Journalist Anne-Sophie Lapix is leaving the France 2 program "Le grand chiquier".
A relaunch of Jacques Chancel's program that she had been presenting for a little over two years.
The arrival of the presidential election and the future evolutions of the show towards more variety would be at the origin of its decision.
Anne-Sophie Lapix stops.
The journalist left the presentation of the program
Le grand chiquier
on France 2. It had been a little over two years since she had resumed the program of Jacques Chancel, in addition to the 20h newspaper of France 2. In an interview given to the
Parisian
, the journalist puts forward different reasons for this decision.
Anne-Sophie Lapix explains in particular wanting to focus on the presentation of 8 pm, specifying that the news is "very intense" its last months.
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His replacement already known
And this intensity should increase: the presidential election is approaching and Anne-Sophie Lapix is indeed a big regular in political interviews.
But the journalist also acknowledges that
The Grand Chessboard
will soon experience changes that motivate her departure.
The cultural program should evolve towards more varieties, "which does not correspond to me quite any more", explains Anne-Sophie Lapix to
Parisien
.
Her replacement at the head of the
Grand Chessboard
is already known.
Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine will take over from Anne-Sophie Lapix.
She has already replaced her at the helm of France 5
C à vous
since 2017. Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine had also already presented
Le grand chiquier
last month.
She then replaced at short notice Anne-Sophie Lapix, who had just contracted Covid-19.
An essay that seems to have convinced France 2.