If French viewers are used to Jean Castex press conferences on the Covid-19 epidemic, it is in a completely different form that the Prime Minister is preparing to speak soon. Tuesday, March 8, 2021, Samuel Étienne was a guest on the set of C to You sure France 5. On this occasion, the 49-year-old journalist made an astonishing announcement. After interviewing François Hollande on his Twitch channel on Monday, March 7, 2021, thus raising himself to the top of the global audiences for the live video streaming platform, it is none other than the head of government who will answer his questions, Sunday March 14, 2021 at 6 p.m.
For this exclusive interview, Jean Castex will be installed "in the children's room" who "serves as a studio" to Samuel Étienne. An unusual configuration that the essential figure of the small screen has taken care to explain. "I have two children, I want three, so there is a room that is free. I do TV in it ", he clarified, a broad smile on his lips. For the host, Twitch is the ideal channel for this type of discussion. "I don't want to receive a thousand people, but I think Twitch can be a space for direct debates between certain personalities and citizens", he stressed before continuing: "I think that it can be a tool of democracy to bring together, to create debate. (…) I said to myself that Jean Castex, that could be interesting. " It should be noted that this social network, which makes it possible in particular to answer Internet users' questions, is increasingly in vogue. Government spokesman Gabriel Attal also uses it to conquer the youth with his program called Without filter.
Jean Castex, at the initiative of this interview?
In the program presented by Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine, Samuel Étienne confided in behind the scenes of his interviews, with an equally surprising revelation. "I will be completely transparent. It is not me who calls. Many personalities, especially politicians, find this space extremely interesting", he confided. And to conclude: "Rather, it's the people who contact me to tell me that they want to pass a head. "
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