Le Pen pusher: Macron wins again
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 29 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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| 0:36.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist in London I'm Jason Palmer |
| 0:41.1 | And in New York I'm John Fassman every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world |
| 0:49.6 | America's secretaries of state and defense secretly visited Kiev this weekend |
| 0:54.4 | They promised more than 300 million dollars in military financing for Ukraine |
| 0:58.8 | In addition to the 800 million dollars in military hardware announced last week |
| 1:03.6 | We look at the flow of weapons into the country and how they're making a difference on the ground |
| 1:09.8 | For most people a license plate is a thing to stick on your car and forget about |
| 1:14.0 | But in Britain vanity plates are increasingly popular and increasingly expensive |
| 1:18.8 | Some confess over half a million pounds at auction |
| 1:28.0 | First up though |
| 1:30.0 | A manual Macron made history again last night |
| 1:52.0 | He became the first sitting French president in two decades to be reelected |
| 1:55.8 | Winning out over the far right candidate Marlene Le Pen by 58.5% to 41.5% |
| 2:02.8 | His supporters who gathered near the Eiffel Tower for an election night party sounded overjoyed |
| 2:13.0 | His detractors both in Paris and Lyon weren't so happy |
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