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Hello, you're very welcome to Long Reeds, a Jacobin podcast where we look in depth of political topics and thinkers.

My name is Daniel Finn and the features editor here at Jacobin and I'll be presenting the show.

This week's episode is the second part of a two-part interview with Sebastian Budgeon about French politics and the state of the French left.

Sebastian is a senior editor at Verso Books.

In our previous episode, we spoke about development since the elections two years ago,

when a left-wing alliance prevented the far right from taking power in Paris.

This week, we're going to be speaking about events so far this year,

and looking ahead to the presidential election in 2027.

France's political class are already pointing fingers over who is responsible for the death

of far-right activist Quentin D.

In February, the death of a far-right activist in Lyon was followed by a political campaign

to delegitimize the biggest party of the French left, La France insomise.

Franz van Cate carried this report on the early stages of the controversy.

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunes said a band, anti-fascist group was most likely responsible.

You are young?

The young guard have a large presence in Lyon.

We're talking about a far-left movement. It's clearly far-left.

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