1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,760 Speaker 1: Right center of the world at the moment, it seems 2 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: in France, Catherine feel very good morning. 3 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 2: To you, Good morning mine. 4 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: So the day after do we have a hangover as 5 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: Macron going, oh my lord, what did I do? Or 6 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: are we full steam ahead here? 7 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 2: I'm not sure what the President of the Republic is thinking, 8 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: but I think the rest of France is thinking, what 9 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: a gamble? What has he done? Yes, we spoke what 10 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 2: just about this time yesterday Mike, and no one could 11 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: understand why he was doing it. We're getting a clearer 12 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: picture of why he decided to do it. He felt 13 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 2: as though he had been pushed into a corner. He 14 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 2: doesn't like this. He'd apparently been thinking about having an 15 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 2: election in the parliamentary elections in the autumn sort of 16 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 2: September October period, but decided at the end of the 17 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 2: day the country's quite well off at the moment. Everyone's 18 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 2: feeling a bit up and try and catch the opposition 19 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 2: on the hop and get everyone out to vote. You know, 20 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: everyone's still wandering around thinking, well, is this going to say? 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 2: So we need the problems and we've just had first 22 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 2: projections in on how the parliament would work out, and yes, Okay, 23 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 2: this is the first poll, but it's looking as though, yes, Mahine, 24 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 2: the Pen's Party will get a majority of seats, but 25 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 2: will fall short of having a majority in parliament. So 26 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 2: we could be going through all this, Mike, and then 27 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: end up with a coalition minority government. Yeah. 28 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: See what happens in this particular part of the world 29 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: has done throughout history is if you call a snap election, 30 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: you've got to have a really good reason for it, 31 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: or else generally at the polls you'll be punished. Is 32 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: that the Simon front. 33 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 2: Well, the good reason that he had was Mike this 34 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: whole Ever since he came to power for the second 35 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 2: time in twenty twenty two, we've had deadlock in the parliament, 36 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,279 Speaker 2: the parliamentary elections for a couple of weeks later, he 37 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: hasn't had a majority in parliament, so he hasn't been 38 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: able to get any of his big legislation through. Every time, 39 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: it's had to be trading this, get set this policy 40 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 2: against that. We've had things like the budget has had 41 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 2: to be pushed through by decree. Earlier this year we 42 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 2: had the immigration bill put through and he put so 43 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 2: much of it through that in the end it went 44 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: to the Constitutional Council and they threw out a lot 45 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,239 Speaker 2: of the clauses that Muhin la Pen's party put in there, 46 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 2: so it couldn't go on. He'd been facing a lot 47 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: of censure motions in parliament. He there was a question mark. 48 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 2: Remember we spoke about this last week when that downgrade 49 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 2: four the economy came in. He was going to have 50 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 2: trouble getting his budget through come in November. So it 51 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 2: was a bad time. None of the none of them. 52 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: If you like, the lights were flashing green, that's going 53 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: to be okay. It was all saying warning, warning ahead, Okay. 54 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: What's the vibe generally, Catherine? The Greens got hit badly. 55 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: I know there's angst around the climate change policies of 56 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: the European Union. The Belgian Prime Minister's quit because of it. 57 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: Oh Of Schultz is under tremendous pressure now because his 58 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: party got a trouncing as well. What's the vibe? 59 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 2: The vibe? It is thank goodness at least that this 60 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: Center for the European Parliament has helped. That was a 61 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 2: big relief. Yes, here in France it looks bad because 62 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 2: the far right did so well, but the vibers Okay, 63 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 2: they've kept parliament to the European Parliament. The Greens aren't 64 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 2: as strong as they were. There is a question about 65 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 2: the budget. How's this going to work? But I think 66 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 2: again we come back to France, that major country right 67 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: in Europe is central to the European Union in turmoil 68 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 2: at the moment politically, and whatever happens in France will 69 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 2: directly fic whatever is going to happen in the EU. 70 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: I think that the truth nice to catch up with you. 71 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: We'll see next Tuesday. Caps from field in France for 72 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: US this Morning. 73 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 2: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 74 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 2: news talks it'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 75 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.