The French left unites against Macron w/ Sebastian Budgen
Added 2022-05-29 19:01:46 +0000 UTCSebastian Budgen returns to PTO to discuss the upcoming French legislative elections and the prospects for the new left popular union coalition, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and La France Insoumise. We talked about the prospects for the popular union and whether Mélenchon becoming Prime Minister is a realistic prospect. We also talked about the creation of the new coalition which includes the french socialists and the greens, hitherto fierce critics of Mélenchon. Finally, we discussed why Marine Le Pen's National Rally and Eric Zemmour's Reconquête party have failed to make an electoral pact - and why this is likely to lead to a poor electoral result for the far right.
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Thanks Jane :)
Politics Theory Other
2022-06-01 07:51:42 +0000 UTCThat was a brilliant listen. Thank you, Alex🌟🌌💜xxx
Jane Pickering
2022-05-31 14:21:21 +0000 UTCHe has written for Sidecar, the New Left Review blog : https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/shrewd-tortoise
jcoprario
2022-05-29 19:35:25 +0000 UTCHi David! Thanks for the kind words. Sadly, Sebastian doesn't do much writing or commentary elsewhere - he's an editor at Verso and also Historical Materialism and I understand that takes up most of his time. A pity, as I agree with you - he's always very interesting.
Politics Theory Other
2022-05-29 19:33:40 +0000 UTCI like Sebastian. Je suis un anglais living in Paris that could really do with more english language discourse and analysis on french politics, the left in particular. Is Sebastian active elsewhere that I can follow him? As ever, keep up the good work, the PTO extra episodes are always worth the patreon support! Thanks
David Smith
2022-05-29 19:20:48 +0000 UTCYou're welcome!
Politics Theory Other
2022-05-29 19:12:52 +0000 UTCYes! thank you!
jcoprario
2022-05-29 19:03:17 +0000 UTC
