FLEP24 (A French Legislative Elections Podcast)

Macron's program, Marion's heist, Melenchon's reputation under fire

Attal presents the centrist programme, to no one's surprise it's copying the other two blocs, though presumably they'll only do the right's half.
 
Mélenchon continues to be Corbynified and we talk a little more about Marion Maréchal's heist.
 
Marlon's twitter @MarlonEttinger
Olly's twitter @reality_manager
 

Mask off for Macron

Macron and Darmanin reveal just how right wing they actually are with rhetoric taken from Action Française.
Marion Maréchal betrays Zemmour again.
Roussel objects to one of LFI's candidates and Olly is fed a line by Ruffin's camp that the guy's analyse.
Olly's piece on Macronism in the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/18/macron-consultants-lobbyists-starmer-labour-
Marlon's piece on Darmanin and Action Française
https://footnotesnews.substack.com/p/islamo-leftism-king-darmanin-lizard?utm_source=publication-search

A left wing plot, a right wing program, and a pension debate

The dissident left wing candidates rallied in Montreuil, and the press is whirling with reports about their next moves. Is a millionaire funding them?
 
Olly has an update from deep within the bowels of LFI about worries about so-called internal democracy.
 
Marlon talks a lot about pensions. The best time to start investing was 10 years ago. The second best time is now...buy an index fund.
 
And finally, will the RN roll back Macron's retirement reform? History says be skeptical.
 
Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter @reality_manager

Cracks begin to show

Ciotti finds himself in legal trouble and Olly suspects lawfare.

A Week Where Decades Happened

Marlon and Olly talk you through the new developments of the French legislative elections and analyse the crazy week of French politics. 

You wouldn't like me when I'm Ruffingry

Another short one today as Marlon is on the road this time. Long one coming tomorrow. 
Tensions on the left again. 

Dreams of Bollorisation

Ciotti goes for lunch with Bollore and then for dinner with Bollore. The left's negotiations are suspended before a breakthrough. Olly and Marlon go on a tangent about the role of the Gaza genocide in French politics. 

Zemmour Betrayed

Marion Maréchal stabs Zemmour in the back. Macron makes a speech that no one listens to. LFI and the PS divvy up seats and a procedural coup prevents Marlon from voting.
Journalists Marlon Ettinger and Olly Haynes continue their analysis of the French Legislative Elections 2024 

Unions Left, Right, and Centre

Journalists Marlon Ettinger and Olly Haynes discuss the rapidly shifting landscape of French politics. Good news! the left unified! Bad news! so did the right! News that seems inconsequential given the showdown that's coming! Some centrists might also unify!

Oh snap! Election

Journalists Marlon Ettinger and Olly Haynes discuss Macron's decision to call a snap election, why he did, the possibility of a union of the left, and the increasingly strong far-right. 
Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger
Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
 
Music: Once in Paris by Pump Up the Mind