He succeeds Thomas Sotto who announced his withdrawal more than a week ago, justifying this decision by a romantic relationship with the communications advisor to Prime Minister Jean Castex.

The next show will take place on November 30, where the new duo will host the decisive debate of the LR candidates on the eve of the congress, France Télévisions said.

Succeeding "You have the floor", "Elysée 2022" is the major political meeting of France 2 once a month live at 9:05 pm, in the perspective of the presidential election.

His audiences are currently struggling.

The first number, with Valérie Pécresse, candidate for the right-wing primary, who faced the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, had attracted only 1.05 million viewers on average, for an audience share (PDA) 5.1%, according to Médiamétrie.

The same day, the continuous news channel BFMTV had organized a debate between the leader of rebellious France Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the far-right polemicist, Eric Zemmour, who had been followed by 3.8 million people, or 18.7% of PDAs.

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