There may be a brief break in episodes - Marlon's headed to the beach this weekend. Until then, we wait on Michel Barnier's government, which he says will be settled by Sunday. Show Notes - ⁠Le gouvernement sera présenté «avant dimanche», selon Matignon⁠ Listen to Some Old Interviews This Weekend From Flap24 ⁠We have a thread of all the ones we've …

Impeachment proceedings are barreling ahead, with the vote to get the LFI-led resolution out of the National Assembly’s political bureau winning. If the resolution gets to the Assembly floor, it’ll be the first time in the history of the Vth Republic that impeachment is voted on against a president. Michel Barnier’s government is starting to take s…

Impeachment proceedings have officially been opened against Emmanuel Macron - and it looks like they’ll pass the National Assembly’s political bureau next. After that, a debate in the commission on constitutional law. The Socialist Party says they’ll vote the resolution, backed by La France Insoumise, through the Assembly’s political bureau but tha…

Thierry Solère, the man who organized dinners between the National Rally and Macron’s camp, is back in the news. He reportedly, and not unpredictably, was the guy who negotiated RN’s tacit agreement with Macron to put Michel Barnier in the driving seat as Prime Minister. And the Finance Commission president Éric Coquerel, and LFI deputy, still hasn…

It looks like Michel Barnier's governing now - Macron's ministers are complaining that they can't even get a call with him or anybody close to him to approve their moves because...they don't have his phone number. On the left, François Ruffin gets booed at the Fête de « L’Humanité » as he openly goes on the warpath against Jean-Luc Mélenchon and th…

Nathalie Oziol, La France Insoumise MP for Herault joins Olly and Marlon to talk about the budget, the strategy of LFI and her disagreements with Ruffin, as well as how she got into politics and a bit of Shakespeare. Nathalie's Twitter https://twitter.com/NathalieOziol Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠flep2…

Show Notes -⁠ ⁠«La France ne doit pas revenir en arrière» en augmentant les impôts, plaide Bruno Le Maire lors de son discours d’adieu⁠⁠ - Le Figaro (fr) -⁠ ⁠Présidentielle 2027: Édouard Philippe reste le mieux placé contre Marine Le Pen⁠⁠ Le Figaro (fr) More Context From Flap24 -⁠ ⁠Budget Blues and Michel Barnier's Ministry of Immigration⁠⁠ (en) -…

Éric Ciotti says France should be governed from the right - and he thinks that Michel Barnier is just Macronism with another name. Plus, when will the next presidential election be? The question is on everybody's lips, and nobody's ruling out Macron resigning. Could it happen? Show Notes - «Je veux que la France soit gouvernée à droite», déclare Ér…

ATTENTION POD BEAN LISTENERS. WE WILL BE MOVING OVER TO A NEW FEED TO STOP PAYING UNNECESSARY FEES. SEARCH FLEP24 IN THE PODBEAN SEARCH BAR AND SUBSCRIBE TO BOTH FEEDS. ONE WILL EVENTUALLY STOP. Olly takes a look at three stories today: Bardella is accused of faking documents to get off trial, Attal and Barnier lay out their terms of engagement and…

Apologies for the degraded audio - the regular audio processing made my voice sound too clipped, so I've opted for the unprocessed audio. I talked too quietly into the microphone today, sore throat. The finally, actually outgoing Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire was grilled today by the Finance Commission, who are taking the government to task for h…

Michel Barnier's forming a new government as the National Assembly finally gets going again this coming Monday. Barnier's looking for ministers from the right, the left, and the current center. There are plenty of familiar faces forecast to come back—it doesn't seem like too much will change with this government. Meanwhile, France is fighting off a…

Olly and Marlon talk about the nomination of the new prime minister, the protests, left strategy and why some pundits are wrong. Then they talk a little bit about Alexis Kohler and the eurozone. Show notes. https://jacobin.com/2023/02/france-socialist-party-melenchon-nupes-hamon-left-change “Many of our fellow citizens think . . . [that a Socialist…

Olly takes a solo look at Hidalgo's complaints about blocking Cazeneuve and Sebastien Chenu's revelations that there were negotiations between Macron's camp and Le Pen to arrive at Barnier. Olly also wants to say that there is one non racist French cartoonist, whose work is our logo so shout out to Allan Barte. Send us questions and suggestions for…

A document from the Ministry of Economy and Finance reveals that France's deficit is exploding, and might require 60 billion euros worth of cuts to get it down to where the EU wants it. Macron hid the document for over a month and a half. And Marine Le Pen reveals what she wants from the next government: a golden egg which might ensure the National…

The right isn't thrilled about Xavier Bertrand, but they say they won't oppose him outright if Macron appoints him Prime Minister. A risky gamble. And French Communist Party leader Fabien Roussel affirms that the party won't support LFI's impeachment proceedings. Show Notes - ⁠⁠Fabien Roussel on BFMTV⁠⁠ (fr) - ⁠⁠Matignon : comment la droite, sous p…

Macron's first prime minister ever clarifies his plans in an interview with Le Point. He doesn't say it ambiguously - he's doing it. And the Socialist Party released a statement clarifying their intentions with Macron too - no alliance. Show Notes - ⁠⁠Édouard Philippe : « Je serai candidat à la prochaine élection présidentielle »⁠⁠ (fr) - ⁠⁠Préside…

Two months out with no new prime minister, Macron might be drawing closer to the moment...but it looks like he still wants to name his own ministers to key positions. Macron's goal is clear: no change in policy whoever's leading the next government. And apparently Marine Le Pen played a card to get her way with Macron. Is Xavier Bertrand out? Show …

Emmanuel Macron is taking another look at Bernard Cazeneuve - there's reporting that the French president met with the former Socialist Party Prime Minister recently to consider him again for the top position in the government after the New Popular Front's candidate Lucie Castets was definitively ruled out. A look at Cazeneuve's political career an…

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…