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.
Olly and Marlon hop on the mic to discuss the new revelations in the Betharram Affair and its implications for the government, the PS Congress and the failure of unity on the left. Show NotesFrance's Once-Mighty Socialist Party Must Change or Die | Jacobin (en)Mélenchon vs. Hollande | New International (en)More Context From Flep24/7François Bayrou's Coverup, and the 2027 Election (en)A Confident Government, a Shaken Bayrou, and Answered Questions (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
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
Olly and Marlon hop on the mic for a quick one breaking down the Le Pen conviction and the reactions to it. 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
Olly and Marlon get on the mic to discuss far right politicians taking the mickey with expenses, the government trying to restrict Muslim women's ability to wear the veil even further, the internal politics of the socialist party and a potential future referendum. https://www.liberation.fr/politique/voile-dans-le-sport-bayrou-recadre-les-ministres-opposes-a-linterdiction-20250318_LILTWSZZZVEYDJWHEE456KLCBQ/https://www.lecanardenchaine.fr/breves/la-mare-aux-canards/828-12-mars-2025More 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
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
Marlon and Olly are joined once again by La France Insoumise MP Nathalie Oziol to discuss the strategy that the party is putting into motion for the municipal elections in 2026. They talk about rebuilding red bases, which cities LFI will target, what an LFI city will look like and there's a bit of discussion at the end about the tidal wave of violent threats that the party gets. Nathalie's Twitter: https://x.com/NathalieOziolCover 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
Olly and Marlon hop on the mic to discuss Ruffin, Retaillau and Villepin itching to run for president, LFI reaching out to the Greens, Manuel Valls' frosty welcome in New Caledonia and the drumbeat of political violence targeted against the left and Muslims. Show notes:https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/542779/manuel-valls-in-new-caledonia-war-of-words-and-clashes-over-independence-talkshttps://x.com/HugoCouturier/status/1894658665350926705https://actu.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/lyon_69123/municipales-2026-a-lyon-la-france-insoumise-propose-une-alliance-avec-les-ecologistes_62290617.htmlhttps://jacobin.com/2025/02/france-palestine-kazib-authoritarian-terrorismCover 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
Olly and Marlon are joined by the Marxist academic and activist Stathis Kouvelakis for an in depth discussion on how the far right rose to prominence in France, the aftershocks of the 2005 EU constitutional referendum, race, class and the strategy of the left and why LFI is better than Syriza. Stathis is on the editorial board of the communist review Contretemps, trains LFI cadres in Marxism at Institut La Boetie and was part of the leadership of Syriza. Stathis' article on race and class in Contretemps https://www.contretemps.eu/alliance-tours-bourgs-antiracisme-classe/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
There's a debate on in France today about birthright citizenship, and politicians all across the right, the center-right, the republican right, the right of the center-right and the right of the left of the center agree that something needs to change, and that debates on birthright citizenship should not be taboo.Outside of that, Flep24/7 takes a look at Macron's plans for artificial intelligence and referendums, including the state of a referendum on immigration, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's op-ed about ChatGPT and French artificial intelligence.Show NotesLe débat de Bayrou, la question de Macron | Politico Playbook (fr)Droit du sol: Bayrou veut un “débat public plus large” sur ce que “c'est d'être français” | BMFRMC (fr)Droit du sol: Darmanin demande, à sa propre initiative, l'ouverture d'un débat à l'échelle nationale | BFMRMC (fr)Jean-Luc Mélenchon : «Emmanuel Macron transforme la France en colonie numérique» | le Figaro (fr)More Context From Flep24/7| (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
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) Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want 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/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
In a stunning return to form the PS has decided to abandon its previous promises and become the crutch for the Macronist Bayrou government. Eric Zemmour is getting ready to go to Washington and Mélenchon is seeking his 500 signatures to run for president. Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want 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/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
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) Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want 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/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Olly and Marlon hop back on the mic to discuss Le Monde's stunning revelation that Macron is actually quite racist, a fact that a cursory listen to FLEP would have revealed to you. We also talk about the devastation in Mayotte and the break-in at Mélenchon's house. Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
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) Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Olly and Marlon hop on to chat about the state of the negotiations for the new prime minister (they are not going very well) and LFI's plan to impeach Von Der Lyen over Mercosur. Olly said that LFI's presidency of the group in the EU was new - *it's not* they have co-chaired the group with Die Linke since 2019, so their plan to rebuild the group may still be in the offing. Marlon's NYT piece https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/opinion/france-marine-le-pen.html Olly's Jacobin piece https://jacobin.com/2024/12/france-centrists-nfp-parti-socialiste Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Olly and Marlon discuss the last 24 hours in French politics. We have long been bearish on the survival chances of the NFP and it looks like the breakup has finally happened and Faure has broken ranks with the rest of the Front. We also talk briefly about Mercosur and announce the donkey of the day. Marlon's NYT piece https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/opinion/france-marine-le-pen.html Olly's Jacobin piece https://jacobin.com/2024/12/france-centrists-nfp-parti-socialiste Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
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) Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Fund our deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Barnier tried to pass his budget via article 49.3 and is now facing a motion of no confidence which he will lose. Show notes Olly's New Statesman piece: https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2024/12/macron-no-confidence-french-government-about-to-collapse https://www.liberation.fr/economie/budget-censure-les-acteurs-economiques-sont-inquiets-et-cest-inquietant-20241202_FRQU55FASRFCLHMCQK6WZZFP5Y/ https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/editorial/le-493-consequence-logique-et-fatale-du-jeu-de-barnier-avec-lextreme-droite-20241202_SSELWAUQEVE6RNIC4U3SZOWH44/ Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 NEW: Cover ALL of our expenses...and get deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Olly and Marlon talk about the hysteria in France over Israeli football hooligans getting beaten up in Amsterdam, reactions to the American election in France and some news about Le Pen + Olly talks about his brief encounter with Francois Hollande. Show Notes for November 14th, 2024 - Israeli soccer fans were attacked in Amsterdam. The violence was condemned as antisemitic | Associated Press (en) - Antisemitic Attacks Prompt Emergency Flights for Israeli Soccer Fans | The New York Times (en) - No, there were no ‘antisemitic pogroms' in Amsterdam. Here's what really happened. | Mondoweiss (en) - Amsterdam highlights Israeli hooligans in first report on pogrom | Jewish News Syndicate (en) - Raadsbrief feitenrelaas geweldsincidenten | Amsterdam Government (dut) [Machine Translation into English] - L'Insoumis Sébastien Delogu s'emporte après une intervention d'Aurore Bergé sur les violences antisémites d'Amsterdam | Le Figaro (fr) - Evidence from WhatsApp, Telegram groups shows Amsterdam pogrom was organized | i24 (fr) - Pogrom d'Amsterdam : l'ombre de l'Iran derrière une attaque antisémite préméditée ? | JDD (fr) - Debunking the Amsterdam ‘Pogrom' | Foreign Policy in Focus (en) - Si tu te dégonfles, tu te trump | melenchon.fr (fr) More Context From Flap24 - Debrief élections américaines - Quelles conséquences ? | LFI Abroad (fr) - Macron is down, Glucksmann is up, Le Pen is in court. | Flap24 (en) Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 NEW: Cover ALL of our expenses...and get deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Olly and Marlon are joined by Sasha Yarapolskaya of Revolution Permanente a Trotskyist organisation which critiques LFI on the grounds that they are a reformist organisation. Sasha discusses how she was polticised in France, coming there as a refugee from Russia, by the heightened level of class struggle on display, as well as harassement by the far right and why, in her opinion, Melenchonism is a dead end for the left. Olly's previous interviews with Sasha and members of rev permanente. https://novaramedia.com/2022/06/14/terfs-are-marginal-france-a-new-media-platform-plans-to-keep-it-that-way/ https://novaramedia.com/2023/05/12/french-protesters-are-thinking-up-new-ways-to-stop-macrons-pension-reforms/ Song at the end: Sans la nommer by Georges Moustaki Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 NEW: Cover ALL of our expenses...and get deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
With the backdrop of the American presidential election today, France's parties are all making moves with an eye on the 2027 presidential election. Gabriel Attal is rallying the Macron wing as he takes control of the party, and the plucky Socialists want to eject what they see as the radical Mélenchon wing from the left. The goal? Winning in 2027. Show Notes - Rester groupir | Politico Playbook (fr) - Budget de la Sécu : après l'adoption de la partie "recettes" par un vote à front renversé, les députés entament l'examen des "dépenses" | LCP (en) More Context From Flap24 - Édouard Phillippe's presidential campaign kicks into gear (en) - Battle Borne Budget Bludgeons | (en) Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 NEW: Cover ALL of our expenses...and get deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
The left has passed a series of buzzy amendments over the past week, including 30 billion euros worth of new taxes on the rich, as well as a variety of initiatives that the New Popular Front campaigned on. Deputies on the right and the center aren't even showing up to vote against the measures. So will France be getting a redistributive budget that taxes and spends (which the right calls confiscatory) any time soon? Don't count on it. Show Notes - Éducation, Justice... Après les impôts, les députés lancés dans la foire aux dépenses | Le Figaro (fr) - Budget : le plan de Barnier pour sortir du bourbier de l'Assemblée | Mediapart (fr) - Article 47 of the French Constitution | Legifrance (fr) More Context From Flap24 - Battle Borne Budget Bludgeons (en) - Budget Battles (en) Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 NEW: Cover ALL of our expenses...and get deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Édouard Phillippe launched his presidential campaign back in September, but he's been preparing the run for over 2 years. What's his plan to win, and what's his plan to do when he wins? “Structural” reforms, in short - even if they're unpopular. Show Notes - «Je n'ai pas peur du match» : Édouard Philippe, le début d'une longue campagne vers la présidentielle 2027 | Le Figaro (fr)- «Conventions», experts, dialogue avec la «société civile»... Comment Édouard Philippe prépare son projet «massif» pour 2027 | Le Figaro (fr) Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 NEW: Cover ALL of our expenses...and get deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
We recap the debate in the National Assembly on the National Rally's attempt to roll back the retirement reform by looking why the left didn't vote for it and what French conservatives are looking for in retirement policy. Plus, the Mexicanisation of the country continues, if you ask the Interior Ministry. Show Notes - En matière d'économie, le RN dit tout et son contraire | Mediapart (fr) - Abrogation de la réforme des retraites : le piège du RN se referme sur la gauche | Mediapart (fr) - À l'Assemblée, les jérémiades du RN pour sa journée de niche | Mediapart (fr) - «Nous n'avons jamais fait preuve d'hypocrisie» : Jean-Philippe Tanguy justifie le vote du RN contre l'abrogation de la réforme des retraites | Mediapart (fr) - Marine Le Pen Isn't on the Same Side as France's Pension Protesters | Jacobin (en) More Context From Flap 24 - Budget Battles (en) - Battle Borne Budget Bludgeons (en) Cover our newspaper expenses: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 NEW: Cover ALL of our expenses...and get deep dives: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter: @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager
Will the Barnier government force the budget through without a vote? Borne says yes. And Gabriel Attal continues taking over Macron world. Plus - why did the RN vote against rolling back the retirement reform? Show Notes - «Nous n'avons jamais fait preuve d'hypocrisie» : Jean-Philippe Tanguy justifie le vote du RN contre l'abrogation de la réforme des retraites - Le Figaro (fr) - Budget 2025 : Élisabeth Borne conseille à Michel Barnier de recourir au 49.3 - Le Figaro (fr) More Context From Flap 24 - Budget Battles (en) Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 NEW: Cover ALL of our expenses...why the hell not, you know? https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
The conservatives stalled, and questions were raised about where all the value added tax revenue is going. Plus, Olly gives a timely rundown on all the splits in the New Popular Front. The Socialist Party is up to their tricks again... Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 NEW: Cover ALL of our expenses...why the hell not you know? https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Olly and Marlon are joined by Diane De Vignemont and Phineas Rueckert to discuss how the New Popular Front compares to the old one, and how the PCF went from a once mighty force to a party that busies itself with inventing new BBQ based forms of identity politics. Diane's work: https://www.humanite.fr/histoire/resistance/4-avril-1944-quand-le-parti-communiste-francais-entre-au-gouvernement https://newlinesmag.com/essays/the-french-left-is-united-not-for-the-first-time/ https://ddevignemont.wordpress.com/articles/ Phineas' work: https://phineasjfr.wordpress.com/ https://phineasjfr.substack.com/ https://jacobin.com/2022/02/pcf-left-melenchon-france-insoumise-runoff-immigrants Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Olly and Marlon discuss how Macronomics ruined France's finances and disproved the Laffer curve once and for all, Barnier's son's do nothing job, the agony of the Macronists in the new arrangement and LFI's training school for revolutionary cadre. https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-france-economics-business-tax-increases-spending-cuts-budget-crisis/ https://www.blast-info.fr/articles/2024/rima-hassan-coupee-par-bfmtv-anatomie-dune-sequence-mediatique-exemplaire-KPH5xfOfQgyeEmRHZIYxOw Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Olly and Marlon return to talk about Marlon's attendance at the Le Pen trial, Barnier's governmental speech, Macron's blues, Glucksmann's plans and more! https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-case-of-blues-new-pm-michel-barnier-france/ https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/marion-marechal-au-figaro-j-ai-decide-de-lancer-un-mouvement-politique-20241007 Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Olly and Marlon are joined by Nic Maclellan Correspondent for Islands Business, a monthly news and current affairs magazine published in Fiji to talk about New Caledonia, what it is, where it is and France's imperial crisis on the island. Nic's twitter: https://twitter.com/MaclellanNic Show notes: https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/deaths-at-saint-louis-overshadow-anniversary-of-french-colonisation/ https://newint.org/colonialism/2024/new-caledonians-are-still-fighting-be-free-france https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/190924/nouvelle-caledonie-le-calvaire-des-oublies-de-saint-louis?utm_source=global&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SharingApp&xtor=CS3-5 Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
*Content Warning* There is a lengthy discussion of a rape trial in this episode, so some listeners may find it upsetting and wish to avoid this one. Journalist Pauline Bock joins Olly to discuss all things media related in France. They talk about how Pauline's job at media critique site Arret Sur Images, the coverage of the Gilets Jaunes, the ongoing Mazan rape trial and the Bollorisation of the media. Pauline's work in English: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pauline-bock https://twitter.com/PaulineBock Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
On the first day of the Barnier government, Assembly time is wrestled over, ministers fret about their place in the government, and the left wing of Macronism tries to fly away. Show Notes - Barnier 1, jour 1 : ça tourne - Politico (fr) - Dans le camp présidentiel, le goût amer du nouveau gouvernement ne passe pas - Mediapart (fr) More Context From Flap24 - Michel Barnier's cabinet of curiosities (en) Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Olly runs through some of Barnier's choicest cabinet picks TLDR: It's a cabinet choc full of reactionary catholics, the policy in New Caledonia is likely to remain repressive, Macronism's left wing wakes up with a hangover and the NFP pursues censure. Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
There may be a brief break in episodes - Marlon's headed to the beach this weekend. Until then, we wait on Michel Barnier's government, which he says will be settled by Sunday. Show Notes - Le gouvernement sera présenté «avant dimanche», selon Matignon Listen to Some Old Interviews This Weekend From Flap24 We have a thread of all the ones we've done with summaries here - https://x.com/flep24pod/status/1836730901268418932 Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Olly and Marlon reflect on what we've learned over the last 100 days. Also more on the undemocratic austerity budget that is being forced through without scrutiny. - Impôts : la Banque de France plaide pour un «effort exceptionnel» de «certains gros contribuables» ou de «grosses entreprises» - Le Figaro (fr) - «Cette situation mérite mieux que des petites phrases» : Michel Barnier juge le contexte budgétaire français «très grave» - Le Figaro (fr) - LR salue la «réflexion» de Michel Barnier sur «plus de justice fiscale» - Le Figaro (fr) - «Hors de question» : Gérald Darmanin ne soutiendra pas le gouvernement de Michel Barnier s'il augmente les impôts - Le Figaro (fr) - Sollicité par Michel Barnier, le député Charles de Courson a refusé d'entrer au gouvernement - Le Figaro (fr) - Éric Coquerel : « Macron veut rendre inéluctable l'adoption d'un budget austéritaire » - Mediapart (fr) More Context From Flap24 - Macron gets impeached (part II)/Barnier's secretive government (en) - The man behind the Macron-RN alliance, and the battle for the budget (en) - Budget Blues and Michel Garnier's Ministry of Immigration (en) - Macron Hid The Deficit (en) Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Impeachment proceedings are barreling ahead, with the vote to get the LFI-led resolution out of the National Assembly's political bureau winning. If the resolution gets to the Assembly floor, it'll be the first time in the history of the Vth Republic that impeachment is voted on against a president. Michel Barnier's government is starting to take shape - and he's got the same economic adviser as Gabriel Attal did. And Elisabeth Borne did. Plus, a former Prime Minister's name is circulating as the potential next Foreign Minister of France. And even more: the Prime Minister's office is still refusing to communicate budget planning documents to the opposition-led Finance Commission in the National Assembly. Tomorrow, their leaders promise to head to the Economy Ministry to get the documents. Show Notes - Paul de Villepin - Tweet (fr) - Nils Wilcke - Tweet (fr) - Marc Endeweld - Tweet (fr) - Arrêté du 16 septembre 2024 relatif à la composition du cabinet du Premier ministre - Legifrance (fr) - Destitution de Macron: la première étape de la procédure validée par le bureau de l'assemblée nationale - BFMTV (fr) More Context From Flap24 - Macron gets impeached Part I (en) - Give us a call, Michel Barnier (en) - Michel Barnier's Forming a Government (en) Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Impeachment proceedings have officially been opened against Emmanuel Macron - and it looks like they'll pass the National Assembly's political bureau next. After that, a debate in the commission on constitutional law. The Socialist Party says they'll vote the resolution, backed by La France Insoumise, through the Assembly's political bureau but that they don't support the process, which is “doomed to fail.” Michel Barnier has pushed back the date when the budget will be presented, along with his political agenda, to October 9th. It was supposed to happen on the 1st of the month. Meanwhile, the LFI president of the Finance Commission Eric Coquerel hasn't received all the documents he needs yet from the Economy ministry. And in the EU, Thierry Breton resigns from a role on the EU commission. Show Notes - Destitution de Macron : les députés PS n'empêcheront pas l'examen du texte, mais voteront contre son adoption - Le Figaro (fr) - Commission européenne : von der Leyen obtient l'exfiltration de Breton, avec l'aval de Macron - Mediapart (fr) Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Thierry Solère, the man who organized dinners between the National Rally and Macron's camp, is back in the news. He reportedly, and not unpredictably, was the guy who negotiated RN's tacit agreement with Macron to put Michel Barnier in the driving seat as Prime Minister. And the Finance Commission president Éric Coquerel, and LFI deputy, still hasn't received key documents from the Economy and Finance Ministry about the 2025 budget. If he doesn't get them by the end of the day on Monday, he says he's going to have to head over to the Prime Minister's office to pry them out in person. Show Notes - Thierry Solère, « point de contact » entre Macron et l'extrême droite - Mediapart (fr) - Budget : Éric Coquerel affirme qu'il ira «à Matignon chercher les lettres plafonds» si elles ne sont pas envoyées d'ici lundi soir - Le Figaro (fr) - Crimes sans châtiment: Affaire Bouaké, l'un des plus grands scandales de la Ve république (fr) Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
It looks like Michel Barnier's governing now - Macron's ministers are complaining that they can't even get a call with him or anybody close to him to approve their moves because...they don't have his phone number. On the left, François Ruffin gets booed at the Fête de « L'Humanité » as he openly goes on the warpath against Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the LFI's strategy of trying to get votes from people who support the left. It's autumn 3 years out and the presidential race is here. Show Notes - L'affrontement Ruffin-Mélenchon électrise la Fête de l'Humanité - Le Figaro (fr) - «Tout le reste, on perd notre temps» : Mélenchon appelle ses troupes à «mobiliser la jeunesse et les quartiers» - Le Figaro (fr) - La Macronie à la recherche du «06» de Barnier... Les indiscrets du Figaro - Le Figaro (fr) More Context From Flap24 - Michel Barnier's Forming a Government (en) - Macron! Macron! Macron! Beware Macduff! w/Nathalie Oziol (en) Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Nathalie Oziol, La France Insoumise MP for Herault joins Olly and Marlon to talk about the budget, the strategy of LFI and her disagreements with Ruffin, as well as how she got into politics and a bit of Shakespeare. Nathalie's Twitter https://twitter.com/NathalieOziol Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Show Notes - «La France ne doit pas revenir en arrière» en augmentant les impôts, plaide Bruno Le Maire lors de son discours d'adieu - Le Figaro (fr) - Présidentielle 2027: Édouard Philippe reste le mieux placé contre Marine Le Pen Le Figaro (fr) More Context From Flap24 - Budget Blues and Michel Barnier's Ministry of Immigration (en) - Macron Hid The Deficit (en) Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. Emma, how about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Éric Ciotti says France should be governed from the right - and he thinks that Michel Barnier is just Macronism with another name. Plus, when will the next presidential election be? The question is on everybody's lips, and nobody's ruling out Macron resigning. Could it happen? Show Notes - «Je veux que la France soit gouvernée à droite», déclare Éric Ciotti - Le Figaro (fr) - Entre hypothèse de démission et blocage politique, la présidentielle déjà dans toutes les têtes - Le Figaro (fr) - «Mélenchon découpe la France en segments» : François Ruffin étrille la «nouvelle France» de LFI - Le Figaro (fr) Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Olly takes a look at three stories today: Bardella is accused of faking documents to get off trial, Attal and Barnier lay out their terms of engagement and the supposed left wing of Macronism cries over how right wing the party they're in is. Finally Olly takes a quick look at Bompard's most recent blog about the LFI strategy, which they are calling the fourth bloc. Show notes: the fourth bloc https://manuelbompard.fr/2024/09/quatrieme-bloc-la-strategie-gagnante-de-la-france-insoumise/ Olly's article on LFI strategy https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/first-priorities Interview with David Broder https://open.spotify.com/episode/1H4M92uqXllWbB6AjQMHPd?si=7c3421d6c9584841 Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Apologies for the degraded audio - the regular audio processing made my voice sound too clipped, so I've opted for the unprocessed audio. I talked too quietly into the microphone today, sore throat. The finally, actually outgoing Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire was grilled today by the Finance Commission, who are taking the government to task for hiding just how big the deficit is. Le Marie and the Ministry are blaming the deficit on reduced revenues - cuts are on the horizon. Meanwhile, the man who'll be making the cuts, France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier, is meeting with deputies from the presidential camp…and contemplating bringing back the Sarkozy-era Ministry of Immigration. Show Notes Déficit public : un an de mensonges de l'exécutif - Mediapart (fr) Michel Barnier aura mardi une première rencontre avec les députés du groupe macroniste EPR - Le Figaro w/ AFP (fr) Vers un retour d'un ministère de l'Immigration ? Barnier «veut traiter avec sérieux le sujet» - Le Figaro (fr) More Context From Flap24 Macron Hid The Deficit (en) Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
Michel Barnier's forming a new government as the National Assembly finally gets going again this coming Monday. Barnier's looking for ministers from the right, the left, and the current center. There are plenty of familiar faces forecast to come back—it doesn't seem like too much will change with this government. Meanwhile, France is fighting off a budget challenge from the European Union. If they can't get an extension, they say they'll have to make at least 110 billion euros in cuts by 2027. Show Notes - Les premiers pas scrutés de Barnier - Politico Newsletter (fr) - Jean-Philippe Tanguy on Montebourg - BFMTV (fr) - Interview de Michel Barnier : ce qu'il faut retenir sur la réforme des retraites, ses priorités ou encore la proportionnelle - Le Monde (fr) - Michel Barnier : « J'ai le calme des vieilles troupes » - La Tribune Dimanche (fr) More Context From Flap24 - Idols? Just about still alive. Enemies? In power. - Yesterday's Episode (en) - Macron Hid The Deficit (en) Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com. Cover our newspaper expenses. Phillip, how about you buy us one today? https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager
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