Nathalie Saint-Cricq

Nathalie Saint-Cricq (born 1960) is a French journalist working for France Télévisions.

Early life and career Nathalie Saint-Cricq earned her degree from Sciences Po in 1983, and a "Diploma of Higher Specialised Studies" in marketing in 1985, before gaining a master's degree in literature. Saint-Cricq produced reports for La Cinq and then France 2. From 2006 to 2009, she presented the programme Quand j'étais petit on Europe 1. On 3 May 2017, with co-hosted the televised debate of the second round of the 2017 French presidential election between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. Since September 2017, she was a commentator on L'Émission politique on France 2, presented by Léa Salamé. In July 2019, she was promoted to become political editorialist of France Télévisions.

Personal life Saint-Cricq is the daughter of Jacques Saint-Cricq, president of the supervisory board of La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest, and the granddaughter of Jean Meunier, founder of the same newspaper, and French Socialist politician, who took part in the French Resistance. The Saint-Cricq family is one of the two controlling shareholders of the Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest press group, which edits the newspaper of the same name, several other titles in the written press, and owns a 40% share in the channel TV Tours Val de Loire. Saint-Cricq's brother, Olivier Saint-Cricq, is the head of the management board. Saint-Cricq's partner is journalist Patrice Duhamel. In 2009, she signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.