The day after the first round of the legislative elections, Apolline de Malherbe received Yaël Braun-Pivet at Face to face from BFMTV on Monday July 1, 2024.
The exchange became tense when the host, whose family owns a 16th century castle, asked her guest to clarify her position on La France Insoumise. “When, for example, there is Louis Boyard who is a candidate for La France Insoumise and Loïc Signor who comes in third place. Loïc Signor who is the spokesperson for your Renaissance party. Do you, in this case, say to yourself: ‘Well no, we’re not withdrawing?’she asked.
“Listen, I don’t have the whole picture. Look at the attitudes of some of these parliamentarians, of whom you have just cited an example with Louis Boyard. I was the president of the National Assembly who fought tooth and nail against a part of La France Insoumise which rejected the institutions and whose only objective was to bring them down.”replied Yaël Braun-Pivet while hammering home that she would not support this “extremist fringe” from LFI.
Tensions in series between Apolline de Malherbe and Yaël Braun-Pivet on BFMTV
“Is it possible today in France to be a political figure and to be nuanced?! Is it still possible?!”Yaël Braun-Pivet said, annoyed, to Apolline de Malherbe. While the presenter had just indicated that she did not understand her question, the former president of the National Assembly accused her: “You forbid me to be nuanced”.
“Me? What did I do? I quote Edouard Philippe who told him this time: ‘Neither RN nor LFI’. He doesn’t distinguish!”replied, surprised, the one whose 18-year-old son made a rare appearance. To which Yaël Braun-Pivet retorted: “I am Yaël Braun-Pivet! I have been explaining to you for ten minutes that I can distinguish, that I have seen parliamentarians…”.
At the very end of the broadcast, Apolline de Malherbe made an unexpected decision: to attempt to end the interview before the initially planned end. “I suggest we stop there because you are very defensive. and it is very difficult, therefore, to question you. I am very surprised, I understand that this morning, it is complicated and difficult, but if we cannot question you on the territories for example, on the difference with the rural world, the cities…”she said.
Yaël Braun-Pivet felt that the problem came from the fact that her answers did not suit the presenter. “You consider that this dialogue is futile and that this interview is not interesting. Well, I’m sorry…”she chanted. To which the presenter, very annoyed, concluded: “I absolutely did not say that. I am saying that when I ask you questions, relying on the analyses of Ipsos, Elabe or Jérôme Fourquet, you tell me that I am classifying the French. I find this extremely insulting. and I allow myself to say it.”
