Macron’s “New Era” TV Address Draws 15.1 Million Viewers & Dominates French Media As Country Digests Call For Rearmament
deadline.comFrench President Emmanuel Macron’s TV address on the challenges facing France and Europe in the “new era” of U.S. President Donald Trump drew 15.1 million viewers, according to local audience monitor Médiamétrie.
The 14-minute live address at 8pm local time on Wednesday was broadcast on TF1, France 2, M6, TMC, LCP as well as four news channels.
Médiamétrie said the speech took a 71.6% share of all the viewers watching TV at that time. The address followed in the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to halt the delivery of military supplies to Ukraine, as well as its threats to impose trade tariffs on goods produced in Europe.
Macron told the French population that a 30-year era of “innocence” in the wake of the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall was over, and that France and Europe needed to take their security into their own hands and embark on an ambitious plan of rearmament.
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