Le Pen pusher: Macron wins again
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Emmanuel Macron’s re-election is historic and, for many, a relief. But, as we discuss in the final instalment of our French-election series, the campaign revealed divisions that will trouble his second term, and that he must now try to heal. A staggering flow of foreign weaponry has been a significant factor in Ukraine’s resistance; we examine the geopolitical implications of all that hardware. And the pricey phenomenon of Britain’s personalised licence plates.
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| 1:10.1 | shaping your world. |
| 1:11.6 | America's secretaries of state and defense secretly visited Kiev this weekend. |
| 1:17.6 | They promised more than $300 million in military financing for Ukraine, |
| 1:21.6 | in addition to the $800 million in military hardware announced last week. |
| 1:26.6 | We look at the flow of weapons into the country and how they're making a difference on the ground. |
| 1:32.7 | For most people, a license plate is a thing to stick on your car and forget about, |
| 1:37.3 | but in Britain, vanity plates are increasingly popular and increasingly expensive. |
| 1:42.6 | Some can fetch over half a million pounds at auction. |
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