“I grew up in the countryside, where a penny is a penny”: Julian Bugier recounts his origins, 187 kilometers from the capital

In addition to the 1 p.m. broadcast of France 2, Julian Bugier recently announced it was launching a new consumer products magazine. A project that requires a sacrifice: the 43-year-old journalist gives up The evening continuesprogram broadcast in the second part of the evening. At the same time, the husband of Claire Fournier, also a journalist, published a work called 100 ideas to spend less and live betterpublished by First. So many new projects that he talks about in interviews.

At the microphone of Thomas Isle on the airwaves of Europe 1, Julian Bugier shares his vision of the profession of journalist and takes the opportunity to return to An idea for Francea section run by his collaborator Valérie Heurtel and established every Monday and Thursday during the France 2 television news. The aim is to highlight local initiatives which respond to issues shared by all. And the least we can say is that this father of two and his team receive only good feedback. Enough to reinforce the facilitator in his idea of ​​the profession. “What I like is the curiosity, the meetings, the exchanges. I like the diversity of our worlds. The profession of journalist allows you to enter into worlds. Me, I have always said – and it is a conviction that I have – that I like doing this job through meetings“, he declares.

Julian Bugier, from the Loir-et-Cher countryside to the tumult of Paris

And to evoke his childhood as rarely, far from the Parisian tumult he knows today. Because, as a reminder, he was born in Blois, 187 kilometers from the capital. “I grew up in the countryside, I come from an environment where a penny is a penny, where we pay attention to moneydeclares Julian Bugier. And I want to highlight this France, which we rarely see on the air and on the radio.“This is not the first time he has spoken about these years”dented” by the divorce of his parents. Last May, with The Sunday TribuneJulian Bugier recounted his childhood in Loir-et-Cher with “a very present mother, a whimsical but tortured father“, who was also a journalist, but in the written press. The passion for the profession, from father to son… Perhaps Lucien (born in 2011) and Gabrielle (born in 2013) will in turn follow in the footsteps of their famous dad.