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Apr 2022
41m 52s

French Elections

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Luke Jones speaks to Times France Correspondent Charles Bremner, Mireille Clapot, an MP for Macron's En Marche in Drome in the South-East of France and Lord Peter Ricketts to find out the latest from the French Elections.


PLUS Carol Lewis and Libby Purves discuss the day's news.


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