FLEP24 (A French Legislative Elections Podcast)

Sep 19 2024 97 ep. 20 mins 15

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Journalists Olly Haynes and Marlon Ettinger analyse the French legislative elections.

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A New Government and a Beach Trip

There may be a brief break in episodes - Marlon's headed to the beach this weekend. Until then, we wait on Michel Barnier's government, which he says will be settled by Sunday. Show Notes - ⁠Le gouvernement sera présenté «avant dimanche», selon Matignon⁠ Listen to Some Old Interviews This Weekend From Flap24 ⁠We have a thread of all the ones we've done with summaries he

Macron gets impeached (part II)/Barnier’s secretive government

Sep 17 2024 7 mins

Impeachment proceedings are barreling ahead, with the vote to get the LFI-led resolution out of the National Assembly’s political bureau winning. If the resolution gets to the Assembly floor, it’ll be the first time in the history of the Vth Republic that impeachment is voted on against a president. Michel Barnier’s government is starting to take shape - and he’s got the

Macron gets impeached Part I

Sep 16 2024 5 mins

Impeachment proceedings have officially been opened against Emmanuel Macron - and it looks like they’ll pass the National Assembly’s political bureau next. After that, a debate in the commission on constitutional law. The Socialist Party says they’ll vote the resolution, backed by La France Insoumise, through the Assembly’s political bureau but that they don’t support the

The man behind the Macron-RN alliance, and a battle for the budget

Sep 15 2024 9 mins

Thierry Solère, the man who organized dinners between the National Rally and Macron’s camp, is back in the news. He reportedly, and not unpredictably, was the guy who negotiated RN’s tacit agreement with Macron to put Michel Barnier in the driving seat as Prime Minister. And the Finance Commission president Éric Coquerel, and LFI deputy, still hasn’t received key document

Give us a call, Michel Barnier

Sep 14 2024 9 mins

It looks like Michel Barnier's governing now - Macron's ministers are complaining that they can't even get a call with him or anybody close to him to approve their moves because...they don't have his phone number. On the left, François Ruffin gets booed at the Fête de « L’Humanité » as he openly goes on the warpath against Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the LFI's strategy of tryi

Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macron!

Sep 13 2024 59 mins

Nathalie Oziol, La France Insoumise MP for Herault joins Olly and Marlon to talk about the budget, the strategy of LFI and her disagreements with Ruffin, as well as how she got into politics and a bit of Shakespeare. Nathalie's Twitter https://twitter.com/NathalieOziol Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠flep24pod@

Le Maire Leaves and the Presidential Race Begins

Sep 12 2024 6 mins

Show Notes -⁠ ⁠«La France ne doit pas revenir en arrière» en augmentant les impôts, plaide Bruno Le Maire lors de son discours d’adieu⁠⁠ - Le Figaro (fr) -⁠ ⁠Présidentielle 2027: Édouard Philippe reste le mieux placé contre Marine Le Pen⁠⁠ Le Figaro (fr) More Context From Flap24 -⁠ ⁠Budget Blues and Michel Barnier's Ministry of Immigration⁠⁠ (en) -�

When will the next presidential election be?

Sep 11 2024 8 mins

Éric Ciotti says France should be governed from the right - and he thinks that Michel Barnier is just Macronism with another name. Plus, when will the next presidential election be? The question is on everybody's lips, and nobody's ruling out Macron resigning. Could it happen? Show Notes - «Je veux que la France soit gouvernée à droite», déclare Éric Ciotti - Le Figaro (

The Fourth Bloc Strategy

Sep 10 2024 24 mins

ATTENTION POD BEAN LISTENERS. WE WILL BE MOVING OVER TO A NEW FEED TO STOP PAYING UNNECESSARY FEES. SEARCH FLEP24 IN THE PODBEAN SEARCH BAR AND SUBSCRIBE TO BOTH FEEDS. ONE WILL EVENTUALLY STOP. Olly takes a look at three stories today: Bardella is accused of faking documents to get off trial, Attal and Barnier lay out their terms of engagement and the supposed left wing of Mac

Budget Blues and Michel Barnier's Ministry of Immigration

Sep 09 2024 8 mins

Apologies for the degraded audio - the regular audio processing made my voice sound too clipped, so I've opted for the unprocessed audio. I talked too quietly into the microphone today, sore throat. The finally, actually outgoing Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire was grilled today by the Finance Commission, who are taking the government to task for hiding just how big the deficit i