Victory of Raphaël Glucksmann in the left-wing primary: Valérie Trierweiler addresses her “thoughts” to Léa Salamé

With 66.17% of the votes, Raphaël Glucksmann largely won the left-wing primary on Sunday evening. “We are not here to win a dispute on the left. We are here to win the presidential election: turn the page on macronism, prevent the far right and change life,” he reacted on X.

Her victory therefore forces Léa Salamé to have to stay behind for a few more months from the France 2 “20 Heures” newspaper. At the end of August, upon the announcement of her partner's candidacy, the journalist and presenter decided to withdraw from the news. “I made the commitment from day one and I’m sticking to it. I am withdrawing from the presentation of the 8 p.m. news, the time of my companion's candidacy, as I did during the last two European elections,” she wrote.

A decision which was not “easy” to make but which “imposed itself” on her. “It stood out to me because things have always been very clear and I have always been clear and transparent. I said from the start: “If my partner were ever to be a candidate in the presidential election, I would withdraw from the 8 p.m. show.” And that’s what I did a few minutes after her statement,” she declared on RTL in mid-September. Since then, Jean-Baptiste Marteau has taken over.

Sunday evening, when Raphaël Glucksmann's victory was announced, many Internet users reacted on social networks. Some of them had a word for Léa Salamé. Among them, Valérie Trierweiler wanted to send her “thoughts” to him. The journalist and host shared, from 2005 to 2014, the life of François Hollande.

It now remains to be seen when Léa Salamé will make her return to the news. Most likely after the presidential election if Raphaël Glucksmann does not win it. “Things were very clear and discussed [with the management of France Télévisions, Editor’s note]. But like every time. I withdrew from the Europeans and found my job. And there, I think it is very clear: when he is a candidate, I step aside, when he is no longer a candidate, I find my position,” she recalled.