The wishes of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron gathered 17.5 million viewers, according to data communicated by Médiamétrie.
An audience far from the records of its announcements related to the pandemic in 2020, bringing together 36.7 million and 35.4 million viewers.
The wishes to the French from President Emmanuel Macron during which he expressed his hope for 2021 thanks to the anti-Covid vaccine were followed by 17.5 million viewers, far from audience records during his announcements linked to the pandemic in 2020 According to data communicated to AFP by Médiamétrie on Friday, 16,031,000 viewers followed the speech on TF1, France 2, France 3 and M6 (i.e. 72.3% audience share) and 1,476,000 the followed on BFMTV, CNews, LCI and Franceinfo (6.5% of PDA).
His speeches in March and April remain audience peaks
The President of the Republic notably mentioned the vaccine but also the news of Brexit or the economic outlook for the coming year.
Emmanuel Macron also paid tribute to the French, by listing the names and backgrounds of anonymous, all affected to varying degrees by the epidemic and its consequences.
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