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Laïcité, extrémité, fragilité: our French-election series in full

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The first round of the presidential election is on Sunday and our first-ever series has been following the race closely. This compendium of the first six dispatches looks at the candidates, their platforms and the sharply shifting political landscape in France. 

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1:03.5

Hello and welcome to a special Saturday episode of the Intelligence. Sometimes it's not just

1:08.9

weekdays that we provide fresh perspectives.

1:12.0

The first round of France's presidential election is tomorrow, and our first ever series

1:16.5

has been examining the race since early February.

1:22.5

This show is a roundup of those six pieces, all in one place.

1:27.4

Looking at the candidates, their platforms,

1:29.7

and the sharply shifting political landscape in France.

1:55.1

We started two months ago on February 3rd by unveiling our election forecast model and visiting a place that shed light on France's center-right. Thank you. French voters haven't re-elected an incumbent president since the victory of Jacques Chirac two decades ago.

2:15.5

Restes in a veille.

2:17.6

Defend our liberty.

2:22.6

We've got reason to suspect that that pattern will be broken in April's election.

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