Panic mode: Biden and Le Pen imperil mainstream politics

EU Confidential

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🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Just days before the final round of France's snap parliamentary elections, we discuss possible scenarios for what could emerge from the messy political situation in Paris: shiny new leaders, a shaky new government, rocky cohabitation — or even more chaos. Host Sarah Wheaton talks to POLITICO's senior correspondent in Paris, Clea Caulcutt. Later she's joined by former U.S. Ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner and the director of the German Marshall Fund's Berlin office, Sudha David-Wilp. They break down the reactions of European leaders to President Joe Biden's poor performance in last week's debate with challenger Donald Trump, their doubts over Biden's prospects in November's election, and how Europe is approaching the possibility of Trump 2.0. Finally, to mark the start of Hungary's presidency of the Council of the EU, we have a dispatch from POLITICO reporter Eddy Wax, who sailed down the Danube recently on a trip to Budapest. If you're hungry for more election coverage, please tune in to POLITICO's Power Play, Westminster Insider and Politics at Jack and Sam's. This week they'll all be tackling the July 4 general election in the U.K. Programming alert! A special episode with news and analysis on the results of the second round of the French elections will be delivered to your feed on Monday morning. Don't miss it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.7	And the French have placed the Rassemblement National and his allies in-tete and have practically effaced the bloc Macronist.
0:40.3	That was Marine Le Pen, reacting to the results of the first round
0:47.3	of the SNAP parliamentary elections last Sunday in France.
0:51.3	Speaking to her supporters in Paris, she was all smiles,
0:56.0	and she has a reason to be so triumphant.
0:59.0	Her far-right party, the national rally, won a historic victory,
1:04.0	securing over 12 million votes, some third of the electorate.
1:14.3	We can all guess who isn't very upbeat at the moment.
1:20.1	Yep, President Emmanuel Macron came out of the election even more wounded.
1:26.2	His centrist's alliance finished third, behind the far right and the coalition of left-wing parties.
1:27.4	Now the question is, what can we expect from the second and behind the far right and the coalition of left-wing parties.
1:28.9	Now the question is,
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