Has Macron given in to racists?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 21 December 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Macron relents to the far-right and introduces tough immigration laws into multicultural France. What does this mean for the right-wing Marine Le Pen's hopes of being president - and for a country whose history is so interlinked with migration?
Our new Health Secretary calls junior doctors 'doctors-in-waiting' - is that the best way to end a new flurry of strikes that could further cripple our limping health system?
And Liz Truss gets a new portrait at her old home.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.9 | There is turmoil in Parliament over immigration. |
| 0:15.5 | There is a ministerial resignation over immigration. |
| 0:18.8 | The leader of a party pulled from pillar to post and being accused |
| 0:23.9 | of giving in to the hard right, bringing in the most draconian set of immigration reforms that the |
| 0:31.1 | country has ever seen. But this is not Westminster. This is the other side of the English Channel. |
| 0:39.6 | This is France and the Assembly National, where Macron's government is tearing itself to pieces over this legislation, |
| 0:46.6 | which Marine Le Pen, the leader of the Front National as was, is describing as an ideological victory for the right. And this just isn't happening |
| 0:57.3 | in France. It's happening across Europe. And indeed, if you look at some of the rhetoric around |
| 1:03.7 | immigration, it's happening in America too. Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:12.5 | The Newsagents. The Newsagents. |
| 1:14.4 | It's John. It's Lewis. |
| 1:16.0 | And a little bit later on, we will talk about something to do with British politics |
| 1:20.6 | and a new installation in Downing Street, which you will not want to miss. |
| 1:27.0 | Should I tell them what you said it might be earlier? |
| 1:29.1 | No. |
| 1:29.5 | Okay. |
| 1:30.1 | All right. |
| 1:30.7 | No, don't get me into trouble. |
| 1:32.7 | Don't get me into trouble. |
| 1:34.3 | John said something very rude. |
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