Since the presidential campaign, Léa Salamé has been on all political fronts on France 2 – not to mention her work on France Inter. The journalist hosted the show Elysee 2022 or even the debate of the second round of the presidential elections with Emmanuel Macron facing Marine Le Pen, receiving on the set ofWe are live many political guests. For the legislative elections, she is again in front of the cameras for France 2022, whose number shortly before the first round of June 12 was broadcast on June 9, 2022. A difficult exercise during which she even took over her colleague Laurent Guimier.
In November 2021, Laurent Guimier was announced to take over from Thomas Sotto for the show Elysee 2022, dismissed from politics on France 2 because of his relationship with an adviser to former Prime Minister Jean Castex, Mayada Boulos. Little known to the general public at the time, the director of information for France Télévisions Laurent Guimier took up the torch with passion throughout the presidential election and continues to do so for the legislative elections. Relations with Léa Salamé are always friendly and complicit, but everyone imposes himself on his seat.
This Thursday evening, Laurent Guimier wanted to explain the speaking time of each political figure: it is decided by ARCOM (French public authority for the regulation of audiovisual and digital communication, which succeeds the CSA) according to the number of seats. in the National Assembly of each party. “Television channels and radio stations count the speaking time of candidates and their supporters and grant speaking time that corresponds to their representativeness“, is it written on the ARCOM website. What the host reminded in particular of Guillaume Peltier (Reconquest) who was offended by his short time against Olivier Véran (LREM). has no deputy of his training in the Assembly, the second has 262.
A reminder that was made regularly during the show. Léa Salamé validates the details of her collaborator but adds: “It must be said again, in reality we were obliged by law to invite four representatives of the NUPES since it is an alliance which is young, and before you were each in your lane. You each have speaking time, that’s what you have to understand. I’ll tell you the truth, even we find it hard to understand“Laurent Guimier cuts it to clarify”We took time“, showing that the teams of the show have now grasped the concept. But the journalist and companion of Raphaël Glucksmann persists: “We will tell the truth, we said it, and we continue.“End of debate, for now.