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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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00:05:38

Elections Incoming

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/11/05

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

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00:05:21

Why is the government letting the left win?

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/11/03

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

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00:06:20

Édouard Phillippe’s presidential campaign kicks into...

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/11/02

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

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00:06:36

The left voted against the RN rolling back the...

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/11/02

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

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00:06:45

Battle Borne Budget Bludgeons

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/10/31

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

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00:21:38

Budget Battles

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/10/31

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

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01:09:43

Popular Fronts Old and New w/ Diane de Vignemont and...

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/10/19

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:

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00:34:52

France's F*cked Finances

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/10/15

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.

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00:39:27

Macron is down, Glucksmann is up, Le Pen is in court.

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/10/08

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

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01:26:08

New Caledonia 101 w/ Nic Maclellan

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/10/01

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:

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01:08:46

A Media In Need of Critique w/ Pauline Bock

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/09/24

*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:

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00:07:49

Left Macronism Leaves

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/09/24

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

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00:15:02

Michel Barnier's cabinet of curiosities

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/09/22

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

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00:00:27

A New Government and a Beach Trip

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/09/19

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

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00:34:03

Election Reflections

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/09/19

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

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00:07:27

Macron gets impeached (part II)/Barnier’s secretive...

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/09/18

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

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00:05:48

Macron gets impeached Part I

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/09/17

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

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00:09:09

The man behind the Macron-RN alliance, and a battle...

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/09/16

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

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00:09:15

Give us a call, Michel Barnier

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/09/15

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

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00:59:14

Macron! Macron! Macron! Beware Macduff! w/Nathalie Oziol

Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024) ·

2024/09/13

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

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