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My name is Alex Doherty and my guest today is Sebastian Budgeon.

We talked about the recent shock result in the French legislative

elections that saw the left-wing New Popular Front win the highest number of seats, beating both

Emmanuel Macron's ensemble and the national rally, who had been widely expected to emerge with

the most deputies in the French Parliament. In our conversation, we discussed the causes of this surprising result,

whether the left can form a new government,

the divisions within the Popular Front,

and the extent to which the National Rally still made major electoral inroads.

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