Béatrice Schönberg (née Béatrice Szabo; 9 May 1953) is a
French television journalist
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.
She anchored the newscasts on
La Cinq
La Cinq () was France's first privately owned free-to-air television network. Created by politician Jérôme Seydoux and Italian media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, the network broadcast from 1985 to 1992.
The contract for France's fifth terrest ...
from 1987 to 1992 and on
France 2
France 2 () is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4 and France 5. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews.
Since 3:20 CET on 7 ...
from 1997 to 2007.
She was formerly married to the musician and composer
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 6 July 1944, in Vannes) is a French record producer, actor, singer, songwriter, and musical theatre composer, best known for his collaborations with lyricist Alain Boublil. Major works include ''La Révolution Franà ...
.
On 21 July 2005 she married the French politician
Jean-Louis Borloo
Jean-Louis Marie Borloo (; born 7 April 1951) is a French politician who served as president of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) from 2012 to 2014. He also was Minister of the Economy, Finance and Employment in 2007 and Minister of ...
at
Rueil-Malmaison
Rueil-Malmaison () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department, ÃŽle-de-France region. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2017, it had a population of 78,152. It is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Par ...
,
Hauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a Departments of France, département in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner Banlieue, suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the e ...
. The journalists' union SDJ (Société des journalistes) then called for her resignation.
In September 2006, France 2 announced they had come to an agreement with Ms. Schönberg. Effective 25 February 2007, she was replaced as news anchor by Laurent Delahousse, but would continue with the network as the host of a prime-time science program. She did not return to the network after the second part of the presidential election in May 2007 because her husband was given a cabinet post in President
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012.
Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Se ...
's government.
TV wives pay the price of jobs for the boys.
''The Daily Telegraph
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It was fo ...
''. May 27, 2007. Accessed July 2, 2008.
References
External links
official website
1953 births
Living people
French television journalists
French women journalists
French people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
Journalists from Paris
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