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What does Macron's gamble mean for France?

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David Aaronovitch and guests assess the fallout from France's EU elections and President Macron's subsequent decision to call parliamentary elections later this month.

Guests:

Hugh Schofield, BBC Paris Correspondent
Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief at The Economist
Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director for Europe at Eurasia Group who advise investors on political risk
Dr Françoise Boucek, Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for European Research in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London

Production team: Caroline Bayley, Miriam Quayyum, Kirsteen Knight and Ben Carter
Editor: Richard Vadon
Production Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman
Sound engineers: Sarah Hockley and Rod Farquhar

Published on Thursday, 13th June 2024.

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