On Wednesday March 22, 2023, Julian Bugier interviewed the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron in the midst of pension reform, on France 2. An interview that was not unanimous, and had even earned him mockery. In particular from Philippe Caverivière: “I am committed to humor, what Marie-Sophie Lacarrau and Julian Bugier are in the tough interview” had joked the chronicler of Léa Salamé on RTL Thursday March 23, 2023. Indeed, in duet with his colleague, the presenter had been accused of too much complacency with regard to the Head of State, in a tense social context. On Wednesday July 12, 2023, the journalist was invited to Buzz-TV and took the opportunity to come back to this episode. “I asked all the questions I wanted to ask“, he assured, satisfied with this first interview with Emmanuel Macron. Regarding Philippe Caverivière’s tackle, Julian Bugier is not traumatized: “That made me laugh”, did he declare. Despite everything, he wanted to defend himself against criticism.
“It’s not my way of seeing things”
“Strong interviews which are one-sided and on which the interviewee does not have time to express themselves, this is not my way of seeing things. We can ask questions with a lot of empathy and benevolence and use the reminders that are the right ones. We do not need to make the political interview a systematic fight, to be virulent and aggressive to obtain a speech of truth“, explained the journalist. During his passage on Buzz-TV, the husband of Claire Fournier also gave the details of the last challenge he launched as the national holiday approached: a jump at 3,800 meters above sea level, above Mont Saint-Michel. Recorded a few weeks ago with the military special forces and the sportsman Théo Curin, the images will be broadcast during the special edition of France 2 Friday July 14, 2023. “Of course I was scared”said bluntly the journalist accustomed to extreme sports, who had already flown with the patrol of France during the parade of July 14, 2021.