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Hello, all the monde.

Today, we're going to talk about France, the French economy, the French society,

what is ahead for France, why what happens in France tends to lead Europe or has done ever since the anniversary that France is celebrating today, which is the 14th of July. The 14th of July is,

we know, Independence Day in France, the storming of the Bastille, which was stormed in 1789, kicking off the French Revolution,

the French Revolution being probably the most seminal event in European politics and economics

over the last three or 400 years. So that's what we're going to talk about. And of course,

it's all against the background of the electrifying performances from the French

national football team who have gone out of their way to impress. Yeah, I mean, they're,

they seem unstoppable at this stage. Embappe, Dembelle, Olise is just phenomenal. They're

unstoppable. The guy who was born in West London.

Yes.

It's an amazing story.

Play for Chris O'Pallis.

So basically we're at the business end of the World Cup, as everybody knows.

We are down to the final two major games,

semifinals and finals.

But something else is going on in France,

which is another ticking clock.

And it's the clock that's ticking down to the French presidential election next year.

Now, typically in French presidential elections, there's lots of shatmen roaring.

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