Will Macron's 'big gamble' election pay off? | Lib Dems promise 'to save the NHS'
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🗓️ 10 June 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Their success has already led to a fall in the value of the euro as markets anticipate turbulent times ahead. President Macron's high-risk response to his Renaissance party losing to Marine Le Pen's National Rally was to call a snap election for the French parliament.
Niall Paterson talks to Sky's Europe correspondent Adam Parsons about what's behind the far-right surge and Macron's decision.
Plus, the Liberal Democrats launch their manifesto saying it's fully costed. Niall asks economics editor Ed Conway if their numbers add up and he talks to Jon Craig, Sky's chief political correspondent, to find out more about their policies.
Producers: Sydney Pead
Promotion Producer: Jada-Kai Meosa John
Editor: Wendy Parker
This episode mentions the constituency of Aberdeenshire North and Moray East. Here is the full list of candidates:
Ian Bailey, Liberal Democrats
Andy Brown, Labour Party
Jo Hart, Reform, UK
Seamus Logan, SNP
Douglas Gordan Ross, Conservative and Unionist Party
We also mentioned the constituency of Basildon and Billericay. Here is the full list of candidates:
Christopher Bateman, British Democratic Party
Stephen Conlay, Reform UK
Stewart Goshawk, Green Party
Alex Harrison, Labour Party
Richard Holden, Conservative and Unionist Party
Dave Murray, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Edward Sainsbury, Liberal Democrats
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| 1:02.1 | Hello, welcome to the Sky News Daily. I'm Neil Patterson and I do hope that you've had a relaxing |
| 1:06.8 | weekend because the week has started with a bang. The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Devey, has launched his party's manifesto. |
| 1:14.6 | The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross, has announced he'll stop being |
| 1:18.7 | leader immediately after the election. |
| 1:20.7 | We'll have much more on both of those just a little later. |
| 1:25.4 | But following some pretty dramatic European Parliament elections, |
| 1:29.0 | in those countries, of course, are still part of the European Union, that is. |
| 1:32.5 | The French President Emmanuel Macron has been channeling Rishi Sunak. |
| 1:36.7 | No, not leaving Normandy early. |
| 1:38.9 | Instead, he's called a snap election and won his party, will struggle to win. |
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