Anne-Sophie Lapix will leave the 20 hours of France 2-Liberation

The rumor of this departure had been rustling for several days, but it is now confirmed. Anne-Sophie Lapix will leave in mid-July the presentation of the TV news from 8:00 p.m. on France 2, which she has been hosting since September 2017, announced France Télévisions on Tuesday May 27. At the initiative of this departure, the management of the public group, which « Wish to be able to count at the start of the school year on the talent of Anne-Sophie Lapix » and who « Work with her on new projects within France Télévisions »it was specified in a declaration. The name of, or the journalist who will succeed him at the presentation of 8:00 p.m. has not yet been revealed.

The 53-year-old journalist herself announced her departure to her team on Tuesday morning. The Directorate of France TV « Thanks for her commitment, her professionalism, for the past eight years in the public service information service », Is it indicated. Its president, Delphine Ernotte Cunci, often defended it, while noises have regularly circulated on political pressures so that the presenter, In tone sometimes deemed incisivebe disembarked.

Last January, interviewed on Anne-Sophie Lapix and Laurent Delahousse, who holds the reins of 8:00 p.m. on weekends, Ms. Ernotte Cunci had wanted to wish « The greatest stability on the air ». « And bring the question of the 20 hour to the person who embodies it is very reducing »she had added. Since September, the duration of the news has been extended at one hour, to better « Take the time of information » And « Attract new audiences ». But the 8:00 p.m. TF1, presented by Gilles Bouleau during the week, continues to run in mind. Monday for example, the first part of the JT of France 2 (between 8:00 p.m. and 8:46 p.m.), gathered 3.4 million viewers on average, compared to 5.2 million for that of TF1.