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Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024)

Olly Haynes & Marlon Ettinger

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, 2025, and beyond.

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00:57:00

(Re)building the red bases W/ Nathalie Oziol

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2025/03/09

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:

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00:31:19

And if it was him?

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2025/02/27

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

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00:12:35

Revelations Pile Up In Bayrou Affair, and Villepin...

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2025/02/20

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

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00:58:52

Party like it's 2005 w/ Stathis Kouvelakis

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2025/02/17

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

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00:04:17

The NFP is Over, says Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2025/02/14

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:

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00:08:39

A Confident Government, a Shaken Bayrou, and Answered...

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2025/02/12

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

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00:07:49

François Bayrou’s Coverup, and the 2027 Election

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2025/02/11

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

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00:06:17

An ankle bracelet for Sarkozy, a micro-right civil...

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2025/02/10

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

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00:18:07

Blood, but not soil

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2025/02/09

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

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00:17:44

Out with LFI, in with the municipal elections

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2025/01/30

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

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00:24:33

New Popular Fracture

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2025/01/18

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,

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00:31:24

Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies, an Anniversary, and the...

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2025/01/14

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

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00:33:24

Slurs, more slurs and a cyclone

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2024/12/20

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

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00:16:13

Prime Minister François Bayrou: France's Last...

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2024/12/14

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

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00:19:22

We do not negotiate with Macronists.

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/12/11

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

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00:17:57

A Dismal Faurecast

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/12/06

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

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00:09:23

France's Government Falls

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/12/05

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 -

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00:21:17

Michel Barnier's Wings of Wax

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/12/03

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:

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00:41:06

Ceci n'est pas un pogrom

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/11/16

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) -

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01:10:09

Vive La Revolution Permanente? w/ Sasha Yarapolskaya

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/11/08

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

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