The far right saw an association with putin as an electoral asset in france, italy and hungary. The optimist would say that er, the french establishment has had difficult challenges such as communism. But i don't think one should assume that just because macrin has been defeated doesn't mean there will be an end to what she stands for.
For the second part of our analysis of one of the most tense elections in Europe of recent years, we hear from Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief at The Economist and author of Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the Quest to Reinvent a Nation. Sophie is joined by foreign-policy writer and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Ben Judah, for a discussion about where France is headed next on both the World stage and closer to home. Hosting the discussion is Rosamund Urwin, Media Editor for the Sunday Times.
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