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The Story

How France’s left stopped a far-right surge

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Politics, Unknown, Daily News, News

41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Against all predictions, France’s left wing coalition won more seats than Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in France’s parliamentary elections. With Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party losing seats and power, what now for French politics?

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Guest: Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times

Host: Manveen Rana

Clips: France 24, Public Sénat, CGTN.

Further listening: Young, French, and voting hard-right

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1:08.0

From the Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story.

1:33.0

I'm Manveen Rana. In Paris as the results of the second round of the French elections came in the crowds that had gathered erupted. Fireworks went up, people cheered and chanted,

1:41.0

and women in headscarves could be seen hugging in relief.

1:45.0

It was a triumph for the center and the left,

1:49.0

as the far left leader Jean-Luc-Mélouchett told a crowd of supporters.

1:55.0

A magnificent civil that's affirming.

1:59.0

A magnificent civil mobilisation has taken hold. Our people have clearly rejected the worst case scenario.

2:06.0

Tonight the national rally is far from having the majority that was predicted.

2:11.0

For the far right, who thought there was predicted.

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