Sacre Bleu: The French Presidential Election Podcast.

Marlon and Olly discuss the latest left wing grouping in France, L'Après, an outfit set up by some of the LFI dissidents. But are things as they seem in the new group? And who are they preparing the after for?

More rigamarole on where the government will come from - the left or the right? The unions threaten to strike come the Olympics if Macron doesn't name an NFP Prime Minister quick.

Plus, economic news: Bercy is at a loss for how to plan all their budget cuts with all the political instability, and French M&A shops are waiting for things to cool off too.

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The title says it all really. Macron sticks to power and his party plots for the time after him.

Marine Le Pen warns about a French January 6th as the left calls for protests against Macron refusing to hand power over to the NPF.

RN also won't stand for an LFI government.

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Marlon & Olly talk with Cassandre Begous to discuss everything about La France Insoumise.

Cass, who's in LFI and well versed in all the debates inside it, helps them go deep on the tensions between LFI and the PCF, why exactly Alexis Corbière, Raquel Garrido, and others broke with Mélenchon, and what the next government will look like.

Cass also tells stories about meetings with Mélenchon, how they got into politics, and why LFI was the place for them.

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All the different forces are jockeying for power in the National Assembly.

Who will govern? In a solo episode, Marlon breaks down the newspapers and the rumors.

There's the New Popular Front, with LFI trying to impose, but with the Communist party scheming with the centrists, reveals a leaked recording.

There's Xavier Bertrand, an LR heavyweight who was almost Macron's Prime Minister in 2017, who's calling for an LR Prime Minister. Reliable sources say he wants it. Marlon may talk with Bertrand tomorrow to confirm.

And there's the center, led by a rising Attal, who's playing the game, trying to box LFI out and suture a presidential majority together.

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Marlon and Olly are joined by Jacobin's Europe editor David Broder to discuss the results, the sociology of the RN vote and how LFI might break out of its metropolitan niche.

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The round 2 results are in. Olly and Marlon eat humble pie as things look better for the left than previously thought.

Though their analysis remains sharp! The RN still did very well and all of the focus on the left's factions is now highly relevant as the left attempts to form a government.

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Marlon's interview with Marc Endelwald

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Olly gets stuck on a train, so Marlon goes solo on the eve of the voting day.

Marlon talks about speculation about possible RN ministers, and gives an update on the Horaces surrounding Marine Le Pen.

Marlon talks about the latest thinking on a coalition of the soft left and the center, and how not everybody in Macron's camp thinks that's necessarily a good idea.

And Marlon discusses the castle owning Le Pen supporting demographic - including one former Socialist Party Free-Mason member who's on a warpath supporting the RN now down in the South.

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Marlon and Olly talk about the possibility of an abstentionist surge ahead of the second round of the vote on Sunday. "I don't want to do anything stupid," says one voter.

Olly watched the final debate/interview and talks about Clémence Guetté and Jordan Bardell's performances.

A bone-chilling, truly thuggish plot against a Reinaissance candidate reminiscent of scenes from Privet Drive strikes fear into the democrats of the North.

And a political scientist of some kind warns about a French January 6th - call it 6 Janvier...

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A short episode where Olly and Marlon hit the news, go over the latest developments on the prospect of a soft left coalition led by Attal, and integrating the right wing flank of the New Popular Front.

Marlon also talks about the new political phenomenon in the country...the inspiring Green Queen Tondelier. Meanwhile, the Green Party leadership discusses the abysmal European election performance.

Olly talks about Macron's political chameleon act, and Marlon relays a serious and weighty warning from Raphaël Glucksmann.

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Marlon and Olly go through some of the racist, creepy, and boneheaded statements from RN candidates, including one who isn't around, one who took hostages (she'd rather not talk about it for now), and a bunch of just racist ones.

Marlon also talks about a Macronist plot against a former minister to get an RN deputy elected.

And Olly talks with some people on Discord about politics.

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