France Fractured, Protests and Politics

Philippe Marlière, Professor of French and European Politics at University College London, joins Roifield Brown in conversation to examine the tensions shaping French politics.

They explore the polarisation between Marine Le Pen’s far right and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s radical left, the argument that France’s electorate has shifted to the right, and what that could mean in a hypothetical presidential run-off between the two.

The discussion also addresses disturbing accounts of flash-ball injuries, including a school student losing an eye, highlighting the human stakes of France’s social tensions.

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