Being a journalist and being in a relationship with a political figure don't always go well together and sometimes requires some adjustments. This is what Léa Salamé once again experienced this year.
Last June the European elections took place, which were subsequently followed by new legislative elections. During this campaign, one man stood out Raphaël Glucksmann, head of the list of the Socialist Party-Place Publique which came in third position in the European elections. During the campaign, the 45-year-old politician and MEP made the rounds of all the TV sets and all the radio stations. But on France Inter, he was not questioned by one of the emblematic figures of the station, Léa Salamé, who is none other than his partner and the mother of his son Gabriel. The journalist and presenter who is at the helm of France Inter every weekday morning with her sidekick Nicolas Demorand had left her place for the 8:20 a.m. political interview. A place that the host of What an era! on France 2 has since found it. A choice that questions Liberation…
“The temper” of Léa Salamé and her 20-year career praised by Adèle Van Reeth
In its edition of this Saturday, November 30, 2024, the daily publishes a long interview with Adèle Van Reeth, director of France Inter. Her year has been quite stormy but she faces the questions without fear of answering them.
Among the long series of questions of Liberationone of them concerns Léa Salamé. “What do you plan for Léa Salamé, who walked away from political interviews during her companion Raphaël Glucksmann's campaign for the European elections? Since then, it has become much more central in national political life, and Léa Salamé has taken her place again at the 8:20 a.m. interview…” request Liberation to Adèle Van Reeth. The director of France Inter then responds: “I spoke about it with Léa, and I told her that if Raphaël Glucksmann's status did not change – we talk about it more than before but he still has the same status -, a political journalist of her caliber, who has twenty years of career behind her, could continue to provide the 8:20 a.m. political interviews.“And for the director of France Inter it is important that a woman can work without depending on her partner and her activity.”We are in 2024, a woman can exercise a profession regardless of the opinions and profession of her partner. I assume this position,” she defends.
France Inter listeners can therefore rest assured, the future of Léa Salamé is in no way threatened to date.
