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Édouard Phillippe launched his presidential campaign back in September, but he’s been preparing the run for over 2 years. What’s his plan to win, and what’s his plan to do when he wins? “Structural” reforms, in short - even if they’re unpopular.
Show Notes
- «Je n’ai pas peur du match» : Édouard Philippe, le début d’une longue campagne vers la présidentielle 2027 | Le Figaro (fr)
- «Conventions», experts, dialogue avec la «société civile»... Comment Édouard Philippe prépare son projet «massif» pour 2027 | Le Figaro (fr)
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We recap the debate in the National Assembly on the National Rally’s attempt to roll back the retirement reform by looking why the left didn’t vote for it and what French conservatives are looking for in retirement policy. Plus, the Mexicanisation of the country continues, if you ask the Interior Ministry.
Show Notes
- En matière d’économie, le RN dit tout et son contraire | Mediapart (fr)
- Abrogation de la réforme des retraites : le piège du RN se referme sur la gauche | Mediapart (fr)
- À l’Assemblée, les jérémiades du RN pour sa journée de niche | Mediapart (fr)
- «Nous n’avons jamais fait preuve d’hypocrisie» : Jean-Philippe Tanguy justifie le vote du RN contre l’abrogation de la réforme des retraites | Mediapart (fr)
- Marine Le Pen Isn’t on the Same Side as France’s Pension Protesters | Jacobin (en)
More Context From Flap 24
- Budget Battles (en)
- Battle Borne Budget Bludgeons (en)
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Will the Barnier government force the budget through without a vote? Borne says yes. And Gabriel Attal continues taking over Macron world.
Plus - why did the RN vote against rolling back the retirement reform?
Show Notes
- «Nous n’avons jamais fait preuve d’hypocrisie» : Jean-Philippe Tanguy justifie le vote du RN contre l’abrogation de la réforme des retraites - Le Figaro (fr)
- Budget 2025 : Élisabeth Borne conseille à Michel Barnier de recourir au 49.3 - Le Figaro (fr)
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- Budget Battles (en)
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The conservatives stalled, and questions were raised about where all the value added tax revenue is going. Plus, Olly gives a timely rundown on all the splits in the New Popular Front. The Socialist Party is up to their tricks again...
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Olly and Marlon are joined by Diane De Vignemont and Phineas Rueckert to discuss how the New Popular Front compares to the old one, and how the PCF went from a once mighty force to a party that busies itself with inventing new BBQ based forms of identity politics.
Diane's work:
https://www.humanite.fr/histoire/resistance/4-avril-1944-quand-le-parti-communiste-francais-entre-au-gouvernement
https://newlinesmag.com/essays/the-french-left-is-united-not-for-the-first-time/
https://ddevignemont.wordpress.com/articles/
Phineas' work:
https://phineasjfr.wordpress.com/
https://phineasjfr.substack.com/
https://jacobin.com/2022/02/pcf-left-melenchon-france-insoumise-runoff-immigrants
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Olly and Marlon discuss how Macronomics ruined France's finances and disproved the Laffer curve once and for all, Barnier's son's do nothing job, the agony of the Macronists in the new arrangement and LFI's training school for revolutionary cadre.
https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-france-economics-business-tax-increases-spending-cuts-budget-crisis/
https://www.blast-info.fr/articles/2024/rima-hassan-coupee-par-bfmtv-anatomie-dune-sequence-mediatique-exemplaire-KPH5xfOfQgyeEmRHZIYxOw
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Olly and Marlon return to talk about Marlon's attendance at the Le Pen trial, Barnier's governmental speech, Macron's blues, Glucksmann's plans and more!
https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-case-of-blues-new-pm-michel-barnier-france/
https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/marion-marechal-au-figaro-j-ai-decide-de-lancer-un-mouvement-politique-20241007
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Olly and Marlon are joined by Nic Maclellan Correspondent for Islands Business, a monthly news and current affairs magazine published in Fiji to talk about New Caledonia, what it is, where it is and France's imperial crisis on the island.
Nic's twitter: https://twitter.com/MaclellanNic
Show notes:
https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/deaths-at-saint-louis-overshadow-anniversary-of-french-colonisation/
https://newint.org/colonialism/2024/new-caledonians-are-still-fighting-be-free-france
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/190924/nouvelle-caledonie-le-calvaire-des-oublies-de-saint-louis?utm_source=global&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SharingApp&xtor=CS3-5
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*Content Warning*
There is a lengthy discussion of a rape trial in this episode, so some listeners may find it upsetting and wish to avoid this one.
Journalist Pauline Bock joins Olly to discuss all things media related in France. They talk about how Pauline's job at media critique site Arret Sur Images, the coverage of the Gilets Jaunes, the ongoing Mazan rape trial and the Bollorisation of the media.
Pauline's work in English:
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pauline-bock
https://twitter.com/PaulineBock
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On the first day of the Barnier government, Assembly time is wrestled over, ministers fret about their place in the government, and the left wing of Macronism tries to fly away.
Show Notes
- Barnier 1, jour 1 : ça tourne - Politico (fr)
- Dans le camp présidentiel, le goût amer du nouveau gouvernement ne passe pas - Mediapart (fr)
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- Michel Barnier's cabinet of curiosities (en)
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