned about the figures for her program by Anne-Sophie Lapix, she also had several difficulties, just like her interviewer, not to be cut off. The discrepancy has led to misunderstandings on both sides of the sets, proving that conducting a debate from a distance remains a delicate exercise.
Struggling in the polls (around 11-12%), the president of the Ile-de-France region had to adapt her program, canceling, for example, trips this Friday to Bordeaux or Saturday in the Bouches-du-Rhône.