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Jun 2024
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Could France Fall To Far Right? - w/. Co...

OWEN JONES
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President Macron's decision to call elections seems suicidal: the far right could form the next French government. But has the left got its act together - or is it all too late, and what about a vicious media smear campaign against them?


Joined by the brilliant journalist Cole Stangler, author of Paris Isn't Dead (https://saqibooks.com/books/the-westbourne-press/paris-isnt-dead-yet/), and articles in outlets such as the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/opinion/macron-france-elections.html).

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