The Sunday Debate: Macron Paved the Way for Populism in France

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🗓️ 1 May 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Emmanuel Macron has become the first sitting president of France to be re-elected since 2002. But while Macron won the election, France’s far-right and its leader Marine Le Pen has now boldly established itself in the political mainstream. In his victory speech, President Macron acknowledged that, “Many of my compatriots voted for me, not to back my ideas, but to keep out those of the far right.” For this week's Sunday Debate, we discuss whether it is the formidable figure of Marine Le Pen who is redefining French politics or is it Macron, swallowing the middle ground at the expense of his more moderate peers on the left and right, who has paved the way for more populist rhetoric and extreme candidates that now occupy the centre ground? We invited two guests to discuss it. Vincent Martigny is Professor of Political science at the University of Nice, and Jean-Yves Camus is an expert in political radicalism and a Fellow at the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right. Hosting the discussion is the cultural historian and broadcaster Shahidha Bari. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.0	Welcome to Intelligent Squared. I'm Connor Boyle.
1:04.0	It's the Sunday debate and after a tense election for France,
1:07.0	we're hearing from two experts about what the result means for the future of politics in the country.
1:16.0	Here's our host, the cultural historian and broadcaster, Shahida Bari with more.
1:22.0	Last Sunday, Emmanuel Macron became the first sitting president of France to be re-elected since 2002.
1:29.0	Macron won 58.5% of the vote and his far-right opponent, Marie Le Pen, took 41.5%.
1:37.0	But while Macron won the election, France's far-right has now boldly established itself in the political mainstream.
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