Sarkozy gives us his two cents, Melenchon's impeachment plan climbs in the polls and Ruffin struggles to find a new role. Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at ⁠⁠flep24pod@gmail.com⁠⁠. Cover our newspaper expenses. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want your book, magazine, or w…

Macron meets with mayors, goes to Belgrade and is distrusted by a majority of the French people. Mathilde Panot goes to the Constitutional Counsel and Le Pen goes to court. Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at ⁠⁠flep24pod@gmail.com⁠⁠. Cover our newspaper expenses. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24⁠⁠⁠⁠…

Éric Ciotti, the long-time pseudo president of les Républicains since the ⁠LR-RN alliance⁠ was incorporated, might be moving on from LR, which he sees as indebted and no longer worth hanging around. And Manuel Bompard goes on TV to lay out LFI's impeachment plan, the party's economic program, and what he thinks of the Socialist Party ⁠schism⁠. Show…

Some accounts of Macron's meetings with the left - the list of questions he asked, and his response. Plus, what Lucie Castets told Macron! A capsule history of François Hollande and Bernard Cazeneuve's relationship. How they cried together, how Hollande was there for him; their plan to revive French social democracy. Show Notes - ⁠Emmanuel Macron c…

Olly and Marlon hop on the mic to discuss internal left strategy, the role of antiracism in the PCF and the Greens, and the struggles of the boy wonder Gabriel Attal who has recently realised that everybody hates him. Send us questions for our Friday interviews at flep24pod@gmail.com Cover our newspaper expenses. Johnny, how about you buy us one to…

Melenchon makes a surprising offer to the Macronists - why did he do this? The ranks of La France Insoumise continue to grow, and without the dissidents, the party remains more convinced than ever of its strategic orientation. Meanwhile the Greens have their congress with new arrivals in their ranks. Olly's recent Jacobin article on the state of Fr…

Macron meets the representatives of the NFP... and refuses to name a Prime Minister. Attal says the centrist bloc will censure any government with LFI in it. Melenchon calls Macron and autocrat and Roussel calls his actions a coup. Show notes Our episode with Charles Devellenes on Macron's thirst for power. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0uyuOnJJ…

In dribs and drabs the Socialist Party is signalling - sometimes openly - that they want to break with LFI and govern with Macron. Will they take the plunge? Over in the presidential camp, Élisabeth Borne announces that she's running to lead Macron's party, Renaissance. But there are whispers that Gabriel Attal wants the post as well. A bloc is for…

There's discontent in the Socialist Party over the alliance with La France Insoumise. Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol and Hélène Geoffroy want out again. Éric Ciotti's party is defining its political course in the National Assembly - trotting faithfully along behind the National Rally, the most powerful force on the right. And Gabriel Attal sent letters to…

LFI is on guard against reports that the Socialist Party won't oppose Bernard Cazeneuve as Macron's Prime Minister pick. Raphaël Glucksmann is out with a long interview in Le Point where he talks about turning the page on Macron and Mélenchon, rebuilding French social democracy, and his presidential ambitions. And the National Rally is preparing fo…

François Bayrou talked with Le Figaro yesterday and called for...a government that avoids the extremes. He also excluded Lucie Castets from becoming Prime Minster, the NFP candidate for the position, saying she has no experience. We also take a look at a Senate Bill which would require a President under the Constitution to name a Prime Minister wit…

The Socialist Party and the Greens reject the LFI's impeachment puch as the way forward against Macron. The Socialist Party says a vote of no confidence is the way to go if and when Macron names a Prime Minister outside of the New Popular Front's candidate, Lucie Castets. And a brief note on Alain Delon's death, the new moment for secular sainthood…

Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the LFI want to impeach Macron under Article 68 of the French constitution. They say that's he's derelict in his duties to be a neutral arbiter by refusing to accept the democratic verdict of the recent legislative elections. Impeaching Macron would be difficult to get through both chambers of France's parliament, but Mélench…

The title is clickbait - sorry! Marlon takes a solo look at an announcement by Macron to host all the country's political forces on the 23rd of August to determine who the next prime minister will be. The news sets off the typical paper-selling speculation about who the next Prime Minister might be (mostly familiar names, though one wacky hypothesi…

Marlon takes a solo look at a report from ⁠Le Point⁠ into how the National Rally is laying the blame for their election results on bad candidate choices. The solution? Get rid of the people who chose the candidates. The NFP's prime minister choice Lucie Castets looks like she's backing away cautiously from a commitment to immediately implement the …

Marlon takes a solo look at the boring impasse French politics finds itself in as Macron continues to refuse to name a government. A veritable democratic scandal, which LFI President of the National Assembly's finance commissions calls an attempt by Emmanuel to essential cohabit in government with...himself. Show Notes - ⁠Un nouveau Premier ministr…

Gabriel Attal calls for a grand coalition (excluding LFI and RN). Horizons call for a grand coalition (excluding LFI and RN). Vague policy proposals, of course, from a sweltering France. Email us your Qs so we can give you As at flep24pod@gmail.com Cover our newspaper expenses. They all just keep bursting into flames so we need new ones: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

It's hot hot hot in France, and the post-Olympic truce is over. Plus, Macron's spokespeople use the language of Maurras again (not French). Email us your Qs so we can give you As at flep24pod@gmail.com Cover our newspaper expenses. They all just keep bursting into flames so we need new ones: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want yo…

Marlon runs through a quick solo episode on the fear of another RN surge, the goings on at the gym in the national assembly, the struggles of the poor lobbyists and the left in Paris. Email us your Qs so we can give you As at flep24pod@gmail.com Cover our newspaper expenses. Our we will bring crime back to the darkened streets of Paris. Out of nece…

Olly talks about two stories, one in which the media tries to signal the return of Anne Hidalgo and one in which lobbyists lament the presence of La France Insoumise, who are unlobbyable! Email us your Qs so we can give you As at flep24pod@gmail.com Cover our newspaper expenses. Our we will bring crime back to the darkened streets of Paris. Out of …

Marlon takes a solo look at a new interview with Agnès Pannier-Runacher, who's on the left of the Macron grouping. She says there needs to be a coalition government which excludes LFI and RN, and that France is not a right wing country. Plus, did Paris get rid of crime during the Olympic games? Email us your Qs so we can give you As at flep24pod@gm…

Olly and Marlon discuss Olly's meeting with Raphael Arnault, the looming austerity budget, the resignation of Lille's mayor and her history on the left of the PS as well as the possible failure of the flagship Olympic clean water measures. Email us your Qs so we can give you As at flep24pod@gmail.com Cover our newspaper expenses. Podcasters actuall…

Xavier Bertrand's name keeps coming up as Macron's next choice for Prime Minister. We've talked about him before on this podcast, so Marlon goes through some of it in this solo episode. Also - what to do with phone numbers? I want your answers and feedback on this. Cover our newspaper expenses. The balance of power in the Rigulon-7 galacto-space zo…

Marlon takes a solo sin through the tension in Nice, as the opening salvo in a battle for the country and the French right charges up between Christian Estrosi and Éric Ciotti. A rundown on the summer conferences. And LFI continues with its investigation into just how much the Olympic Games costs. Cover our newspaper expenses. Something bad might h…

Olly discusses some articles on the strange stasis French politics has entered into in which Macron is still governing as he always has, but no one really knows if this is actually a legitimate thing to be doing. Email us your Qs so we can give you As at flep24pod@gmail.com Cover our newspaper expenses. Podcasters actually eat newspapers and rely o…

Olly and Marlon discuss the centre's attempts to rebuild, Sophia Chikirou getting in hot water over Hamas and why nazis are calling Olly a collaborator on Twitter. Cover our newspaper expenses. Podcasters actually eat newspapers and rely on them to survive! HELP OUT A STARVING PODCASTER EAT SOME NOURISHING ARTICLES HERE: ⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com…

Marlon takes a solo look at the renewed national pride in France the Olympics are spreading. Plus, Sarah Knafo head to California with the Claremont Institute, and presidential hopeful Laurent Wauquiez spent over 1200 euros in regional funds on a diner with Michel Houellebecq. Cover our newspaper expenses. You know the drill...doom is imminent so w…

Marlon and Olly interview Charles Devellennes, who's the ⁠Senior Lecturer⁠ in Political and Social Thought at the University of Kent. Charles tells the about Macron's literary style, the unpublished novels Macron wrote, and the enduring effect Milan Kundera's "Jacques et son maître" had on young Emmanuel. Charles also tells us about the own traject…

Olly and Marlon discuss sabotage, the possibility of Xavier Bertrand becoming PM, and an interview with a former Macronist discussing what the president is really like. Marlon's interview with Marc Endeweld: https://jacobin.com/2024/07/macron-rassemblement-national-snap-elections Cover our newspaper expenses. We're washing in the toxic water of the…

The Constitutional Counsel says that vote rigging in the assembly is none of its business. Mediapart reports on a "cold coup" enacted by the Macronists. And Attal shows that the French state would do anything for love... but should they do that? Cover our newspaper expenses. Currency needed imminently to stave off disaster. [Insert second breathles…

Marlon takes a solo survey of some news as France swelters, groans, and cracks under a heatwave (projection maybe? sure!). There's the neo-nazi security guard on the private island owned by the mega-reactionary media mogul. There's an action packed action pact from the outgoing current resigned who knows Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, and there's ev…

It's the 50th episode of Flap24! Marlon takes us on a solo trek through two reports which came out today about just how much all these politicians are spending. First ⁠there's one⁠ from Libération about the vice-president of the RN splurging on 4 star hotels to the tune of 400 euros a night during the 2022 campaign, which isn't illegal at all. Then…

As news slows down in the holidays, Marlon takes a solo look at some of the arcana of the National Assembly, from important dates in the upcoming fall session, to a look at how parliamentary immunity works in the French parliament. Marlon also ponders what guerrilla National Assembly warfare could look like. Want your book, magazine, or website adv…

Marlon takes a solo look at those on Macron's right flank who are decrying wokism in the Olympics. In more interesting news, a quick overview of the French Senate's report on foreign influence, and its plan for a massive public influence campaign on behalf of France's values, including massive narrative crafting to combat France's "enemies." Want y…

Olly discusses the sabotage at the French Olympics, Macron's attempt to rehabilitate his image, the reactions to the opening ceremony and the plot in the PS. Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Flep24 email: flep24pod@gmail.com Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinge…

Marlon stops in for a brief solo episode and runs down what the NFP's Prime Ministerial candidate is saying about voting with RN, the possible envelope fraud in a recent National Assembly vote, and some meetings of the various parliamentary commissions. Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touc…

Marlon & Olly reunite for a duo episode, the first one in awhile, and discuss Olympic news, the latest updates from the National Assembly commissions, and polemics around athletes being allowed to compete in the Olympics under their national flags or not. They also discuss the potential new Prime Minister's podcast, and take a diversion into Japane…

Marlon looks at the new joint New Popular Front candidate for Prime Minister, Lucie Castets. She's a long time civil servant with a public profile of advocating for public services and close links to the Socialist Party. Everybody in the New Popular Front is publicly in favor of her being the one - but Macron's already saying that he still needs a …

The left has different visions for its future, Macron attempts to call an Olympics truce and there is yet more accusations of antisemitism flung at critics of Israel. Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Flep24 email: flep24pod@gmail.com Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @Marl…

Marlon takes a solo look at who one some of the new elected positions in the National Assembly. Marlon also briefly reviews Project Périclès, a 150 million euro plan by an ultrareactionary Catholic billionaire to help the RN win the 2027 presidential and municipal elections. Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of…

Marlon's away so Olly runs you through yet another turning of the tables as the left regains the balance of power within the assembly. He also talks about Megabasin protests and climate change. Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Flep24 email: flep24pod@gmail.com Flep24's Twitter @flep2…

Olly & Marlon host Bruno Amable, the co-author with Stefano Palombarini of ⁠The Last Neoliberal: Macron and the Origins of France's Political Crisis.⁠ Bruno's a political economist and a Professor at the University of Geneva, so this guys knows his stuff. This is Olly's favorite book, so we really get into it. Marlon hasn't read it but we have a go…

The first vote since the election is held, on who will be the head of the assembly and the Macronists play dirty to win. The left remains without a PM candidate, and Marlon discusses rumours of a plot in Drancy. Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Flep24 email: flep24pod@gmail.com Flep2…

Marlon is away so Olly takes you through the complex negotiations on the eve of choosing a prime minister. The left still doesn't have a candidate! An intervention by friend of the show Stefano Palombarini puts Marine Tondellier in a tight spot and provokes a revolt in the ranks of the greens. The PS and the Communists have other ideas. The left di…

And she says "ow, that hurts!" In this episode Olly and Marlon discuss Laurence Tubiana, the PS, PCF, and Green candidate for NFP Prime Minister. They go over why LFI opposes her, her past and present Macron-compatibility, and her eco-anarchist offspring. Olly goes into one possible centrist scenario for a President of the National Assembly, which …

The initial upload of this episode cut off half the recording. It should now be fixed. Olly and Marlon discuss the day's news - this includes another front in the left's forever war, a rift opening up in the centrist camp, purges of the CFDT union of RN supporters and the battle for a spot on publicly funded tv continues. Song: Prose Elite by Medin…

Olly and Marlon recap today's French headlines - most notably the fact that a week has gone an still no PM has emerged. Olly's twitter @reality_manager Marlon's twitter @MarlonEttingerעל ידי ollypoker666

Marlon discusses La Réunion president Huguette Bello's unlikely Prime Ministerial shot. He also goes over some of the objections to Bello in the role, including her positions on gay marriage over the years. And Marlon touches on who in French politics is condemning what looks like a Trump assassination attempt. Want your book, magazine, or website …

Marlon and Olly discuss the latest left wing grouping in France, L'Après, an outfit set up by some of the LFI dissidents. But are things as they seem in the new group? And who are they preparing the after for? More rigamarole on where the government will come from - the left or the right? The unions threaten to strike come the Olympics if Macron do…

The title says it all really. Macron clings to power and his party plots for the time after him. Marlon's twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's twitter: @reality_manager Email us: Flep24pod@gmail.comעל ידי ollypoker666