The first such televised debate occurred between François Mitterrand and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in 1974, on the ORTF, and was presented by Jacqueline Baudrier and Alain Duhamel.
A pioneering televised discussion between François Mitterrand and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing occurred in 1974 on the ORTF network, presented by Jacqueline Baudrier and Alain Duhamel.