Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024)

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 your book, magazine, or website advertised at...

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 necessity: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

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 necessity: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24⁠⁠...

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@gmail.com Cover our newspaper expenses. Our we w...

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 actually eat newspapers and rely on them to survi...

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 zone depends on it. [Insert second breat...

Marlon takes a solo spin 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 cost. Cover our newspaper expenses. Something bad might happen generally to the balance of nature if you do...

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 on them to survive! HELP OUT A STARVING PODCASTER E...

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/flep24⁠⁠ Want your book, magazine, or website...

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 we need cold hard cash. Come on buddy. Get on with...

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 trajectory his interest in philosophy...

Olly and Marlon discuss sabotage, the possibility (again) of Xavier Bertrand becoming Prime Minister, and an interview with a former Macronist discussing what the president is really like (we've mentioned him once or twice beforeon the show). Marlon's interview with Marc Endeweld . Cover our newspaper expenses. We're washing in the toxic water of the river Seine and need YOU to save us...

The Constitutional Council says that vote rigging in the National 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. We're eating cat food and need YOU to save us. [Insert second breathless CTA here]: https://buymeacof...

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 @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager

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 even a report that Attal still wants to...

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 there's a Mediapart report on the r...

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 advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get i...

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 your book, magazine, or w...

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 touch! Flep24 email: flep24pod@gmail.com Flep24&#3...

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 Japanese politics, believe it or not. Want your...

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 majority and won't be appointing anybo...

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 @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_man...

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 the show? Get in touch! Flep24 email: flep24pod@g...

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 @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger...

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 good discussion about what the bou...