To end 2020, the magazine "L'Obs" has chosen to make the front page of its double issue with Kamala Harris, elected vice-president of the United States.

"We are convinced that it paves the way for a new way of governing", explains the editor-in-chief Cécile Prieur, on Europe 1. 

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Kamala Harris, a personality to deconfin 2021. The magazine

L'Obs

has chosen to make the front page of its end-of-year double issue with the face of the new vice-president of the United States, the first African-American woman in this post in the story across the Atlantic, told by Christiane Taubira.

A symbol that arouses "hope", according to the new editor of the weekly, Cécile Prieur.

On Europe 1, she returns to this editorial choice.

"We felt that the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris was really the most significant event of 2020," she explains.

"We are convinced that it paves the way for a new way of governing."

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Through her editorial, Cécile Prieur wanted to tell about a new generation of women politicians and leaders.

“There are more and more women in power, although there are only 19 countries ruled by women in the world, but it is already 19 countries. And they mark the way they govern. saw it during the Covid-19 crisis, "she says.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has, for example, been widely praised for her handling of the health crisis.

"The future of the United States"

"Kamala Harris is a daughter of immigrants, it's an American-style

success story

", analyzes Cécile Prieur.

"We know that Joe Biden created this ticket because it is her, and that she could possibly become the future Democratic candidate in four years."

As a symbol, the 46th President of the United States Joe Biden and his vice-president Kamala Harris were also named “personalities of the year” by

Time

magazine 

on December 10.

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"For us it was important to symbolically mark the fact that Kamala Harris undoubtedly represents the future of the United States, but also a new way of exercising power", underlines the editorial director of

L'Obs.