It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast Election Special: France Decides with Rim-Sarah Alouane and Philippe Marlière | Ep.63
On Monday 11th April we saw the consequences when progressives divide and centrists ignore the ground to their left. A rightward-shifting Emmanuel Macron finds himself in a second-round matchup with the far-right Marine Le Pen in France.
Left-of-centre parties split the vote in the first round, allowing Le Pen to narrowly make the run-off. Current polling suggests that left-wing voters will only break to Macron fairly narrowly – with huge numbers set to abstain.
What does it all mean? And what are the lessons for the UK?
French politics experts Philippe Marliėre and Rim-Sarah Alouane will join us to assess the aftermath of the election.
Take a deep dive into the French election on this edition of It’s Bloody Complicated, the Compass podcast.
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