Sophie and ben ask what lapin's loss means for the far right in other countries. Am, sophy n and ben: I do think that community relations in france was much better than they were in two and and 15. And i would really want to a sort of stress to him as being one of his big failings - something he needs to work out or do if he wants France to have a liberal future.
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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