There will be no debate between the two rounds. The duel between Jordan Bardella and a leader of the New Popular Front (NFP), which was to be held on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 on BFMTV, will ultimately not take place, the channel’s management confirmed toWest France.
“Given the impossibility of setting up a debate between the major representatives of the three blocs present for the second round of the legislative elections”the channel will reschedule a special evening, according to the site PureMedias . Titled Facing BFM: A historic choicethe show will feature Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, National Rally President Jordan Bardella and former LFI group president in the National Assembly Mathilde Panot. They will be interviewed for an hour each, in a randomly selected order, opposite Maxime Switek with Apolline de Malherbe, Nicolas Doze and Benjamin Duhamel.
Imbroglio around the left representative
The uncertainty over the format of the show lasted all day, with Marine Tondelier, the national secretary of the Ecologists, demanding a debate with Jordan Bardella. But the latter refused, preferring the rebellious leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon. In a letter signed by the boss of BFMTV Marc-Olivier Fogiel, revealed by the newsletter of Politico Playbook, BFMTV closed the door on Marine Tondelier, indicating that “What was possible before the first round is no longer possible between the two rounds”The arrival of a socialist or an Insoumis is “essential to the holding of the show”it is also written. Marine Tondelier responded that she was speaking on behalf of the NFP, and that there would simply be no debate without her.
