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- Faure’s Score and Seven Years Ago
Marlon and Olly go over the results of the first round of the Socialist Party Congress, and what the results mean for the future of the party, the left, France, and beyond.
Marlon also goes over a protest at a recent La France Insoumise speech in Paris by a group accusing Jean-Luc Mélenchon of antisemitism.
Show Notes
PS : Olivier Faure et Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol se lancent à la poursuite de Boris Valaud et ses voix | Libération (fr)
Réuni avec le PCF et les Ecologistes, le patron du PS, Olivier Faure, dénonce pour la première fois un «génocide» à Gaza | Libération (fr)
France’s Once-Mighty Socialist Party Must Change or Die | Jacobin (en)
Mélenchon vs. Hollande | New International (en)
Nous Vivrons Protest Thread | Twitter, May 27th (en & fr)
Jean-Luc Mélenchon Moment Politique Thread | Twitter, May 27th (en)
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Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
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Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
18 min - Flep24/7's Romanian (???) Election Special with Dr. Vladimir Bortun
Marlon talks with Dr. Vladimir Bortun, a lecturer in politics at St. John’s College at the University of Oxford about the French connection to the recent Romanian Presidential election results. We talk about the far right’s accusations of French (and Moldovan) interference in the election, the historical links between the countries, and the politics of language and accents. We also get into what the election was actually about, the attitude of Romanian liberals to the West, and who votes for who and why in Romania.
All that and more on this episode of Flep24/7.
Show Notes
Romania Is About to Experience Disaster | The New York Times (en)
Accusations of French Intelligence Interference by Pavel Durov | Tweet, May 18th (en)
French Diplomacy Denies Durov’s Claims | Tweet, May 18th (fr)
En Roumanie, l’armée française passe à la vitesse supérieure | Le Figaro (fr)
En Roumanie, la colère contre le libéralisme de Bruxelles nourrit le poujadisme | Le Vent Se Lève (fr)v
‘We Didn’t Know What We Were Eating Tomorrow’: How Class Origin Shapes the Political Outlook of Members of the Parliament in Britain | Political Studies (en)
The Economic Backgrounds of Politicians | Annual Review of Political Science (en)
Taking back control: comprador bankers and managerial developmentalism in Poland | Review of International Political Economy (en)
More Context From Flep24/7
Bourgeois Bloc Blues w/ Bruno Amable | (en)
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Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Vladimir’s Twitter: @BortunVladimir47 min - The Silence at Betharram
Olly and Marlon hop on the mic to discuss the new revelations in the Betharram Affair and its implications for the government, the PS Congress and the failure of unity on the left.
Show Notes
France’s Once-Mighty Socialist Party Must Change or Die | Jacobin (en)
Mélenchon vs. Hollande | New International (en)
More Context From Flep24/7
François Bayrou’s Coverup, and the 2027 Election (en)
A Confident Government, a Shaken Bayrou, and Answered Questions (en)
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Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
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Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
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Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
20 min - The French Legal Experience Podcast | Crossover with the Royal Palace
We go deep on Marine Le Pen’s conviction, and discuss the byzantine byways of the French legal system in this crossover episode with Liam & Patrick from the Royal Palace Podcast.
We get into the case against Le Pen, her party, and her eurodeputies, who were convicted on charges of embezzlement. We also get into the legality of her ineligibility penalty, and just how the French appeals process works. Is this lawfare? (It depends on how you describe it).
All this and more on today’s episode of Flep24/7.
To hear more from Liam & Patrick, check out the Royal Palace Podcast over at their website, or wherever you download podcasts from.
Show Notes
We Should Know by Now. The Courts Aren’t Going to Stop Trump and His Kind | The New York Times (en)
March 31st, 2025 extracts from the court’s deliberation | Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris (fr)
September 30, 2024 press dossier on the National Front European parliamentary assistants affair | Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris (fr)
More Context From Flep24/7 and the Royal Palace Podcast
French law | RPP (en)
12 angry men, 1 angry woman (Le Pen Convicted) | Flep24 (en)
Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
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Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
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Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
1 hr 6 min - Algeria Attacks, Bayrou's Budget, and Gossip
France and Algeria’s diplomatic falling out continues, with many of the developments fueled by domestic political agendas. François Bayrou rang the alarm on France’s budget deficit which means one thing is coming: cuts. And we take a look at an editorial by Marianne’s new editor, as well as some of the behind-the-scenes political developments in the French press.
Show Notes
Quand l'Azerbaïdjan envoie une "carte postale" à Emmanuel Macron | Marc Endeweld’s Substack (fr)
François Bayrou : « Ceux qui choisiraient l’instabilité et le désordre nuiraient gravement à notre pays » | Le Parisien (fr)
Ève Szeftel : "Une autre voie est possible, et c'est le PS britannique qui la montre" | Marianne (fr)
Pourquoi j'ai dû quitter @MarianneleMag | Quentin Müller’s Twitter (fr)
More Context From Flep24/7
European Rearmament, and Retirement Retiring | (en)
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Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
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Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
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Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
19 min - 12 angry men, 1 angry woman (Le Pen Convicted)
Olly and Marlon hop on the mic for a quick one breaking down the Le Pen conviction and the reactions to it.
Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
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Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
17 min - The Veil of Ignorance
Olly and Marlon get on the mic to discuss far right politicians taking the mickey with expenses, the government trying to restrict Muslim women's ability to wear the veil even further, the internal politics of the socialist party and a potential future referendum.
https://www.liberation.fr/politique/voile-dans-le-sport-bayrou-recadre-les-ministres-opposes-a-linterdiction-20250318_LILTWSZZZVEYDJWHEE456KLCBQ/
https://www.lecanardenchaine.fr/breves/la-mare-aux-canards/828-12-mars-2025
More Context From Flep24/7
Party like it's 2005 w/ Stathis Kouvelakis | (en)
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Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
18 min - European Rearmament, and Retirement Retiring
European rearmament is back on the table after the United States moves away from the continent with Donald Trump as president. Marlon & Olly discuss how various forces in French politics are responding to the call for a new European military order, as well as how the government is justifying its refusal to negotiate on the retirement age by pointing to a need for more military spending.
Show Notes
France’s “War Economy” Is a Prelude to Cutting the Welfare State | source (en)
Trump’s turn against Europe is Macron’s opportunity | Prospect Magazine (en)
More Context From Flep24/7
Party like it's 2005 w/ Stathis Kouvelakis | (en)
Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
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Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
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Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
25 min - (Re)building the red bases W/ Nathalie Oziol
Marlon and Olly are joined once again by La France Insoumise MP Nathalie Oziol to discuss the strategy that the party is putting into motion for the municipal elections in 2026.
They talk about rebuilding red bases, which cities LFI will target, what an LFI city will look like and there's a bit of discussion at the end about the tidal wave of violent threats that the party gets.
Nathalie's Twitter: https://x.com/NathalieOziol
Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24
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Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24
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Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
57 min - And if it was him?
Olly and Marlon hop on the mic to discuss Ruffin, Retaillau and Villepin itching to run for president, LFI reaching out to the Greens, Manuel Valls' frosty welcome in New Caledonia and the drumbeat of political violence targeted against the left and Muslims.
Show notes:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/542779/manuel-valls-in-new-caledonia-war-of-words-and-clashes-over-independence-talks
https://x.com/HugoCouturier/status/1894658665350926705
https://actu.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/lyon_69123/municipales-2026-a-lyon-la-france-insoumise-propose-une-alliance-avec-les-ecologistes_62290617.html
https://jacobin.com/2025/02/france-palestine-kazib-authoritarian-terrorism
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
32 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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