The Dig: The Neoliberal vs the Neofascist in France

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🗓️ 27 April 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The Dig normally serves up ice cold, well-digested takes. Sometimes, however, something important happens and Dan finds someone who can help us understand it quickly. Last weekend’s election in France, which advanced the far-right National Front’s Marine Le Pen and neoliberal centrist Emmanuel Macron to a runoff, is one such event. Sebastian Budgen is an editor for Verso Books, a contributing editor at Jacobin, and a member of the editorial board at Historical Materialism.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Boss Chris and Kara, editor of Jacobin. I know everyone is a podcast these days, but
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0:29.4	thanks and I hope you enjoy the show. Welcome to the dig, a podcast from Jackman magazine.
0:37.0	My name is Daniel Denver and I'm
0:45.9	broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. On this show I normally serve up ice-cold
0:51.0	well-digested takes. Sometimes, however, something important happens, and I find
0:56.7	someone who can help me understand it on short notice.
1:00.5	Last weekend's election in France, which advanced the far-right national fronts,
1:04.4	Marine Le Penh and neoliberal centrist Emmanuel Macron, to a runoff is one such depressing eventuality.
1:11.1	My guest today is Sebastian Budgin, a senior editor. eventually Pardon me as I serially butcher French pronunciations. Sebastian Budgean, welcome to the dig.
1:36.0	Thank you.
1:37.0	I'm happy to be here.
1:39.0	So the two main political parties in France seemingly have utterly collapsed sending Marine Le Pen and Macron to a runoff.
1:46.7	What happened?
1:47.7	Well, I think you're right, the political center, the two pillars of the political establishment in France have as many predicted entirely
1:57.2	imploded but perhaps to a degree greater than some were expecting.
2:04.5	The French Socialist Party's vote
2:07.1	has completely liquefied to 6%,
2:11.9	which is the lowest share of the vote since 1969.
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