Has populism been thwarted in France?

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// TIMECODES //
00:00 - 01:06 - Introduction
01:06 - 04:16 - Why did polls get the French election so wrong, and how are markets reacting?
04:16 - 12:26 - Is this a victory for Macron and a defeat for the Right? How will Macron deal with the Left?
12:26 - 19:41 - How does populism in France compare to the rest of Europe?
19:41 - 23:43 - How the divided French Right eventually united
23:43 - 25:40 - The role of Trump and Biden
25:40 - 29:57 - What does the future look like for the French Left and Right?
29:57 - Concluding thoughts
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  • @mojojojo1529
    @mojojojo152921 күн бұрын

    It is interesting to see that thwarting what the majority of the French people wanted is "democracy" while accepting what the majority of people wanted in Hungary is "dictatorship." European "values" got devaluated quite fast I must admit.

  • @on2thenextthing

    @on2thenextthing

    20 күн бұрын

    Well said. Things are not always what they seem, especially when it comes to listening to the media.

  • @onepartyroule

    @onepartyroule

    20 күн бұрын

    The majority didn’t vote for them.

  • @Sphere723

    @Sphere723

    20 күн бұрын

    The majority of French voters chose parties that explicity refuse to form a coalition with RF.

  • @goofygrandlouis6296

    @goofygrandlouis6296

    20 күн бұрын

    Also, shouldn't the English fix their *own* country ? Seems like a Labour landslide is way - WAY -worse, than a hung Assembly with at least one third of people who care about their country.

  • @johncrichton8876

    @johncrichton8876

    20 күн бұрын

    How is your it thwarting the majority if more people are voted for other parties? As an American, where literally there isn't a 1 to 1 vote, and the Republicans have one the popular vote 1 time in the last maybe 6 or 7 elections I'm confused by this sentiment.

  • @WalkerKlondyke
    @WalkerKlondyke19 күн бұрын

    How pathetic, that the French must have their budget approved by European bureaucrats. All of Europe is a disgrace. It disgusts me that the world sent so many men to die to save Europe from Hitler, and the Europeans have so deeply disrespected that sacrifice.

  • @jp5419

    @jp5419

    19 күн бұрын

    Great point.

  • @aesma2522

    @aesma2522

    18 күн бұрын

    Well we share the same currency so we can't have crazy deficits paid by the others, that's fairly logical.

  • @WalkerKlondyke

    @WalkerKlondyke

    18 күн бұрын

    @@aesma2522 Fucking loser. I'm gonna have to get all my guns out of the safe just to forget about your stupid comment.

  • @willpine7343

    @willpine7343

    18 күн бұрын

    I think you mean they fought for the wrong side

  • @livingintheforest3963

    @livingintheforest3963

    18 күн бұрын

    Yep

  • @Stoddardian
    @Stoddardian21 күн бұрын

    No, RN got the most votes. They just came in third because of parliamentary shenanigans. The RN will only keep growing.

  • @Likeaworm

    @Likeaworm

    21 күн бұрын

    They’re acting like this was polling miscalculation 😂 The policy’s pursed by Macron and the left are what made this right wing undercut. If they keep pursuing these policy’s they’ll create a monster. The Jihadist and Communist had to team up to defeat Le Pen. That’s an unholy alliance that won’t last long 😂

  • @LeonWagg

    @LeonWagg

    20 күн бұрын

    If you combine the votes for the centrist and the left, they are more than what RN got. So it's clear that the French did, in fact, reject the “far right.”

  • @kereyhaire6910

    @kereyhaire6910

    20 күн бұрын

    How many votes did they get? Like 15 million votes?

  • @vranckenmatthew8794

    @vranckenmatthew8794

    20 күн бұрын

    Correct. They are also the largest party in parliament.

  • @LeonWagg

    @LeonWagg

    20 күн бұрын

    @@Stoddardian the combined votes for the left and centrist are more than what RN got. So the far right did lose.

  • @DarkLord-iz7vk
    @DarkLord-iz7vk20 күн бұрын

    The French Flag at Rassemblement National rallies, the European Union Flag at Macron's rallies and the Palestinian flag at the left's rallies.

  • @alexander5207

    @alexander5207

    17 күн бұрын

    This is exactly it. Thank you.

  • @channel1_channel

    @channel1_channel

    17 күн бұрын

    Macron is leftist. The EU is leftist.

  • @kelkrote

    @kelkrote

    16 күн бұрын

    I’m French and I must say you hit the nail on the head! It is so telling, isn’t it? Show me your flag and I’ll tell you who you are….

  • @lynnevenables7193

    @lynnevenables7193

    15 күн бұрын

    Why is a flag so important to you lot!

  • @mr.mystery9338

    @mr.mystery9338

    15 күн бұрын

    ​@@lynnevenables7193 you have to be kidding, right? Its france. Of course the french flag must be the most important.

  • @janpetersen7440
    @janpetersen744021 күн бұрын

    France is in a little more chaos today than yesterday - nothing new in that.

  • @Bruno-tm3xo

    @Bruno-tm3xo

    20 күн бұрын

    France IS chaos…..a shit of a place

  • @R_V_

    @R_V_

    20 күн бұрын

    As a journalist said, "Macron is the Architect of Chaos".

  • @VonKirda

    @VonKirda

    20 күн бұрын

    Not so. After the EU elections, now Macron successfully slammed the door in the face of Le Pen. A masterstroke.

  • @kereyhaire6910
    @kereyhaire691020 күн бұрын

    Surely le pens movement is only going to grow bigger and bigger, it's inevitable

  • @Burrburrcloud

    @Burrburrcloud

    20 күн бұрын

    Clearly there are more French people that are left leaning then right leaning....

  • @noobsaibot5285

    @noobsaibot5285

    20 күн бұрын

    depends on the (illegal) immigration rate and if illegals are able to vote

  • @bhuddy1832

    @bhuddy1832

    20 күн бұрын

    So many folks seem to swallow so much of Putin's propaganda.... LMAO...

  • @robertlynch9678

    @robertlynch9678

    20 күн бұрын

    I mean they got 4.3% of the vote share in 2007, 18% in 2022, and 37% in 2024 so history shows us they’re on an upward trajectory.

  • @Stoddardian

    @Stoddardian

    20 күн бұрын

    @@Burrburrcloud That's not true.

  • @Bruno-tm3xo
    @Bruno-tm3xo20 күн бұрын

    Every time this guy is interviewed it is always full of common sense

  • @bhuddy1832

    @bhuddy1832

    20 күн бұрын

    Do all of Putin's bots feel that way?

  • @jean-louismorgenthaler4725

    @jean-louismorgenthaler4725

    20 күн бұрын

    To my opinion, it is fake common sense and full vested interest. Mind the trap!

  • @Bruno-tm3xo

    @Bruno-tm3xo

    20 күн бұрын

    @@bhuddy1832 what does Putin have anything to do with this. If anything, this election proved one point, Russia involvement…..if there was any……just didn’t work. France is just a mess, has been for over 40 years……a s…t hole if you will

  • @cnam1258

    @cnam1258

    20 күн бұрын

    He is brilliant.

  • @jean-louismorgenthaler4725

    @jean-louismorgenthaler4725

    20 күн бұрын

    @@cnam1258 yep. Like a lure. Voters are easily fished wish flashy lures. 😟

  • @jeanmalone1323
    @jeanmalone132320 күн бұрын

    We all voting against WEF

  • @Idontwannahandle
    @Idontwannahandle20 күн бұрын

    This guy is great. He should be on more American shows. Thank you Unherd.

  • @Glenda-px4we
    @Glenda-px4we20 күн бұрын

    As an Irish woman I'm sick of this Europeans need to revolt against this nonsense.

  • @chrimbus71

    @chrimbus71

    20 күн бұрын

    Ireland, will not be alllowed to leave the EU..ever. You are so deeply owned by brussels

  • @zealmediaproductions844

    @zealmediaproductions844

    19 күн бұрын

    you mean a civil war ?

  • @galinor7

    @galinor7

    17 күн бұрын

    The EU works like a country. Ireland functions like a semi independent state with limited home rule.

  • @bryan81584
    @bryan8158420 күн бұрын

    All you need to know. That chart shows a "far-right" alliance whatever the hell that is. While the "n3w popular front" comprised of communists isnt labeled "far left"

  • @superdeluxesmell
    @superdeluxesmell20 күн бұрын

    Populism is such a lazy and inadequate word.

  • @simonestreeter1518

    @simonestreeter1518

    19 күн бұрын

    And hateful and fearmongering.

  • @user-rn1ws5id8h

    @user-rn1ws5id8h

    19 күн бұрын

    All isms are lazy and inadequate.

  • @anthonybrett

    @anthonybrett

    19 күн бұрын

    If there's one thing the far left are good at, it's coining a term.

  • @meisievannancy

    @meisievannancy

    19 күн бұрын

    Well the left use it when they are losing. The left also use the term "far right" when a party not as left of themselves is winning.

  • @pistonburner6448

    @pistonburner6448

    19 күн бұрын

    Especially as the ones using it are the real populists...or fascists.

  • @yoursoulisforever
    @yoursoulisforever21 күн бұрын

    "And lest we allow those who hate us to define us - let all know - it is not out of hate and bigotry, but out of love and loyalty that we shout: WE ARE A PEOPLE!”

  • @Livinginlanguage

    @Livinginlanguage

    19 күн бұрын

    Where is that from, please?

  • @freshdonkey1760
    @freshdonkey176020 күн бұрын

    I weep for France, such a beautiful country with rich history going down the drain.

  • @gloriathomas3245

    @gloriathomas3245

    19 күн бұрын

    The French reject a party with ties to racism and fascism. That's good enough even though I'm not a fan of the far-left.

  • @jeanpaulfelix4095
    @jeanpaulfelix409520 күн бұрын

    "The system is rigged so that the peasants have no power". Count of St Germain.

  • @gontrandjojo9747

    @gontrandjojo9747

    20 күн бұрын

    Yes that's the point. And the left voters are all concentrated in urban areas so they can regroup and riot. Electors of the National Rally are all dispersed in the countryside so they are not heard.

  • @Bruno-tm3xo
    @Bruno-tm3xo20 күн бұрын

    What beats me is that this French guy tells it exactly as it is and in a very articulate way while morons on French news channel are in total denial of the reality……or rather to scared to voice it…….or ordered by their boss to shut up. I am much better off reading the foreign press when it comes to France or watch UnHerd and listen to Mr Gave. Trust me, what he is describing is the French reality…..no gilding the lily here

  • @l.w.paradis2108

    @l.w.paradis2108

    20 күн бұрын

    All of the French sources I'm listening to are not holding back one bit. I don't know what you're listening to.

  • @cablenewsfanatic5634

    @cablenewsfanatic5634

    20 күн бұрын

    Sounds like America

  • @Sars1-k6f

    @Sars1-k6f

    18 күн бұрын

    @@l.w.paradis2108what are you listening to/reading/watching?

  • @l.w.paradis2108

    @l.w.paradis2108

    18 күн бұрын

    @@Sars1-k6f All of their shows with anchors who are pro-Macron and grill LFI leadership, which describes pretty much their entire MSM.

  • @annbennett5312

    @annbennett5312

    18 күн бұрын

    ​@@Sars1-k6fI'm interested in that as well.

  • @markhutton6055
    @markhutton605519 күн бұрын

    The conservative party lost in the UK because they have shifted left. They should more correctly be called Labour Lite. People have not shofted to the Faaar Right, they have stayed where they were while the partiies shfted left.

  • @StephenSeabird

    @StephenSeabird

    19 күн бұрын

    Can you qualify that? The Party of George Osborne's austerity, Jacob Rees-Mogg's ans Liz Truss's planned further deregulation of The City and financial district. That is 'Left'?

  • @johnmurray8454
    @johnmurray845420 күн бұрын

    By populism do you mean the will of the people?

  • @advocate1563
    @advocate156321 күн бұрын

    J'adore Louis vincent. He is saying exactly what Vernon Bognador said in Saturday's DT. The UK is turning French.

  • @christophercooper2208

    @christophercooper2208

    19 күн бұрын

    The French Revolution was in 1789. Did we follow them then ? Was there an English revolution?

  • @d.beaumont9157
    @d.beaumont915719 күн бұрын

    We live under a thin veneer of civilisation. The veneer is getting thinner by the day.

  • @sandipmistry5218
    @sandipmistry521820 күн бұрын

    Fantastic interview so insightful! Louis is great spot on !

  • @gontrandjojo9747
    @gontrandjojo974720 күн бұрын

    37% of people voted for National Rally... by far in first position in popular vote... yet they are 3rd in seats. On the other hand the left got 25% of the vote and get the most seats... "Populism" has not been twarted. The voice of the people has been twarted. And it will give more strenght to "populism" in the long run.

  • @nickgood8166
    @nickgood816620 күн бұрын

    Orders of magnitude better than mainstream broadcasting.

  • @somerandomvertebrate9262
    @somerandomvertebrate926220 күн бұрын

    Has "populism" been thwarted? Oh, you mean the will of the people? Yes, it has been thwarted.

  • @1848revolt

    @1848revolt

    19 күн бұрын

    Has it been? So you only think there is right wing populism. That's even in question. Right wing populists want what business wants. Not what people want.

  • @Pinkdam

    @Pinkdam

    19 күн бұрын

    If the 'will of the people' merely finds expression in who holds parliamentary seats, it was never up to much. On the other hand, RN has as its supporters the largest share of population, more than any other party: this could be used every day of the year to advance their cause, not on voting days. This momentum needs to be harnessed.

  • @somerandomvertebrate9262

    @somerandomvertebrate9262

    19 күн бұрын

    @@1848revolt Right-wing populists mainly want migration stopped and reversed. They want freedom of speech, a Rechtstaat instead of a totalitarian tyranny of "values" and sovereignty back to the nation state. Nothing to do with business.

  • @ericdelf

    @ericdelf

    19 күн бұрын

    It's not going to go away.

  • @angryahole

    @angryahole

    19 күн бұрын

    ​@@1848revoltthe growing right wing wants France to be France again. The more diversity the more right leaning people become. Its happening all over the west

  • @BritishNaturalist-vb8hj
    @BritishNaturalist-vb8hj20 күн бұрын

    Meanwhile like in this country spending on immigration keeps on rising & rising & services have to be cut as a consequence.This "Green & pleasant land" is concreted over in order to house them all & we are supposed to be blithly indifferent to it all?

  • @dpstrial

    @dpstrial

    20 күн бұрын

    Sad to say, the vast majority of voters, the normies, are indifferent to it all. Many Conservative supporters chose to abstain rather than vote for Reform. I see little hope for the UK.

  • @BritishNaturalist-vb8hj

    @BritishNaturalist-vb8hj

    20 күн бұрын

    @@dpstrial youtube deleted my reply to you.Clearly they are shit scared about letting ordinary people speak.

  • @BritishNaturalist-vb8hj

    @BritishNaturalist-vb8hj

    20 күн бұрын

    youtube censorship clearly marks them out as the enemy.

  • @ericdelf

    @ericdelf

    19 күн бұрын

    @@dpstrial It will kick off.

  • @alfredrutz7830

    @alfredrutz7830

    15 күн бұрын

    ​@@BritishNaturalist-vb8hj They definitely are !!!

  • @terencefield3204
    @terencefield320420 күн бұрын

    Violence and chaos is just under the surface in nearly all European countries, including Britain as well as France. The present deconstruction of France in Parliament can happen in Britain if a rerun of 1945 Labour proves to be a failure, which it may well do.

  • @stephendouglas4870

    @stephendouglas4870

    19 күн бұрын

    'A rerun of a 1945 Labour'? What semblance does Keir Starmer's Labour have with Clement Attlee's? See plans for the NHS. If anything, the two Labour governments are in stark contrast.

  • @StephenSeabird

    @StephenSeabird

    19 күн бұрын

    What semblance is there between Clement Attlee's Labour and Keir Starmer's? Not much, as far as I can see.

  • @serenapimentel7372

    @serenapimentel7372

    19 күн бұрын

    Denial of reality ​@@StephenSeabird

  • @terencefield3204

    @terencefield3204

    19 күн бұрын

    @@StephenSeabird Thank God if that is the case, the 45 government was communism light, and not very light. It ruined Britain and it never recovered, nor now can it.

  • @jez49647
    @jez4964720 күн бұрын

    I'd dispute the claim that we've really 'split the right' in the UK. There hasn't been a right in the UK for a long time. At some point you just have to replace a party that's no longer fit for purpose and take the consequences as they come.

  • @skillfuldabest

    @skillfuldabest

    20 күн бұрын

    As the saying goes: Vote Labour - have the third world as your neighbour, vote Tory, same story.

  • @774Rob

    @774Rob

    20 күн бұрын

    I think more in terms of globalist/nationalist today.

  • @markbardner8214
    @markbardner821420 күн бұрын

    The UK right was incompetent

  • @johnsouth3912

    @johnsouth3912

    20 күн бұрын

    Disagree. It was intentional.😊

  • @robertlynch9678

    @robertlynch9678

    20 күн бұрын

    The Tories are not Right-wing in the least

  • @evolassunglasses4673

    @evolassunglasses4673

    20 күн бұрын

    Torys are the political wing of international finance capitalism.

  • @jonathanritchie5273

    @jonathanritchie5273

    20 күн бұрын

    ​@robertlynch9678 Their voters are though.

  • @774Rob

    @774Rob

    20 күн бұрын

    The actual UK right, if such a thing still exists, went from a standing start to the third most popular party in the UK in a month. It had by far the best social media strategy which saw it gain three times the amount of exposure as Labour managed for 1/67th of the cost, and it destroyed possibly the most successful political party in Western history. I can't wait to see what they can do when they are organised.

  • @clarkkent4683
    @clarkkent468321 күн бұрын

    The eu needs dissolving.

  • @danesovic7585

    @danesovic7585

    20 күн бұрын

    No, the UK does.

  • @nigelhard1519

    @nigelhard1519

    20 күн бұрын

    Why?

  • @ChristineRead-ck1uq

    @ChristineRead-ck1uq

    20 күн бұрын

    @@danesovic7585 Why's that? Can't stand that the British have been one of the most successful nations ever in the world?

  • @corriemooney9812

    @corriemooney9812

    20 күн бұрын

    @@nigelhard1519A very large power centre with essentially no democratic accountability, opaque processes and detachment from reality?

  • @danesovic7585

    @danesovic7585

    20 күн бұрын

    @@ChristineRead-ck1uq I don't care about about Britain, but the EU is our home. Stop asking us to dissolve it.

  • @zilefn9212
    @zilefn921220 күн бұрын

    This is a terrific podcast. UnHerd is increasingly one of my go-to channels to help make sense of complex political events.

  • @antonyliberopoulos933
    @antonyliberopoulos93319 күн бұрын

    Thank you Flo and Louis-Vincent for giving us the full picture of the current political landscape in France.

  • @tulimike1
    @tulimike120 күн бұрын

    choices are spend more, spend a lot more, spend a way lot more.

  • @avengemybreath3084
    @avengemybreath308420 күн бұрын

    Seems like a last gasp of the French people before they accede to diminish and fade into the West - like the elves in Tolkien.

  • @steeltrap3800
    @steeltrap380019 күн бұрын

    Best assessment yet that I've seen of the French election results. A pretty clinical assessment of the various characteristics of French politics and the potential issues of dealing with the EU. No dramatics, no evident/obvious bias. Wish there was more of it to be found.

  • @stevemartin7464
    @stevemartin746419 күн бұрын

    My God France is in trouble right now, real trouble.How could they possibly have voted like this?

  • @dixonpinfold2582
    @dixonpinfold258220 күн бұрын

    The RN got over 1.3x the number of votes that the left alliance did. On Sunday it more than doubled the margin over the left alliance it had the 1st round. Left-leaning media: "Voters came together en masse to avoid the horror of a conservative government! Historic! Heroic!"

  • @Pinkdam

    @Pinkdam

    19 күн бұрын

    The trick is that the 'voters' they care about aren't the people but the parliamentarians - the real 'demos' in their 'democracy'.

  • @gerberjoanne266
    @gerberjoanne26620 күн бұрын

    The pollsters couldn't have known that the small left and far-left parties would join forces at the last minute. They don't have crystal balls.

  • @ChristineRead-ck1uq

    @ChristineRead-ck1uq

    20 күн бұрын

    No, but I bet Macron did...

  • @Ricky-bs6vg

    @Ricky-bs6vg

    20 күн бұрын

    they did it last time also

  • @neil5872

    @neil5872

    20 күн бұрын

    rishi didnt count on reform either, it seems, some election result similarities, perhaps.

  • @evolassunglasses4673

    @evolassunglasses4673

    20 күн бұрын

    And the centre Right Republicans. Capitalism and Socialism working together to stop Nationalism.

  • @yuriarlequim

    @yuriarlequim

    20 күн бұрын

    No crystal balls and also the 20th century did not happen.

  • @paul-andregravelle
    @paul-andregravelle20 күн бұрын

    Most interesting analysis. Looking forward to hearing more from this man.

  • @simonestreeter1518
    @simonestreeter151819 күн бұрын

    I'm sorry what? Since when is France unable to decide on their own budget? That is where the source of real independence lies. Vive la liberté, hein?

  • @rodneyfungus8249

    @rodneyfungus8249

    17 күн бұрын

    Since they adopted the Euro. There is one currency, one central bank so other Euro members will not be happy if one member runs a huge deficit.

  • @simonestreeter1518

    @simonestreeter1518

    11 күн бұрын

    @@rodneyfungus8249 Oh, that makes sense, thank you for the explanation!

  • @ianjones1760
    @ianjones176020 күн бұрын

    Great Guest

  • @katelane8016
    @katelane801620 күн бұрын

    From Canada: Thanks for an intelligent, informative conversation about what's going on in France. Really enjoyed your guest's ability to express his views knowledgeably, free of distracting emotion, and full of confidently expressed, realistic and common sense views. Refreshing.

  • @ericberg2131
    @ericberg213120 күн бұрын

    Funny reference to Monty Python's Life of Brian.

  • @rigilchrist
    @rigilchrist20 күн бұрын

    Flo, we DO have a philosophical left in the UK, which controls all our institutions: Academia, Police, Civil Service and NHS. It is not coming from a political party, it comes from indoctrination of University graduates in extreme-leftist Marxist ideologies of CRT and Identity politics. Ironically, though these arrived at our shores via America, their origin was French Intellectuals, such as Foucault and Derrida. As others have observed, the fault is not with the foolish young ideologues - it is with the adults who paid attention to them...

  • @user-vm8kd1lh7v

    @user-vm8kd1lh7v

    20 күн бұрын

    Check out the Frankfurt School,usual suspects in there.

  • @michelegosse7116

    @michelegosse7116

    20 күн бұрын

    you should listen to CanadianPatriot press/M. Ehret

  • @l.w.paradis2108

    @l.w.paradis2108

    20 күн бұрын

    Well, that isn't as ridiculous as the prevailing story in the US.

  • @774Rob

    @774Rob

    20 күн бұрын

    @@l.w.paradis2108 It's fundamentally true. The Frankfurt School moving to Columbia was the catalyst and it was done because 70's French Marxists could see that Communism had failed in the West, mainly due to the working class failing to rise up. Interestingly it's the working class who are the modern enemy and minorities have become the lionised victims of their bigotry and hatred.

  • @rivgacooper5330

    @rivgacooper5330

    20 күн бұрын

    @@rigilchrist So you admit then all the highly educated people are left wing.

  • @oliveoil7642
    @oliveoil764219 күн бұрын

    All Western countries are running massive deficits and irresponsible fiscal policies. Coincidence or strategic planning?🤔

  • @alfredrutz7830

    @alfredrutz7830

    15 күн бұрын

    It's absolute strategic planning by the likes of Schwab, Soros, Gates etc.

  • @Toini01
    @Toini0120 күн бұрын

    I think populism relates more to the far left alliance that promises 1600€ net minimum wage, retirement at 60, higher aid for immigrants, etc.

  • @luisantos1996

    @luisantos1996

    20 күн бұрын

    All politics are populists i believe

  • @mcgilcol
    @mcgilcol20 күн бұрын

    The guest is wrong an one thing -- the EU most certainly does NOT treat its constituent nations equally! The big nations like France and Germany get carrots, while the little ones get sticks (Hungary, Greece, Portugal, Ireland)

  • @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    20 күн бұрын

    You mean subsidies. Hungary, Greece, Portugal, and Ireland all get large subsidies, not sticks.

  • @warnaoh

    @warnaoh

    20 күн бұрын

    Its a joke right ?

  • @chrimbus71

    @chrimbus71

    20 күн бұрын

    Or putting it another way, the french snd germans write the rules, the minnows follow or their money is witheld.

  • @yuriarlequim

    @yuriarlequim

    20 күн бұрын

    ​@@chrimbus71the small nations get paid to be ruled by a foreign bureaucracy but for their own good and with European Values

  • @jakubsevcik1392

    @jakubsevcik1392

    19 күн бұрын

    These nations agreed to it. We wanted the money from France and Germany in exchange for giving up a little bit of sovereignty. And I'm crazy grateful for it because us (Slovaks) would live under dictatorship like Belarus at this moment without overlook of the EU.

  • @willpine7343
    @willpine734318 күн бұрын

    Democracy is two wolves and a sheep fighting over what's for lunch it's cringe

  • @jesseterrell2109
    @jesseterrell210920 күн бұрын

    All I know is I didn’t see any French flags only flags from other countries

  • @AndyJarman
    @AndyJarman20 күн бұрын

    It's the bloody Hunger Games!

  • @gnoelalexmay
    @gnoelalexmay20 күн бұрын

    I don't know if western "democracy" can withstand any more "saving democracy" 😂

  • @HKCool-hj4bs
    @HKCool-hj4bs20 күн бұрын

    Love Louis Vincent Gave

  • @garypowell1540
    @garypowell154020 күн бұрын

    Governments seem to be able to kick problems down the road a lot longer than the average taxpayer can or would wish to. One could be forgiven for thinking that they have a war or something worse lined up for the time when they can kick it no further.

  • @AaranMoonlight
    @AaranMoonlight20 күн бұрын

    Nice Life of Brian reference!

  • @yalmahond2813
    @yalmahond281320 күн бұрын

    Freedom for the nations of Europe

  • @ozachar
    @ozachar20 күн бұрын

    France counting on the rest of Europe to pay for it? Is this a joke, or the end of the EU?

  • @tomfuzer9885
    @tomfuzer988517 күн бұрын

    Shocking to hear that even one of top dogs of Europe is so much controlled by Brussels. In the hindsight much less surprising to see what has happened to Poland and Hungary

  • @user-jd2fe1pu4w
    @user-jd2fe1pu4w20 күн бұрын

    Excellent analysis and commentary, informed and informative; insightful.

  • @redmond1913
    @redmond191320 күн бұрын

    Great interview

  • @michaelweber5702
    @michaelweber570219 күн бұрын

    The interviewed says something that is the reverse and the interviewer does not correct . ( An example : him saying the right when he meant the left , yet she doesn't correct ! This is done a lot in all countries with no corrections . )

  • @jer3887
    @jer388720 күн бұрын

    What a mess of a country

  • @muminkahveci7524
    @muminkahveci752420 күн бұрын

    Very good presenter

  • @j0n.p
    @j0n.p20 күн бұрын

    Can someone explain to me in plain English how a country goes from hard right to hard left in less than 2 weeks

  • @freshdonkey1760

    @freshdonkey1760

    20 күн бұрын

    Political shenanigans

  • @calzonelover3950

    @calzonelover3950

    20 күн бұрын

    The various left parties all joined together to make one party to avoid fracturing the vote. So the amount of people voting 'left' didn't really change, it just concentrated the vote to one party. Then the centre and left parties strategically stood down candidates in different constituencies to minimise where centrist and left parties ran against each other. Basically any centrist or left person had once choice of party to vote for, meaning the vote was really right v centre AND left

  • @j0n.p

    @j0n.p

    20 күн бұрын

    @@calzonelover3950 For people always concerned with democracy, that sounds very anti-democratic. Thanks for the explanation.

  • @R_V_

    @R_V_

    20 күн бұрын

    ​@@j0n.p And this kind of shenanigans is also what made the Fourth Republic fall in the 50's.

  • @nw932

    @nw932

    20 күн бұрын

    Simple, 1) they were cheated out of seats, 2) the left teamed up with the far left.

  • @ansc6472
    @ansc647220 күн бұрын

    The Islamic republic of France ☪️

  • @BellBeakerBloke

    @BellBeakerBloke

    18 күн бұрын

    The problem isn’t religion; it’s race. Even if the migrants were Christian, if they’re African, they’re African. And France won’t be France.

  • @tallard666
    @tallard66616 күн бұрын

    It's so tiring that media and "populists" insist on country wide polls in UK and Canada and the USA when total numbers are IRRELEVANT. We have electoral systems that elect regionally. As it SHOULD be!

  • @briancoulter4308
    @briancoulter430820 күн бұрын

    A+ for the Monty Python reference.

  • @franklee6746
    @franklee674620 күн бұрын

    Haha, take that population! You've been thwarted again!

  • @wrathofgrothendieck

    @wrathofgrothendieck

    20 күн бұрын

    Beware of the mob, they don’t think or vote rationally.

  • @nw932

    @nw932

    20 күн бұрын

    Exactly, let's how long this lasts.

  • @barr5173
    @barr517320 күн бұрын

    Good program.

  • @siuwong4588
    @siuwong458817 күн бұрын

    Being as a foreigner (non-European), I am so surprised to hear that France has a large conservative supporters! I always think French are very left leaning and it’s their culture and even life style 😅 I thought they just don’t like so many uncontrolled immigrants (both legal and illegal) and can no longer bear with them particularly those importers islamic terrorists and their toxic mindset and laws and culture.

  • @daheikkinen
    @daheikkinen20 күн бұрын

    End socialism forever

  • @1848revolt

    @1848revolt

    19 күн бұрын

    If you knew what socialism and capitalism in fact were. But you don't know.

  • @CLCL748
    @CLCL74820 күн бұрын

    Excellent analysis! I think your guest is right on and some very tough times are coming for the French Republic. If the EU calls for austerity, France will go through what Greece went through. It will be painful to watch.

  • @mirianakovachevic748

    @mirianakovachevic748

    19 күн бұрын

    Austerity ? At the time of funding Ukraino, and war ? I don't think so😅.

  • @user-dz7hz9fm9w
    @user-dz7hz9fm9w19 күн бұрын

    Did candidates dropping out of races have any effect on this election outcome?

  • @larrysherk
    @larrysherk20 күн бұрын

    Populism will always be in jeopardy while the whiff of fascism retains.

  • @pauldavis3460
    @pauldavis346021 күн бұрын

    Has populism or democracy been thwarted? 37% of the vote and the largest party. That’s not a great scenario for democracy.

  • @onepartyroule

    @onepartyroule

    20 күн бұрын

    Eh? How has democracy been thwarted?

  • @hasanabduqayumov

    @hasanabduqayumov

    20 күн бұрын

    ​@@onepartyroule because RN has got the most percentage of votes that a single party received, yet it is power is limited

  • @luisantos1996

    @luisantos1996

    20 күн бұрын

    Simply Macron made a dirty play, basically he sacrificed his party representation and gave it to the far left.

  • @onepartyroule

    @onepartyroule

    20 күн бұрын

    @@hasanabduqayumov Which is not at odds with democracy. Maybe you don't know what democracy means?

  • @henrytep8884

    @henrytep8884

    20 күн бұрын

    @@hasanabduqayumovthere’s two categories that are important then, one is a plurality of vote and the other is the ratio of the vote. Just because someone has the largest percentage of vote does not give them majority of power, that’s not how democracy works. Get the plurality of vote, which is literally how democracy works.

  • @Tubekonto9
    @Tubekonto920 күн бұрын

    Great analysis. Thank you!

  • @asecmimosas4536
    @asecmimosas453620 күн бұрын

    It doesn't feel like it right now for NR I'm sure, but this is good for them in the long run. I think the chance that NR was going to win the 50% of seats needed to win the majority outright was close to 0. But now the government is in indisputably left-wing hands. When the next 3 years are a disappointing slogfest for France, and I believe they will be, NR will be able to point to the failings of the system and rally for change, instead of having to try to hold together a cobbled coalition with emsemble for the next 3 years and getting the finger pointed at them for the stagnation.

  • @superdonyoungy7743
    @superdonyoungy774318 күн бұрын

    Two left wing parties colluded and agreed not to contest seats. This wasn't a surprise result.

  • @orion777ben
    @orion777ben20 күн бұрын

    What an insightful presentation! I now feel slightly more optimistic for my French friends.

  • @Bruno-tm3xo

    @Bruno-tm3xo

    20 күн бұрын

    Optimistic? Are you drunk ?

  • @skillfuldabest

    @skillfuldabest

    20 күн бұрын

    @@Bruno-tm3xooptimistic in the fact that the right wing will do better next election

  • @Bruno-tm3xo

    @Bruno-tm3xo

    20 күн бұрын

    @@skillfuldabest French voters are fickle. Had Macron organised a referendum on immigration and applied danish like policies, the RN would be on life support as we speak. This is exactly what happened in Danemark where they are blessed not being saddled with a basket case like Melenchon and his cronies.

  • @chrisspeksnijder1717
    @chrisspeksnijder171720 күн бұрын

    Excellent talk

  • @jonathanlee6098
    @jonathanlee609819 күн бұрын

    I don't think that democracy means the same thing to the elite.

  • @johndavenport8843
    @johndavenport884320 күн бұрын

    His analyze was spot on

  • @IngeEvenwel
    @IngeEvenwel21 күн бұрын

    As always very interesting and bring some perspective to the situation

  • @thomasandersen1765
    @thomasandersen176520 күн бұрын

    Super interesting, thanks.

  • @blazerdazer1318
    @blazerdazer131819 күн бұрын

    Democracy that thwarts democracy………………

  • @carltannehill8307
    @carltannehill830719 күн бұрын

    Good show. FR and USA in same situation. The aristocracy did not listen to the population. They enriched themselves, now the rest of us have to deal with the mess. I fear for my son and grandchildren. Because they are the ones who will suffer.

  • @jaybo8136
    @jaybo813620 күн бұрын

    Marine le pen amazing brave lady

  • @odiedodieuk
    @odiedodieuk21 күн бұрын

    Great. Now the french can keep the boat people

  • @SR0-0356

    @SR0-0356

    21 күн бұрын

    Thats actually hilariously true!

  • @Bruno-tm3xo

    @Bruno-tm3xo

    20 күн бұрын

    Nope…….we’ll keep sending them over to you

  • @odiedodieuk

    @odiedodieuk

    20 күн бұрын

    @@Bruno-tm3xo are you racist or something?

  • @pinktfatrabbit
    @pinktfatrabbit19 күн бұрын

    Great analysis. Politicians have turned a blind eye to the symptoms caused by mass migration for too long. It's actually sad that people have to vote for far-right parties before politicians wake up and change course.

  • @marikayamoun1888
    @marikayamoun188820 күн бұрын

    Brilliant talk, thanks!

  • @abagatelle
    @abagatelle21 күн бұрын

    Very good presentation. Thanks 👍

  • @elis7283
    @elis728320 күн бұрын

    Populism to thwart populism?

  • @lsm1674
    @lsm167412 күн бұрын

    What people don't understand is that if your currency is Euros then it's basically the ECB that decides your governments policies. If you're going to pursue a path that they don't like then they will stop buying your countries Bonds. Meloni in Italy found that out so that's why she's basically done a u-turn in her political agenda. So if you want to have more power over your nations policies then leave the Euro and go back to the currency you had before!

  • @Nnomadd
    @Nnomadd21 күн бұрын

    Not sure what you mean when you use convenient (useless) labels such as Populism. The people that voted are still there, and the change that they wanted is still real. There is nothing to be thwarted. This is democracy. Time will tell how the current political spectrum in France will evolve.

  • @nw932

    @nw932

    20 күн бұрын

    Do you sincerely believe this?? The largest voting bloc has been totally "thwarted". Good luck with that lol

  • @johnpurcell7525
    @johnpurcell752521 күн бұрын

    Yeah the right fell short always will in France French Addicted to Idea of a Free Lunch

  • @cliveo3

    @cliveo3

    20 күн бұрын

    The Free lunch will come at a very high price when the bill gets sent out .

  • @marianmoses9604

    @marianmoses9604

    20 күн бұрын

    The migrant invaders will soon EAT their lunch!

  • @bronwenewens1198
    @bronwenewens119819 күн бұрын

    Excellent analysis

  • @maxyogi
    @maxyogi20 күн бұрын

    Loved this discussion!

  • @johnberesford9906
    @johnberesford990620 күн бұрын

    Labour are center right so the right did ok in the end

  • @rodneyfungus8249

    @rodneyfungus8249

    17 күн бұрын

    All the signs are that Starmer’s Labour are very left wing

  • @johnberesford9906

    @johnberesford9906

    17 күн бұрын

    @@rodneyfungus8249 What signs? Not scraping the two child cap on benefits?

  • @williammkydde
    @williammkydde21 күн бұрын

    4:15 No, in Britain it is not bc the right is divided. Tories and Reform combined still don't make up a majority. In Britain, the sheep preferred the familiar slavery to unfamiliar freedom.

  • @AllanHinde-mb2pr

    @AllanHinde-mb2pr

    21 күн бұрын

    The Tory and reform didn’t unite at all, what are you talking about

  • @williammkydde

    @williammkydde

    21 күн бұрын

    @@AllanHinde-mb2pr Did I say "united"? I said "combined". I.e., if we add up all tory seats and all reform seats, labour still has more than the right do. So, divided or not divided, the right lost. Division has nothing to do with this defeat.

  • @asnowman8094

    @asnowman8094

    21 күн бұрын

    @@williammkydde You've combined the seats won... Popular vote (votes received by party) Labour 9.6 million. Conservative 6.7 million. Reform 4 million. I believe the turnout was around 60% Labour have received votes from around 20% of the electorate to achieve their landslide election result. Losing over 500,000 votes from their 2019 election result with a larger electorate to draw from...

  • @Dantianblue

    @Dantianblue

    21 күн бұрын

    Unfamiliar freedom? No. They preferred having adults in charge rather than an extended clown show.

  • @AllanHinde-mb2pr

    @AllanHinde-mb2pr

    21 күн бұрын

    @@williammkydde division of people, division of ideas, division of belief (okay I’m nitpicking)

  • @gk-qf9hv
    @gk-qf9hv19 күн бұрын

    Is that guy saying that there are more French people who hate the Jews than there are French people who hate Muslims? And is that the case? 🤔

  • @gilianrampart8514
    @gilianrampart851421 күн бұрын

    How accurate are french election counts!

  • @ABC-rh7zc
    @ABC-rh7zc20 күн бұрын

    RN is a centrist party, not "far right", and it is the moost popular party and growing fast.