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A podcast by journalists Olly Haynes(https://x.com/reality_manager
) and Marlon Ettinger (https://x.com/MarlonEttinger) covering the French legislative elections in 2024.
) and Marlon Ettinger (https://x.com/MarlonEttinger) covering the French legislative elections in 2024.
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The stage is all set for François Bayrou to go, come a confidence vote against him on September 8th. Behind the scenes, what are the next political moves, who wants who gone, and who wants to work with who? Plus, the circulating names game, will Macron dissolve parliament, and does Jordan Bardella have a soft spot for our man from Pau? All this and more, on this edition of Flep24.Show NotesUn Premier ministre en Bayrou libre | Le Canard enchaîné (fr)SONDAGE BFMTV/LA TRIBUNE DIMANCHE: en cas de dissolution, le RN largement en tête des intentions de vote | BFMTV (fr)La mare aux canards | Le Canard enchaîné (fr)More Context From Flep24/7Bayrou’s last stand? | (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Three Legislative Elections and an Old Prime MinisterMarlon comes back in form to relaunch Flep24’s coverage heading into budget season. We go over the Minister of Culture’s bid for a parliamentary seat in Paris, a former Prime Minister’s challenge (and presidential ambitions), and a recent regional health agency appointment in Brittany. All that and more in this edition of Flep24.Show NotesARS Bretagne : Véronique Solère nommée directrice générale | ARS Bretagne (fr)More Context From Flep24/7Two Elections on the Right to Come | (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Marlon takes a solo look at who might support a Bruno Retailleau run for president in 2027. He’s flying high in the polls and in the regard of French billionaires who also want Le Pen to win.And a quick look at the 2026 Paris election. The Socialists still have a good position, but they’re facing serious challenges from the radical left, and from Rachida Dati, the conservative LR Culture Minister who’s a long time opponent of the city’s current mayor, Anne Hidalgo.All that and more on this edition of Flep24/7!Show NotesLe coup de foudre de Retailleau pour Pierre-Edouard Stérin, le milliardaire d'extrême droite | Le Canard enchaîné (fr)Avec Stérin, on a retrouvé la 7e compagnie ! | Le Canard enchaîné (fr)Pierre-Édouard Stérin, saint patron de l’extrême droite française #4. EXCLUSIF : Périclès, le projet secret de Pierre-Édouard Stérin pour installer le RN au pouvoir | l’Humanité (fr)FN Militias, Darmanin v. Le Pen, mv *<> ~? | Footnotes (en)Au Sommet des libertés, le fantasme d’une union des droites | Le Point (fr)Au “Sommet des libertés”, le grand rapprochement des droites dures | Télérama (fr)Immigration : 4 000 forces de l'ordre mobilisées pour « interpeller des clandestins » | La Croix (avec AFP) (fr)More Context From Flep24/7François Bayrou’s Coverup, and the 2027 Election | (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Show NotesClémentine Autain : « Je suis candidate pour incarner une gauche solide » | La Tribune Dimanche (fr)@badmulch | Twitter, June 16th (fr)On a été virés du congrès de l'APRÈS... mais on est revenus. | Mulch Stream Youtube Channel (fr)@RaquelGarridoFr | Twitter, June 17th (fr)« Ici tout commence… » : depuis l’Essonne, Jérôme Guedj prend date pour la présidentielle | Le Parisien (fr)EXCLUSIF - Dominique de Villepin va lancer son parti politique cette semaine | Paris Match (fr)Le Pouvoir de dire non, by Dominique de Villepin | Flammarion (fr)More Context From Flep24/7Faure’s Score and Seven Years Ago | (en)The State of the Left w/ David Broder and Philippe Marlière | (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Marlon and Olly go over the Salon du Bourget, a glitzy airshow to the Northeast of Paris where weapons companies show off their latest deadly hardware. We take a look at some of the new weapons systems, France’s military production goals, as well as Ursula von der Leyen’s justifications for dispensing with democracy as Europe rearms to the tune of nearly a trillion euros.We also take a brief look at the eight Israeli companies at the show, and the French government’s incoherent attitude to the country, its companies, its war and genocide.Show NotesMBDA annonce un partenariat avec un constructeur automobile pour produire en masse le One Way Effector, un nouveau missile long portée | OpexNews (fr)Vortex : le projet d’avion spatial de Dassault Aviation | OpexNews (fr)List of companies at the Salon du Bourget | Salon du Bourget (fr)Armes israéliennes au Bourget : les tergiversations françaises se terminent en imbroglio diplomatique | Mediapart (fr)More Context From Flep24/7The State of the Left w/ David Broder and Philippe Marlière | (en)European Rearmament, and Retirement Retiring | (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Marlon and Olly go over the results of the first round of the Socialist Party Congress, and what the results mean for the future of the party, the left, France, and beyond.Marlon also goes over a protest at a recent La France Insoumise speech in Paris by a group accusing Jean-Luc Mélenchon of antisemitism.Show NotesPS : Olivier Faure et Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol se lancent à la poursuite de Boris Valaud et ses voix | Libération (fr)Réuni avec le PCF et les Ecologistes, le patron du PS, Olivier Faure, dénonce pour la première fois un «génocide» à Gaza | Libération (fr)France’s Once-Mighty Socialist Party Must Change or Die | Jacobin (en)Mélenchon vs. Hollande | New International (en)Nous Vivrons Protest Thread | Twitter, May 27th (en & fr)Jean-Luc Mélenchon Moment Politique Thread | Twitter, May 27th (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Marlon talks with Dr. Vladimir Bortun, a lecturer in politics at St. John’s College at the University of Oxford about the French connection to the recent Romanian Presidential election results. We talk about the far right’s accusations of French (and Moldovan) interference in the election, the historical links between the countries, and the politics of language and accents. We also get into what the election was actually about, the attitude of Romanian liberals to the West, and who votes for who and why in Romania.All that and more on this episode of Flep24/7.Show NotesRomania Is About to Experience Disaster | The New York Times (en)Accusations of French Intelligence Interference by Pavel Durov | Tweet, May 18th (en)French Diplomacy Denies Durov’s Claims | Tweet, May 18th (fr)En Roumanie, l’armée française passe à la vitesse supérieure | Le Figaro (fr)En Roumanie, la colère contre le libéralisme de Bruxelles nourrit le poujadisme | Le Vent Se Lève (fr)v‘We Didn’t Know What We Were Eating Tomorrow’: How Class Origin Shapes the Political Outlook of Members of the Parliament in Britain | Political Studies (en)The Economic Backgrounds of Politicians | Annual Review of Political Science (en)Taking back control: comprador bankers and managerial developmentalism in Poland | Review of International Political Economy (en)More Context From Flep24/7Bourgeois Bloc Blues w/ Bruno Amable | (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_managerVladimir’s Twitter: @BortunVladimir
We go deep on Marine Le Pen’s conviction, and discuss the byzantine byways of the French legal system in this crossover episode with Liam & Patrick from the Royal Palace Podcast.We get into the case against Le Pen, her party, and her eurodeputies, who were convicted on charges of embezzlement. We also get into the legality of her ineligibility penalty, and just how the French appeals process works. Is this lawfare? (It depends on how you describe it).All this and more on today’s episode of Flep24/7.To hear more from Liam & Patrick, check out the Royal Palace Podcast over at their website, or wherever you download podcasts from.Show NotesWe Should Know by Now. The Courts Aren’t Going to Stop Trump and His Kind | The New York Times (en)March 31st, 2025 extracts from the court’s deliberation | Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris (fr)September 30, 2024 press dossier on the National Front European parliamentary assistants affair | Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris (fr)More Context From Flep24/7 and the Royal Palace PodcastFrench law | RPP (en)12 angry men, 1 angry woman (Le Pen Convicted) | Flep24 (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
France and Algeria’s diplomatic falling out continues, with many of the developments fueled by domestic political agendas. François Bayrou rang the alarm on France’s budget deficit which means one thing is coming: cuts. And we take a look at an editorial by Marianne’s new editor, as well as some of the behind-the-scenes political developments in the French press.Show NotesQuand l'Azerbaïdjan envoie une "carte postale" à Emmanuel Macron | Marc Endeweld’s Substack (fr)François Bayrou : « Ceux qui choisiraient l’instabilité et le désordre nuiraient gravement à notre pays » | Le Parisien (fr)Ève Szeftel : "Une autre voie est possible, et c'est le PS britannique qui la montre" | Marianne (fr)Pourquoi j'ai dû quitter @MarianneleMag | Quentin Müller’s Twitter (fr)More Context From Flep24/7European Rearmament, and Retirement Retiring | (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
European rearmament is back on the table after the United States moves away from the continent with Donald Trump as president. Marlon & Olly discuss how various forces in French politics are responding to the call for a new European military order, as well as how the government is justifying its refusal to negotiate on the retirement age by pointing to a need for more military spending.Show NotesFrance’s “War Economy” Is a Prelude to Cutting the Welfare State | source (en)Trump’s turn against Europe is Macron’s opportunity | Prospect Magazine (en)More Context From Flep24/7Party like it's 2005 w/ Stathis Kouvelakis | (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Revelations into the Bétharram affair continue to pile up, with reporting about a possible intervention by French Prime Minister François Bayrou into the case, as well as ministerial level abandonment of holding private Catholic schools to account.Plus, is Chirac’s former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin about to jump into the 2027 presidential race?All this and more on today’s episode of Flep24/7.Show NotesAffaire Bétharram : le procureur de Pau annonce trois interpellations ce mercredi pour des faits de viols, agressions sexuelles et violences | La République des Pyrénées (fr)Ange Mur Video Clip | Elodie Dievart Tweet, February 19th (fr)Notre-Dame-de-Bétharram : un établissement hors de tout contrôle | Mediapart (fr)Affaire des viols de 1998 : François Bayrou cerné par deux témoignages convergents | Mediapart (fr)More Context From Flep24/7François Bayrou’s Coverup, and the 2027 Election | (en)A Confident Government, a Shaken Bayrou, and Answered Questions | (en)The NFP is Over, says Jean-Luc Mélenchon | (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
The Socialist Party has broken the New Popular Front alliance, Jean-Luc Mélenchon said at a political meeting in Paris this evening.Show NotesNotre-Dame-de-Bétharram : un établissement hors de tout contrôle | Mediapart (fr)Affaire Bétharram : le malaise grandit dans le camp présidentiel | Mediapart (fr)More Context From Flep24/7A Confident Government, a Shaken Bayrou, and Answered Questions | (en)François Bayrou’s Coverup, and the 2027 Election | (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch at flep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Reporting from Mediapart about French Prime Minister François Bayrou’s knowledge of allegations of sexual assault at a private Catholic school in his backyard continue to pile up, as well as calls in the National Assembly for Bayrou to account for lying about that knowledge.In the meantime, a no-confidence vote failed against the government over its passage of the social security financing bill. Neither the Socialist Party, nor the National Rally censored Bayrou’s government, so it’s hanging on for now.All that and more, on this episode of Flap24/7.Show NotesViols à Bétharram : Bayrou a menti, Mediapart publie de nouveaux documents | Mediapart (fr))Le juge saisi des viols à Betharram : « En 1998, j’ai confirmé à François Bayrou que les faits étaient patents et établis »| Mediapart (fr)L’Assemblée nationale repousse une troisième motion de censure sur le budget de la Sécurité sociale | Le Figaro (fr)LCP, February 12th | Tweet, @LCP (fr)Ilan Gabet, February 12th | Tweet, @Ilangabet (fr)More Context From Flep24/7François Bayrou’s Coverup, and the 2027 Election | (en)New Popular Fracture | (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch atflep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
François Bayrou is confronted on the floor of the National Assembly over allegations that he didn’t protect students who were abused, physically and sexually, for decades at the private Catholic school where his wife taught. Bayrou denies any knowledge of the allegations, and says he’s be suing Mediapart, who reported on the case last week.And Gérald Darmanin, the hard-line Justice Minister, wants to avoid a Le Pen-Mélenchon runoff in 2027. He says the way to avoid that is a primary for the governmental camp, which could include the hard-line Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau entering the contest.All that and more, on today’s episode of Flep24/7.Show NotesDarmanin s’y voit | Politico Playbook (fr)Viols sur mineurs à Bétharram : les mensonges de Bayrou pour défendre une institution catholique | Mediapart (fr)Marlon J. Ettinger, February 6th | @MarlonEttinger, Tweet (en)Paul Vannier, February 5th | @PaulVannierFI (fr)More Context From Flep24/7Prime Minister François Bayrou: France’s Last Macronist, And Its First | December 14th, 2024(en)Attal’s Socialist Turn Against the RN? | July 4th, 2024 (en)Édouard Phillippe 2027, and The Socialist Party in 2024 | September 4th, 2024 (en)Sad Young Man In Matignon | August 25th, 2024 (en)Attal’s Grand Coalition on the Horizons | August 14th, 2024Coalition Negotiations | July 10th, 2024 (en)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch atflep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Nicolas Sarkozy is filmed jogging with an ankle bracelet, there’s controversy on the far-right over scores being settled from 2022, and an RN mayor’s headed for trial over alleged corruption (which he denies).Show NotesIA plus qu’à | Politico Playbook (fr)Les images du premier jogging de Nicolas Sarkozy sous bracelet électronique | Tweet, BFMTV (fr)Nicolas Sarkozy, February 8th | Nicolas Sarkozy, Twitter (fr)Affaire des écoutes : après sa condamnation, Nicolas Sarkozy annonce mettre «entre parenthèses» ses activités publiques | Le Figaro (fr)Sarkozy condamné: 254 pages de jugement face au vide de la com’ | Mediapart (fr)18 décembre 2024 Cour de cassation Pourvoi n° 23-83.178 | Cour de Cassation (fr)Families of airliner bomb victims want their voices heard at Sarkzoy-Gaddafi funding trial | Mediapart (en)Bruno North, February 8th | Bruno North, Twitter (fr)Thomas Montagne, February 8th | Thomas Montagne (fr)CNIP (Centre National des Indépendants et Paysans), February 8th | CNIP, Facebook post (fr)Le vice-président du RN David Rachline sera jugé pour prise illégale d’intérêts | Mediapart (fr)Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch atflep24pod@gmail.com.Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24Flep24's Twitter: @flep24podMarlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttingerOlly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Flep24/7 was out this week with the champagne left, eating caviar, and getting some insights into LFI. You’ll hear about it here, as well as Sunday’s municipal election with Louis Boyard.
All that and more—and plenty more episodes to come in 2025 from Flep24/7.
More Context From Flep24/7
Bourgeois Bloc Blues w/ Bruno Amable | (en)
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Flep24 is back with a new name—Flep24/7—after a long winter break marked by illness and despair…but French political news never stops. The patriarch of the National Rally is dead, it’s the 10th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and the Socialist Party looks like it’s going to betray the left wing alliance. We talk about Jean-Marie Le Pen’s assiduously documented history of torture, debates on the left about Charlie, and debates on the left (and the Socialist Party) about collaborating with the new government.
All that and more—and plenty more episodes to come in 2025 from Flep24/7.
Show Notes
Pendant la guerre d'Algérie, un monsieur sans gégène à la torture facile | Le Canard enchaîné (fr)
Sur les camps de concentration, le point de détail qui tue | Le Canard enchaîné (fr)
La nuit des longues fourchettes | melenchon.fr (fr)
Le jour des petites cuillères | melenchon.fr (fr)
Ce jour-là | melenchon.fr (fr)
Philippe Val: «Dix ans après Charlie, passer son temps à pleurnicher reviendrait à trahir ceux qui sont morts» | Le Figaro (fr)
Mort de Jean-Marie Le Pen : l'Élysée présente ses condoléances, l'extrême droite lui rend hommage | France24 (fr)
Législative partielle en Isère : vers un "match retour" entre LFI et Ensemble au second tour | franceinfo (fr)
More Context From Flep24/7
A Media in Need of Critique w/ Pauline Bock | (en)
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In today's episode we talk about Mélenchon's prime ministerial plans, his opinion of Bardella, and the far right's designation by the Interior Ministry.
Marlon gets a piece of mail from a shadowy figure from the past, and Olly goes deep on New Caledonian independence and fascists training in the woods.
Plus more polls: most people think RN will win.
And finally, a genuine apology to Édouard Philippe, we made a couple of jokes about his appearance while discussing his plans to reconstitute the center before getting egg on our face after reading that he has alopecia.
And a fact check: it was Sarkozy who raised the retirement age to 62, not Hollande. Marlon, you dunce!
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France’s new Prime Minister is François Bayrou, a wiley operator who was a recidivist candidate for president until hitching his wagon closely to Emmanuel Macron in 2017. Since then he’s dreamed of the most powerful positions in the state, and now he has one of them.
Some parties on the left like the Communists, Socialists, and Greens are eschewing the anti-agreementism of more radical La France Insoumise, who are already promising to bring forward a new no-confidence vote against the Bayrou government. They say it’s just the same old product that Barnier was selling.
But the National Rally says they’re going to be vigilant, as they try to impose their line on Bayrou, who isn’t an unyielding opponent of Le Pen and her line.
Olly discusses pressure from within the Communist Party on their National Secretary Fabien Roussel, and Marlon talks about some politicians from MoDem, Bayrou’s party.
Show Notes
Lettre ouverte à Fabien Roussel : « Il est temps que tu passes le relais » | Politis (fr)
More Context From Flap24
- Popular Fronts Old and New w/ Diane de Vignemont and Phineas Rueckert (en)
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The government has fallen, and Michel Barnier is out. What comes next? Some people say presidential elections. Others say a rotating cast of soon to be defeated prime ministers, or government by decree.
Marlon goes over the scene where Barnier knew he was done, as well as the plans by France’s political forces to capitalize on the moment.
The goal? Winning in 2027 - or whenever the next election is.
Show Notes
France Is Being Held Hostage | The New York Times (en)
More Context From Flap24
- Michel Barnier’s Wings of Wax (en)
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