Coronavirus: What to remember from Emmanuel Macron's speech - 20 Minutes
An address by the President, still very much watched on Easter Monday. Emmanuel Macron announced the beginning of deconfinement from May 11, accompanied by a gradual reopening of schools and nurseries while the toll of the Covid-19 epidemic is now approaching 15,000 dead in France.
This eagerly awaited third meeting of the Head of State with the French in a month was broadcast on TF1, France 2, France 3, Canal + - for the first time -, M6, C8, TMC. The audiences of the four news channels BFMTV, CNews, LCI and Franceinfo will not be known until 11 a.m. In total, 33.79 million viewers watched Emmanuel Macron's announcements, or 87.0% of the audience on TF1, France 2, France 3, Canal +, M6, C8 and TMC, according to figures from Médiamétrie.
25 million French people before the first speech
It was on TF1 that the speech was most followed with 14.67 million people. Then come France 2 (11.07 million French), M6 (4.42 million viewers), France 3 (2.06 million), TMC (960,000), C8 (440,000) and Canal + (215,000).
The president's speech on Thursday, March 12, in which he announced the closure of nurseries, schools and universities, and the maintenance of municipal elections, had thus been watched by 25 million French people.
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