It’s been several months since the President threw us into a mess by calling a snap election and in early September, months overdue, Macron finally named a prime minister. What does his choice mean for the country, and what does it signal to voters who cast their ballots for the left coalition? I speak with Alexander Hurst, a writer and columnist for The Guardian whose recent op-ed looks into what went wrong and what issues the new government inherits. 

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Alexander Hurst

French politics analogy in the Guardian op-ed

Alexander's op-ed column for The Guardian

French debt

French taxes

Audio production & editing: Matthew Jordan

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