Young, French, and voting hard-right

French president Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election after his party was soundly defeated by the hard-right opposition in Sunday’s EU elections. The National Rally has been boosted by young voters, personified by the 28-year-old president of the party Jordan Bardella. So why are France’s youth shifting to the right?

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Guest: Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times. 

Host: Luke Jones. 

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