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- Mélenchon runs for president!
Jean-Luc Mélenchon launches a 4th presidential run, and he’s assembled a machine precision team to carry out the campaign. Meanwhile, the other parties of the left, divided, search for their candidates.
Plus, who will the RN’s candidate be? Marine Le Pen or Jordan Bardella? And what will their program be?
Plus a state of the Far Right in the state, statement: the city of Paris hires Bolloré, Palantir worms its way into the DGSI…
The presidential election is a year away - and the race has truly begun!
Show Notes
Mélenchon 2027 | Mélenchon2027 (fr)
More Context From Flep24/7
Podcast link | (en)
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Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
18 min - LR-RN, 2027 Presidential Election, Loi Yadan
We're back with a consistent bang, talking about Rima Hassan's arrest, the Yadan law, Bruno Retailleau's presidential candidacy, and more on this edition of Flep24.
Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at [email protected].
Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
15 min - Municipals round 2 (Sorry)
Marlon and Olly discuss the results of the second round of the municipal elections. We recorded this at the time, but circumstances, and our own ineptitude has conspired against us meaning we're releasing it way past the moment.
We hope everyone can still get something out of it though.
Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at [email protected].
Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
39 min - Municipal Elections Round 1
More context from Flep24
Marlon's interview with David Giraud https://jacobin.com/2025/03/france-insoumise-roubaix-working-class
Huffpost's fusion map
https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/politique/article/avant-le-second-tour-des-municipales-2026-la-carte-qui-resume-les-fusions-alliances-et-desistements-clx1_261542.html
Le Monde Municipal election results
https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/
Podcast link | (en)
Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at [email protected].
Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
55 min - Municipal Elections Speedrun
*Mea Culpa* Olly said there was 200 attacks recorded by Street Press - it was 102, recorded by Rue38 and Contre Attaque.
Show Notes
Quand les bulletins sont rebattus : Xavier Niel tente de bloquer Rachida Dati aux municipales | Quartier Général (fr)
Une enquête parisienne qui laisse sondeur… | Le Canard enchaîné (fr)
La mare aux canards 5494 | Le Canard enchaîné (fr)
Lyon, capitale des ultras | Le Canard enchaîné (fr)
Mais qu’a fait la police ? | Le Canard enchaîné (fr)
Les facs se noient avec les moyens du bord | Le Canard enchaîné (fr)
Lyon102 attaques par L'extreme droite ContreAttaque
More Context From flep24/7
Podcast link | (en)
Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at [email protected].
Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager12 min - Bon Anniv La France Insoumise 🍾 w/ Henry Wallis Pt 1
Olly talks to Henry Wallis about the 10 year anniversary of La France Insoumise, how the movement was born, how it evolved and what it will become.
This is the first part of a two part episode with Henry.
Texts referenced in this episode:
Comment Faire:
https://melenchon.fr/2026/02/10/comment-faire/
Communism lives in the France Unbowed:
https://www.newintermag.com/communism-lives-in-the-france-unbowed/
The Great Jaures
https://www.newintermag.com/the-great-jaures/
The Rise of France Insoumise
https://jacobin.com/2025/11/france-insoumise-hegemonic-left-democracy#:~:text=In%20an%20interview%2C%20France%20Insoumise,Cl%C3%A9mence%20Guett%C3%A9
Melenchon Vs Hollande
https://www.newintermag.com/melenchon-vs-hollande/
1 hr 13 min - Sarkozy's Prison Blues
Want to find about Nicolas Sarkozy's time in prison, his view on an alliance with the RN, his opinion of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and LFI, and what Carla Bruni brought him when she visited him?
All this and more, in today’s episode of Flep24.
Show Notes
Le journal d'un prisonnier | Fayard (fr)
Marlon's Epstein Coverage | Off Investigation (fr)
Olly's Calais Coverage | The i Paper (en)
More Context From Flep24/7
An ankle bracelet for Sarkozy, a micro-right civil war, and an (allegedly) corrupt National Rally mayor | (en)
Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at [email protected].
Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
12 min - French Fascism w/ Ugo Palheta
Our guest in this episode is Ugo Palheta, a writer and academic whose book on the rise of fascism in France was published in English this year (translated by Flep24 guest David Broder).
Ugo tells us about the “refascisation” of French society, the role racism plays in contemporary fascism, and the crisis of capitalism that has helped produce it. Plus, are there any fascist countries in the world today?
All this and more, in today’s episode of Flep24.
Show Notes
Why Fascism Is on the Rise in France:From Macron to Le Pen | Verso (en)
French right's Gen Z leaders eye successful EU elections | EU Observer (en)
Ugo Palheta's Blog | Blog (fr)
More Context From Flep24/7
The State of the Left w/ David Broder and Philippe Marlière | (en)
Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at [email protected].
Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
47 min - Guess Who's Back
Olly and Marlon discuss the return of Sebastien Lecornu to Prime Minister, just a few days after he resigned from the post. Olly also cuts in from the future to discuss the Parti Socialiste's deal with the government to save Macronism in exchange for the suspension of the pension reform.
Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at [email protected].
Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
23 min - FLASH: LECORNU RESIGNS - Who Will be France’s New New New New New New New New New Prime Minister Now?
After just a single day of his government, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned. Macron initially accepted his resignation, but is still trying to get him to negotiate a new government.
The word on all lips? Dissolution of the National Assembly, and elections: legislative and presidential. Impeachment music rises, Macron is spotted strolling pensively by the Seine, and all quarters of French politics tell us about their surprise at the situation. Meanwhile, the left tries to recompose the New Popular Front, the fascist right mounts a call for a union of the right, and even Renaissance, Macron’s party, plans to campaign against the government.
All this on more on tonight’s emergency episode of Flep24, the French Legislative Elections podcast for 2024, and maybe truly now 2025.
Show Notes
Le Premier ministre a remis la démission de son Gouvernement au Président de la République, qui l’a acceptée | Élysée (fr)
Annonce de la nomination du Gouvernement le 5 octobre 2025 | Élysée (fr)
Déclaration de la France insoumise | LFI (fr)
OUR CELL PHONES SORRY
More Context From Flep24/7
France’s New New New New New Prime Minister | (en)
Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at [email protected].
Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
14 min
About Sacre Bleu: The French Presidential Election Podcast.
From the publisher's feed
A podcast by journalists Olly Haynes(https://x.com/reality_manager
) and Marlon Ettinger (https://x.com/MarlonEttinger) covering the French French Presidential Election.
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