Flep24 (French Legislative Elections Podcast 2024)

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 Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @M...

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 did manage to find a unity candidate for the pre...

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 will start to be decided on Thursday, an...

The first upload of this episode cut half the recording for some reason, but it should be fixed now. 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 Medine

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 @MarlonEttinger

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 advertised at the beginning or end of the show...

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 doesn't name an NFP Prime Minister quick. Pl...

The title says it all really. Macron sticks to power and his party plots for the time after him. Marine Le Pen warns about a French January 6th as the left calls for protests against Macron refusing to hand power over to the NPF. RN also won't stand for an LFI government. Marlon's twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's twitter: @reality_manager Email us: Flep24pod@gmail.com

Marlon & Olly talk with Cassandre Begous to discuss everything about La France Insoumise. Cass, who's in LFI and well versed in all the debates inside it, helps them go deep on the tensions between LFI and the PCF, why exactly Alexis Corbière, Raquel Garrido, and others broke with Mélenchon, and what the next government will look like. Cass also tells stories about meetings with Mélenchon,...

All the different forces are jockeying for power in the National Assembly. Who will govern? In a solo episode, Marlon breaks down the newspapers and the rumors. There's the New Popular Front, with LFI trying to impose, but with the Communist party scheming with the centrists, reveals a leaked recording. There's Xavier Bertrand, an LR heavyweight who was almost Macron's Prime Minister i...

Marlon and Olly are joined by Jacobin's Europe editor David Broder to discuss the results, the sociology of the RN vote and how LFI might break out of its metropolitan niche. Marlon's twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's twitter: @reality_manager David's twitter: @broderly photo credit: Lukas Hermsmeier

The round 2 results are in. Olly and Marlon eat humble pie as things look better for the left than previously thought. Though their analysis remains sharp! The RN still did very well and all of the focus on the left's factions is now highly relevant as the left attempts to form a government. Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Marlon's interview with M...

Olly gets stuck on a train, so Marlon goes solo on the eve of the voting day. Marlon talks about speculation about possible RN ministers, and gives an update on the Horaces surrounding Marine Le Pen. Marlon talks about the latest thinking on a coalition of the soft left and the center, and how not everybody in Macron's camp thinks that's necessarily a good idea. And Marlon discusses the ca...

Marlon and Olly talk about the possibility of an abstentionist surge ahead of the second round of the vote on Sunday. "I don't want to do anything stupid," says one voter. Olly watched the final debate/interview and talks about Clémence Guetté and Jordan Bardell's performances. A bone-chilling, truly thuggish plot against a Reinaissance candidate reminiscent of scenes from Privet...

A short episode where Olly and Marlon hit the news, go over the latest developments on the prospect of a soft left coalition led by Attal, and integrating the right wing flank of the New Popular Front. Marlon also talks about the new political phenomenon in the country...the inspiring Green Queen Tondelier. Meanwhile, the Green Party leadership discusses the abysmal European election performance....

Marlon and Olly go through some of the racist, creepy, and boneheaded statements from RN candidates, including one who isn't around, one who took hostages (she'd rather not talk about it for now), and a bunch of just racist ones. Marlon also talks about a Macronist plot against a former minister to get an RN deputy elected. And Olly talks with some people on Discord about politics. Flep24...

Marlon and Olly talk desistments, Bollore's secret campaign, the campaigns of the LFI dissidents and the sociology of the RN vote. Marlon's substack: https://footnotesnews.substack.com/ Olly's article on Bollorisation is available here: https://bylinetimes.com/2024/07/02/how-far-right-billionaires-are-destroying-french-politics-and-what-the-uk-must-learn/

Olly and Marlon go over the results in greater detail and politely disagree about the quandry the left is faced with. A useful map of the different circonscriptions https://www.contexte.com/article/pouvoirs/carte-des-legislatives-2024_193466.html? Olly's reaction to the results: https://unherd.com/newsroom/has-marine-le-pen-conquered-the-centrists/ Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger

The results are in. In a coup for FLEP24, but absolutely not for the people of France, they were as we predicted and the RN are the largest party. Olly and Marlon go over the results, the voter sociology and the shape of the 'triangular' showdowns to come. Unsurprisingly that shape is a triangle. Flep24 email: flep24pod@gmail.com Flep24 Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEtting...

Olly and Marlon recap the past 3 weeks of a wild election campaign. That campaign is over. The first round votes will be cast on Sunday, June 30th. From a shock left wing alliance, to a union of the right, and every politician locking themselves in their party offices in between, this is an excellent overview of the past 19 episodes of our daily look at news from the French election. Alleged purge...

Olly and Marlon cover another day in French politics. As the campaign comes to an end, nasty polling and motivated violence show a racist mood percolating while a muggy summer sets in. Olly discusses news from French finance and the stock exchange, with many business titans not sweating the potential for change. Marlon talks about Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin changing his Olympic plans, and t...

Meyer Habib threatens to sue Delogu. Olly and Marlon discuss this, and other developments such as the stunning hypocrisy of the French political class on racism. Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager

Olly and Marlon recap the debate rather loosely before diving into reminiscing about Melenchon's oratorical skills and wondering who will succeed him in that role. Francois Hollande did an interview in which he didn't rule out him becoming PM and Olly and Marlon talk about the murky past of Alexandre Benalla. Marlon's Twitter: @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter: @reality_manager

Olly's out today, so Marlon performs the labour of a Heracles and gives a run through of the right's campaign against Mélenchon for Prime Minister. Marlon also looks at the recent polling which might have things looking closer than ever, the history of RN's hotly contested national preference policy, and touches on some of the night's debate (which Flep24 livetweeted), which we&#39...

Olly and Marlon recap the news - Mélenchon continues to be monstered by the press and Olly points out the centre left are high on their own supply. Marlon talks about a meal between Darmanin and Edouard Phillipe (sorry again) and their post-Macron plan. They also discuss the more fleshed out proposals of the RN's plan. Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager