The Intelligence: Emmanuel override
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4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Gabriel Attal, France’s youthful new prime minister, represents President Emmanuel Macron’s renewed push to pass policy reforms and to counter a resurgent far-right. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a landslide re-election of President Félix Tshisekedi has raised eyebrows—and tempers (7:41). And a look at how “The Wicker Man” may be the force behind a rise in paganism (15:30).
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| 1:00.8 | The Economist. |
| 1:08.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:12.6 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:17.6 | In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it looks a lot like 2018. |
| 1:25.6 | Felix Chisiccate again won the presidency with a thumping majority, but the opposition says |
| 1:32.3 | the vote was rigged. |
| 1:34.0 | We ask why this time is different and what it means for Congo's long-suffering people. |
| 1:41.6 | And the film The Wicker Man once seemed like a cautionary tale about the perils of observing ancient superstitions. |
| 1:48.0 | Today, as the number of self-identified pagans is sharply rising, the film looks like an advertisement for them. |
| 1:54.0 | First up, though. France's President Emmanuel Macron has had a pretty turbulent second term in office. |
| 2:13.6 | His relentless push for reforms to the pension system hasn't been received very well. |
| 2:18.3 | Ditto immigration laws. |
| 2:24.3 | He leads a minority government. |
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