At the same time, on France 2, Julian Bugier, also made his premiere as holder of the JT. Dark suit and tie with light polka dots, he was all smiles during the credits, as if he had been told a good joke just before the airtime. “Hello everyone, nice to meet you. It is a great pleasure to accompany you now at midday for this new 19 hours with lots of new sections and beautiful reports, and of course all the news of the day. Here are the titles of this Monday precisely… ”, were his first words to this new function. The first subject launched was devoted to the vaccination campaign against the Covid – 13.
The two journalists, ex-colleagues, therefore find themselves in competition. “I don’t want us to be set up as rivals,” Marie-Sophie Lacarrau assured 20 Minutes. Neither of them should have imagined that they would both use the same verb, “to accompany”, to qualify their relationship with the viewers during their respective aerials.