WEBVTT - France's shock election result

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<v Speaker 1>Already and this is the daily This is the daily.

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<v Speaker 2>Ohs oh, now it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>the ninth of July. I'm zara, i'm emma, France's far

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<v Speaker 1>right party was expected to dominate in France's election over

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<v Speaker 1>the weekend, but a surprise swing to the left has

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<v Speaker 1>resulted in a hung parliament. The results are nothing less

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<v Speaker 1>than shocking. This was the biggest surprise in French politics

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<v Speaker 1>for generations.

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<v Speaker 2>A left wing coalition that didn't exist a few weeks

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<v Speaker 2>ago won the most seats in the final round of

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<v Speaker 2>voting for the French election, but a divided result means

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<v Speaker 2>there's no clear majority winner. We'll take you through the

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<v Speaker 2>results and what they mean for the future of France's

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<v Speaker 2>government in today's deep dive.

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<v Speaker 1>But first, Zara.

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<v Speaker 2>What's making headlines.

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<v Speaker 1>Northern Territory police have announced curfew in Alice Springs. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the second in three months. Territory police say the decision

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<v Speaker 1>comes after a recent spike in crime, including assaults against

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<v Speaker 1>local police. The three day curfew prohibits anyone from entering

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<v Speaker 1>the Alice Springs CBD from ten pm to six a m.

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<v Speaker 1>The Anti Police Commissioner can extend the length of the

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<v Speaker 1>curfew with approval from the Police Minister.

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<v Speaker 2>Global plane manufacturer Boeing will plete guilty to fraud charges

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<v Speaker 2>after the U S Government launched legal action over two

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<v Speaker 2>separate Boeing seven three seven Max crashes. Two Boeing planes

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<v Speaker 2>crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia in twenty eighteen and twenty nineteen, respectively,

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<v Speaker 2>killing nearly three hundred fifty people in total. Boeing will

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<v Speaker 2>now have to pay a penalty of US two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>forty three point six million dollars that's over three hundred

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<v Speaker 2>sixty one million Australian dollars for failing to address safety concerns.

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<v Speaker 2>The company will also need to invest a further four

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and fifty five million US dollars in compliance and

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<v Speaker 2>safety programs.

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<v Speaker 1>Last month was the hottest June on record. That's according

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<v Speaker 1>to the European Union's Climate change service Copernicus. New figure

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<v Speaker 1>show a global average surface air temperature of sixteen point

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<v Speaker 1>seven degrees celsius. That's nearly zero point seven degrees higher

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<v Speaker 1>from the nineteen ninety one to twenty twenty June average,

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<v Speaker 1>while below average temperatures were recorded in the northern and

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<v Speaker 1>eastern areas of Australia. Countries like the US, Greece and

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<v Speaker 1>India are facing some of their hottest summers on record.

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<v Speaker 2>And today's good news the UK has elected its highest

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<v Speaker 2>ever number of women to Parliament. Two hundred and sixty

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<v Speaker 2>three women won seats in the general election on the

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<v Speaker 2>fourth of July, according to interim summary results. That's up

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<v Speaker 2>from the previous record of two hundred and twenty women

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<v Speaker 2>set at the last election in twenty nineteen. Estimates indicate

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<v Speaker 2>women now make up around forty percent of the UK Parliament.

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<v Speaker 1>M another day, another global election. Yesterday we were of

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<v Speaker 1>course talking about the UK election and their new PM,

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<v Speaker 1>kir Starmer. Last week we were talking about the US

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<v Speaker 1>election and Joe Biden and Donald Trump. But today we

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<v Speaker 1>have a new entrant into the global election scene, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is France. It was a bit of an unexpected

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<v Speaker 1>weekend with the election results taking many by surprise. Can

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<v Speaker 1>you just start with explaining what the hell is going

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<v Speaker 1>on in France?

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<v Speaker 2>It's a good question.

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<v Speaker 1>On the starting point.

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<v Speaker 2>Over the past few weeks, as you've mentioned, we've basically

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<v Speaker 2>been told to brace for a big swing to the

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<v Speaker 2>far right, in France's elections, but a coalition of left

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<v Speaker 2>wing parties ended up securing the most votes in the

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<v Speaker 2>second round of voting over the weekend. And the reason

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<v Speaker 2>this has come as a big shop to a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people is because it follows this recent trend towards

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<v Speaker 2>the far right in France. So both at a domestic

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<v Speaker 2>level during the first round of national elections and at

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<v Speaker 2>the recent European elections.

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<v Speaker 1>I do want to pick up on those European elections

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<v Speaker 1>and run with that because that really kickstarted this whole process,

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<v Speaker 1>the whole election process in France. Talk me through those.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, you're exactly right. So President Emmanuel Macron called a

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<v Speaker 2>snap election last month. That came after his main rival

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<v Speaker 2>Marine Lapenn led the far right National Rally Party to

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<v Speaker 2>its best ever result in the EU election. That election

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't directly impact the composition of the French Parliament at

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<v Speaker 2>a domestic level, but the result is considered an indicator

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<v Speaker 2>of the president's popularity, in this case declining popularity. So

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<v Speaker 2>he announced an election in light of that, and Macron

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<v Speaker 2>told voters at the time that he had heard their

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<v Speaker 2>message from the EU result and that he would address

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<v Speaker 2>it with a vote so.

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<v Speaker 1>It was almost this way for Macron to test the temperature,

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<v Speaker 1>and obviously when he picked that thermometer up, he wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>too happy with what it said. So then Macron calls

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<v Speaker 1>this snap election. How did the rest of France feel

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<v Speaker 1>about this?

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<v Speaker 2>So something pretty remarkable ended up happening within French politics

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<v Speaker 2>after we saw the far right round that was made

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<v Speaker 2>up in the EU elections and that has gone on

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<v Speaker 2>to have some pretty major implications.

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<v Speaker 1>So we saw the emergence of.

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<v Speaker 2>A new coalition of parties all from the left of politics,

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<v Speaker 2>in response to concern around this growing influence of La

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<v Speaker 2>penn and the National Rally Party. We've got this group

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<v Speaker 2>of socialist communists, left wing alliance parties all working together

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<v Speaker 2>in sort of really unlikely circumstances. But the socialist leader

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<v Speaker 2>Olivier for a he said only a united left could

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<v Speaker 2>stand in the way of the far right. So this movement,

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<v Speaker 2>this coalition is called the New Popular Front and as

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<v Speaker 2>I mentioned, it's an alliance of left wing parties. It's

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<v Speaker 2>also got this party called France Unbowed included in it.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that's a party scene as kind of the most

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<v Speaker 2>extreme far left party in France. It's led by Jean

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<v Speaker 2>Luke Melenchon, and he's seen as a pretty radical figure

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<v Speaker 2>in France. He's been in politics since the seventies, but

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<v Speaker 2>more recently he's been a really vocal critic of NATO.

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<v Speaker 2>He's been calling for France to leave the Treaty Alliance

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<v Speaker 2>for a few years. He's also been accused of anti

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<v Speaker 2>Semitism over recent campaigns. So quite an extreme figure in

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<v Speaker 2>the French political landscape.

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<v Speaker 1>So this left wing alliance has emerged in response to

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<v Speaker 1>this surge in the far right wing vote in these

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<v Speaker 1>EU elections. It is still a bit complex to understand though.

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<v Speaker 1>How does that impact what's actually happening in France.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, So it's complicated, but stay with me. The timeline

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<v Speaker 2>essentially is.

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<v Speaker 1>Only because you are so niceute.

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<v Speaker 2>European Union has elections. That's about the decision makers in

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<v Speaker 2>the EU, so that body of European nations. But then

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<v Speaker 2>that's seen as a temperature test of French sentiment and

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<v Speaker 2>politics and this kind of swing to the far right.

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<v Speaker 2>So the president says to the country, you seem to

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<v Speaker 2>be keen.

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<v Speaker 1>On this far right party of which Macron is not

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<v Speaker 1>a member.

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<v Speaker 2>Of, not a member. No, so Macron is a centrist leader.

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<v Speaker 2>He is part of the Ensemble party. So Macron says

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<v Speaker 2>to the French people, it seems like France is skewing

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<v Speaker 2>to the far right. Let's go to an election and

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<v Speaker 2>see if that's how you want your government to look

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<v Speaker 2>here at home domestically rather than in the EU. So

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<v Speaker 2>that gives us the French elections.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, And those elections work differently to how they do here.

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<v Speaker 1>They've split up into two different rounds, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, So the first thing to say here is that

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<v Speaker 2>we're talking about elections of France's National Assembly, it's lower House.

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<v Speaker 2>These elections, as you say, are held over two rounds

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<v Speaker 2>to elect five hundred and seventy seven members that make

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<v Speaker 2>up the lower House. Only candidates who receive more than

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<v Speaker 2>twelve point five percent of the votes in their electorate

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<v Speaker 2>progress to the second round of voting.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Round one essentially narrows down the field, and round two

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<v Speaker 2>gives voters the choice between the most popular candidates in

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<v Speaker 2>their electorate.

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<v Speaker 1>I think this is the first and last time I'm

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<v Speaker 1>ever going to use a sporting analogy, but it's almost

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<v Speaker 1>like the heat and then the finals. Yes, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I was really proud of that I've.

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<v Speaker 2>Got like a knockout round and then a final okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And thank you so much, and just before we go

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<v Speaker 1>on any further. This election doesn't impact Emmanuel Macron's job

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<v Speaker 1>in the very literal sense. His job wasn't up for.

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<v Speaker 2>Grabs, yeap, His job was not up for grabs. This

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<v Speaker 2>is a parliamentary election and that's different to the presidential race.

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<v Speaker 2>So Mcron will be the president of France until twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seven. His job might change in terms of how

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<v Speaker 2>he governing with less of a majority or in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of how he governs with a minority, but we'll get

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<v Speaker 2>to that. But unlike in Australia, as you mentioned earlierz Aara,

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<v Speaker 2>the parliamentary system of France, it functions differently. We've got

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<v Speaker 2>a president and a Prime minister. The president is elected

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<v Speaker 2>by French voters every five years. That's the country's head

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<v Speaker 2>of state. They have control over foreign policy and defense matters.

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<v Speaker 2>But this election did mean something for the Prime minister

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<v Speaker 2>in France. So that person is appointed by the President

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<v Speaker 2>with the approval of the parliament and they serve as

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<v Speaker 2>the head of government. So we're talking about every day

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<v Speaker 2>governing and domestic policy matters.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so I think I understand a bit of the

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<v Speaker 1>lay of the land now, and just going back to

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<v Speaker 1>our timeline, we've already had the first round and then

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<v Speaker 1>most recently we have the second round. What happened in

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<v Speaker 1>the first round of the election, so.

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<v Speaker 2>That was the thirtieth of June round one where we

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<v Speaker 2>had this historic turnout of voters. Turnout was estimated at

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<v Speaker 2>sixty seven point five percent, the high turnout since nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>ninety seven, an interestingly national rally. That's the far right

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<v Speaker 2>party won the most votes of any party, so they

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<v Speaker 2>were seen to dominate in that first round, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is kind of what we were expecting. It's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>in line with what we saw in the EU elections,

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<v Speaker 2>so it was this general trend general trends, so what

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<v Speaker 2>we were expecting. But it's also the first time that

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<v Speaker 2>we saw a glimpse of nfp's success among voters. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's the new left wing alliance. They were formed recently

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<v Speaker 2>after the EU elections. This is the first time we've

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<v Speaker 2>put their popularity to the test, and NFP beat mccron's party,

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<v Speaker 2>the Centrist Ensemble Party. So NFP won about twenty eight

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<v Speaker 2>point five percent of the vote, in round one ensemble

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two percent. So to recap, we had far right

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<v Speaker 2>National Rally with over thirty percent of the vote, around

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eight percent with the left wing Party, and around

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two percent with the Center.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So that was what happened in round one of

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<v Speaker 1>the election. Round two then happened over the weekend yeap.

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<v Speaker 2>So despite the fact that National Rally won the most

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<v Speaker 2>votes of any party in the first vote, it came

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<v Speaker 2>in third overall with.

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<v Speaker 1>This second right party YEP.

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday's vote actually saw the left wing Alliance NFP take

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<v Speaker 2>the highest number of seats, around one hundred and eighty.

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<v Speaker 2>So remember there are five hundred and seventy seven up

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<v Speaker 2>for grabs, the party with the most votes gets one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and eighty. Mccron's party picked up about one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and sixty. That's down from two hundred and forty five

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<v Speaker 2>at the last election, So nearly one hundred seats lost

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<v Speaker 2>and the far right won about one hundred and forty seats.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. So it wasn't what the first round had necessarily

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<v Speaker 1>indicated what was going to happen. It kind of flipped

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<v Speaker 1>on its head. It was exactly the far right it

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<v Speaker 1>was the Left Wing Alliance. Did that alliance win enough

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<v Speaker 1>seats to govern in its own right?

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<v Speaker 2>So this is where it gets even trickier, because the

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<v Speaker 2>short answer is no. Two hundred and eighty nine seats

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<v Speaker 2>are needed to form a majority in the lower house

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<v Speaker 2>of French Parliament. None of these parties are even close

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<v Speaker 2>to that. So we've got the party with the most votes,

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<v Speaker 2>that Left Wing Alliance, on one hundred and eighty. That's

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and nine short of where it needs.

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<v Speaker 1>So many numbers, Okay, so they're far away from where

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<v Speaker 1>they need to be in order to govern in an

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<v Speaker 1>outright majority.

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<v Speaker 2>So a bit of a hung parliament exactly, we've got

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<v Speaker 2>a hung parliament. Now. In Australia, if we had a

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<v Speaker 2>hung parliament, we'd expect to see the major parties doing

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<v Speaker 2>deals and negotiating with the minor parties and independents to

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<v Speaker 2>try and form government. But it's different in France because

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<v Speaker 2>minor parties have essentially been amalgamated already into these three

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<v Speaker 2>major parties. They're each coalitions made up of multiple other parties.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's not like the Liberal Party and the Labor Party.

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking about a bunch of different groups all coming

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<v Speaker 1>together under the same pannel.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's a strategic decision that these parties have made

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<v Speaker 2>based on their political leanings, to kind of try and

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<v Speaker 2>garner more seats to be a stronger presence. So even

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<v Speaker 2>Macron's ensemble in the center, that's a coalition of three

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<v Speaker 2>center parties. So there isn't the option for these players

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of do those deals with those minor parties

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<v Speaker 2>and independents. They just don't exist.

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<v Speaker 1>Can they do deals with each other? Though, So if

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<v Speaker 1>there's three kind of main alliances or broad umbrella groups,

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<v Speaker 1>can say the left wing who emerge victorious do a

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<v Speaker 1>deal with Macron's centrist party.

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<v Speaker 2>That definitely makes more political sense than if that left

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<v Speaker 2>wing group we're working with the far right. But commentators

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<v Speaker 2>are indicating that it could be weeks before a deal

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<v Speaker 2>is reached because no one has indicated that they're inclined

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<v Speaker 2>to work together. You've got macrons ensemble in the center

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<v Speaker 2>who have been vocally critical of members of that far

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<v Speaker 2>left alliance that Macron has said some parts of that

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<v Speaker 2>group are, to paraphrase how he's described the situation that

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<v Speaker 2>there are radical leaders as bad on the far left

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<v Speaker 2>as on the far right, and he doesn't want to

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<v Speaker 2>work with them. You've got this kind of deadlock that

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<v Speaker 2>we end up being left with. And each of these

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<v Speaker 2>parties give or take, has basically a third of the vote.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that really speaks to the division in

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<v Speaker 2>French politics. That's the landscape in a nutshell, right, It's

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<v Speaker 2>this incredibly divided environment.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't envy Emmanuel Macron, who among this kind of

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<v Speaker 1>divided society has to somehow lead through that when it's

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<v Speaker 1>so clear that he doesn't have the support that he

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<v Speaker 1>once had or once enjoyed. Another person who has really

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<v Speaker 1>been feeling the results of this has been Gabriel La Tal,

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<v Speaker 1>who was the Prime minister. As we said before, the

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<v Speaker 1>French system has both tell me a bit about him.

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<v Speaker 2>Gabrielle Atal is a casualty of this snap election. He's resigned.

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<v Speaker 2>He has not secured enough of a majority or a

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<v Speaker 2>minority to lead as prime minister. He's part of Macron's

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<v Speaker 2>Ensemble party, which has sort of ranked second in this

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<v Speaker 2>race of three, but he has suggested that he could

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<v Speaker 2>remain in office throughout the upcoming paras Olympic and Paralympic

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<v Speaker 2>Games to maintain government, to sort of oversee day to

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<v Speaker 2>day runnings in a caretaker kind of role. But he's gone.

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<v Speaker 2>He's resigned, basically, whether or not he sticks around for

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<v Speaker 2>the Olympics regardless, you know, he will not be prime

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<v Speaker 2>minister in the future. The French constitution requires Macron to

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<v Speaker 2>choose the next prime minister, though, and we have no

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<v Speaker 2>idea who that's going to be. In a victory speech,

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<v Speaker 2>Melonchon who is from that left wing alliance, He's called

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<v Speaker 2>on the president to choose a prime minister from the NFP,

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<v Speaker 2>from that alliance, but it's not clear who that could be.

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<v Speaker 2>Melonchon said that the president has the power and the

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<v Speaker 2>duty to call the new Popular Front to govern, but

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<v Speaker 2>we just don't know what that will look like.

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<v Speaker 1>And just to clarify, if that were to happen, it

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<v Speaker 1>would mean that centrist Macron as president is working with

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<v Speaker 1>a left wing leader in a prime minister and you

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<v Speaker 1>know they might not see eyda eye, but together they're

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<v Speaker 1>meant to really rule in harmony, and that's a really

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<v Speaker 1>challenging situation to be in.

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<v Speaker 2>Could be incredibly difficult, and I think when you look

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<v Speaker 2>to some of nfp's policies and how they kind of

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<v Speaker 2>butt heads with Macron's agenda, it could be a stalemate

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a government.

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<v Speaker 1>And what's the reaction been like among voters after this

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<v Speaker 1>second round election?

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<v Speaker 2>So if the lead up to the election was any

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<v Speaker 2>indication of things to come, there's going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>long road ahead in terms of uniting the French people.

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<v Speaker 2>Government officials said that there were at least fifty candidates

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<v Speaker 2>and activists who'd experienced physical violence in the lead up

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<v Speaker 2>to the election. There was a spate of assaults, dozens

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<v Speaker 2>of arrests and a significantly ramped up police presence.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously, the far right has not ended up on top

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<v Speaker 1>as they would have liked. And also what the polls

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<v Speaker 1>were telling us was going to happen. What have we

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<v Speaker 1>heard from Marie Leapenn, who's the leader of that far

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<v Speaker 1>right alliance?

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<v Speaker 2>So Lea Penn posted on x saying the tide continues

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<v Speaker 2>to rise and our victory is now only delayed. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's important to point out while the far

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<v Speaker 2>right didn't outperform an FP, there was still big momentum

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<v Speaker 2>for the National Rally Party. They will be counting this

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<v Speaker 2>as their best ever result in the lower House because

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<v Speaker 2>it is. It's not a loss by any means for them.

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<v Speaker 2>So we'll have to wait and see how this future government,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever that ends up looking like, is received by voters

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<v Speaker 2>to really know if the rise or the threat of

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<v Speaker 2>the far right, which is what the opposition has called it,

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<v Speaker 2>has subsided. You know, if French voters aren't happy with

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<v Speaker 2>how the future coalition government manages things, they might want

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<v Speaker 2>to see change next time they got to vote for

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<v Speaker 2>their president, and you could see a far right leader

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<v Speaker 2>still becoming president. So overall you could say, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>mccron took a gamble on this snap election. He has

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<v Speaker 2>kept the far right at bay for now. But I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think that this conversation is over by any means.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got a really divided country, a really divided government,

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<v Speaker 2>and the chaos kind of looks like it's going to continue.

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<v Speaker 1>And if that could be the theme of every general

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<v Speaker 1>election this year, I think it would be at this rate.

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