the the. ringback the campaigning and protesting, intensifying friends, a hit of a snap election as being cooled by president a menu. i'm a chrome up to the fire rights made big games in new york in parliament selection. so how important is this voted for from and see europe? this is inside story, the hello welcome to the program until mccrae french presidents, a manual ma chromes move to hold us next parliamentary election is being seen is either a brave political decision or

a highly dangerous gamble. just as the european power and selection result showed has been nice on spotty hamid's, by the found right, national rally. what chrome the show to the country with his announcement. his hope is that when a soon us begin, the people of france will reject the extreme prize that in the woods of his ally and former prison nicholas the kazi. the risk is that they will confirm the anger rather than reverse it. he fisma chrome is decision, could backfire and plunge the country into kyle's so how high the stakes and the selection for the front and figure it and will look round or the 5 right image stronger when the votes accounted. we'll be putting those questions and plenty more to, i'll guess in just a few moments. but this, this report from laura con, a quote to the 1000000 people on the streets of products over the weekend. their response to president emmanuel mccord calling snap parliamentary election on to face to i'm searching for rights some protest turned fine and split to have

the same message to unites to scope with policy winning tow it and francis solomon's. i really don't seem to somebody, but they all it takes is to people who didn't take part in previous interactions to do so they'll decide the last election. so a 50 percent turn out to off of the french didn't vote. the popular mobilization is the key to fight against the extreme right and to beat the extreme right. we say that the european elections mark the period after mccall and i believe that he is finished opinion polls show a country splits between the political far left and fall. right? president, stockholm, centrist. when they, since policies, it's in 3rd place, and he's now the center of a political stool off to his decision to hold a snap election front as low upon him into the national assembly has been dissolved . he remains present with 3 more years of his 2nd attempt to run well,

but he could not take no the new political reality. the rising popularity of the fall rights and the closure to stick them in pre to our goal is more to try to have a quick consensus, but perhaps we need to wait until june 27th, 28th. i don't want to 3 of the things that one was humiliated in front of european problem and selections, when there are a lot pins national ronnie, one more than twice the number of votes as his alliance. his decision cooler. national election in reform is widely seen as a major political gamble, not just present policy, but the country. the new shows and things are very simple. emanuel, my car will not have a majority, you know, it. we know it's everyone knows that he made a gamble that he has already lost because he will not govern with the right, which has chosen to collaborate with the far right for a month. so it has concerns and the european parliament election, immigration proved highly divisive. the national ronnie maintains

a hotline empty integration message. the international monetary fund has urged prompts to take measures to cause its debt. that means the person in charge, they need to reduce public spending or race taxes. unemployment is also high. but concerns that though to is that usually just solely to elections and fronts may not be dislikes. the fact is this time around. instead of just having to make choices on the grounds of political ideology, driven by the rise in popularity of the far right nor hum to inside story onto 0. and this spring, and now it gets. now joining us from paris is samantha dip into an associate fellow at chatham house and geo political commentator of the fringe tv channel, lashing and foot in the u. k. capital sleep. malia is a professor, a french and european politics at university college london. and also in paris,

to whom he is an independent friends correspondent, as well as the university lecture. thank you very much for joining us here on the inside story. felipe, if i can begin with you. i mean, the president's move has been described as russian roulette. can you just explain how surprising this is and, and to chrome, have any choice but to roll the dice here. it's a gamble and it's no understatement because when it came on on there last week on sunday to announce that we'd cool for us not protection new one. absolutely no one . so it's coming. we now know that is prime minister. i was only in the knowledge of the decision and now before you decided to go for that to tell the vice announcement so really kept secret, only a handful of the advisors discussed it. and so everyone wants taken by surprise, and it's a, it's a real snap election, you know,

3 weeks to get on to organize nothing. my case, thoughts about that you sold, that you would take is political opinions by surprise. no, to be the very divided left and also would take the far right by surprise because money looked and he's working, you called on getting elected. but in 2027 for the presidential election, she did not expect an election so soon. okay, samantha, how much of my crumbs personality is in this decision? do you think the cool the snap election? i mean is this is a getting the better off than as well. a lot of people who work with mac, chrome, both on the foreign policy side and on the domestic policy side, say that one of his big problems is that he does not build a line and says he's not a politician. he does not, you've never been elected to any public position before he was became president. he's vine, to come to the life of the c i a with wrong a company. and you can't do that if you are president. so he's not really good at

building alliances within his own policy with other policies, just as he's not being very good at communicating with his foreign pot to apologize particularly on, on policy regarding ukraine in russia. he has a load up and this has been to see 5 other people ahead of us. again, his ego a react seeing more. but before i actually really thinking about the consequences of this choice, he really thought that the, the, the, the motivate laflin motor it right would. d the around him, they would say, i know we, we have the specs of the fall, right. and we'll do what we've always done, which is riley around this sort of stuff. just a policy. and, well, it's not happening here. is the, the left is unifying, and you got people on the left, the radical different views on the wrong policy. for instance, they've come together. and on the right, you seen members of the republican party saying that they will actually join the

national body. so it had a complete opposite as fact, instead of people uniting behind the presidential policy, you had a real split of, of products into 2 extremes. figures that how you say that he mccomb was trying to get a jump on those opponents by surprising them with this net collection, but it is actually on the galvanized uh the, the 5 rod and the fall lift at this point in time. yes, i think that's a great danger, so it may thomas, it, it really did take everybody by surprise not least, i think the, the national riley that had done so one of the european elections just as a, came out just an arrow site before microns announcement on television last sunday. i'll let you go to a couple of the french sunday newspapers a lot. not very many of them come out on sunday traditionally, but on the front page of a family. right, so excited to let you know the the most show we have

a picture of sol cosy. he was quoted, i think in the report that we saw earlier. and on the left of center p. d. mulch, we have uh, fox. well, hold on to uh, as we know, it was a former president just like soc cosy and he's announced he's going to be standing as a candidate. so on the front page of the 2 main sunday newspapers, there was no image of my crown, the image of the pen, but what sort of, uh, forwarding to the past is it well, when we see the images on both the sol cozy and all along so the that the press anyway on this sunday, looking at what the 2 for my president. so i've had to say concerning the full coming column entry election. so the focus has been on what could happen around would he possibly be a candidate for prime minister? i think that's the editorial content, all the do not do the marsh and the on the more writing paper did the

march so cozy has a 3 pages, almost 3 pages, giving his opinion on the situation. and essentially it's saying, but my chrome has probably not done the right thing by any means. it's quite remarkable how many twisting tens that have already been and because the campaign is so short, it really feels like this. going to be many more squeezed into the next couple of weeks before voting stats sleep. can you just give us a sense of, if you think this is a generation to finding election, can you just explain how much is on the line here? i think a lot is on the line. it's extremely important to election a festival. the 1st thing is in 3 weeks time, they might be for the 1st time since the 2nd world war a fall, right? government and cross that that's new. small news, it's very important. it's not a don't deal. i think a lot of analysts expect the fluoride to top the election to we need but not get

enough seats to have a, an absolute majority, in which case i called to have you what will happen then? we will have to see, but a so that's really they both into the reason and that explains why the left hands united so quickly within 24 hours. also they, they hate each other. most of them, they couldn't work together. it took exactly less than 20 flaws to agree on a common platform, which they roll top within 4 days and to decide on the location of seats. by the way, it's not the fall unless it's, it's the last, you know, it's a very broad correlation. and it seems, we mentioned the impulse for long as part of it, several calls weren't always part of that electrical collection of the less, not the far left, which is school popular from. and i think it's also a meant as the election in a sense that expects the entrench realignments in french politics for instance.

uh, it seems to me is that the, the fall right is not going to have sold a lot of the conservative right. i saw cozy, spotty, i like to re go, which is not good sort of become a fairly motional poxy. it's can dominate the right to the right side of the political spectrum. expect to see the central brawl coming back home. i wanted to bill essentially the block with a bit of glass or would it be to ride more read life then? moderate, right. i think expect losses. in that case, that's idea. all of a sense, overall dominating french politics is also, and it says it's the revival of the old clinic in falls left against, right. which in her crow fold very hard to, to, to boys to council. i think it's coming back a following this. so the solution, submit the can you just give us a sense of what is it about the 5 rod the,

the national rarely bit is so attractive to versus in france right now. and what would be the consequences if they are indeed elected here as well. this, this, all right, appeals to different people for different reasons. one of the, of the big riley and clients as an immigration platform and, and people in front saying that they, they fed up with seeing french culture beings to modify this way with any gratian that they complain, that people who come to foster integrate properly. but that is a big running calls to the far right, just being that traditional platform and they were a tradition a up to seed. i'm quite right. besides being a dentist, mrc a policy, the founder, so mentally depend how, how did ran? because i to choose the tools the holocaust was interesting now is that they have a very care attitude towards israel, which is writing

a little history. is people to this policy which have anti semitic rigs, which is quite to a very, very strange way of things to have things develop him. there are other people who are attracted to the far right because they are now appealing to, to the workers to full the communist spoke to the school in the fall and last night as an out guys the far right because they see them as being the only ones who defend those who a real stat with globalization and those who feel that your opinion is, is harming them. the farm is who i'm not happy with, with your pin coming out of the cultural policy of those then who, what is being traditional saw last by just a not moving to to the, to the far right is no longer the pa. 7 see all of right wing elite sort of fall, right? when unique's it is bringing together both extremes. and what's really interesting is, is to that, i think it's really important. the city pointed out that this, this new part to the front is not far left. it isn't left the last policy,

but because through a pulse of the far left in this popular front people who was dissing on the status of fuel centrist. oh, now i'm thinking of buying things to the, to this. so then there's a national, right, which is a wind development. so those who feel that the national are valuable not have will not be the best choice from because of the deception that some people have some of the more extreme positions of the far left. but the um, so its now broadening its attraction has changed its name from national front to national right. because the republicans, some republicans have now joined the list and presenting joint candidates and starts and areas calling themselves the right wing. republicans. this potential the confusion as well what attract people who would never, traditionally, folks to the, the national money i get paid to, can we talk a little bit about this, this lift block race or a few 100000 a n t file, right?

protest is taking to the streets. uh, can you just explain how unified the lift are and, and what sort of difference do you think that they are it's you're going to be able to make it? what sort of gains do you think that they could potentially pull out over the next few weeks? what if we look at the latest opinion polls which one of the sunday papers printed today? the if we quoted the sort of the left which goes from just let the fence a to quite extreme left wing, the abuse in terms of economy and politics. of course the, the less will is expected based on today's paul to get to 48.5 percent. and the rights which is good for the could not include the republicans around 45 percent give or take off the street based on the new pulse and the and the warnings that is not 100 percent accurate as usual. and so right now it looks like it's

going to be a, a home parliament with no particular group winning an absolute majority. but if we want to talk about the popular front, which incidentally hawks back to the 19 thirty's, that was the name given to the lodge. a communist sent me a socialist and communist the alliance that was formed in, in france to come about the rising up, the fashion spots here from some the, the more extreme hit flat, miscellaneous, improvises in the 19 thirty's, the, the left blog because it was called the popular or the popular front, so it was a hawk back to that's how a united all they well they have a history division they did for most a similar block a few years ago for the last presidential elections a practice just over 2 years ago now. uh and uh, they quickly dissolved into acrimony is arguments oft uh, taking that very seats in parliament. they did not have a any anywhere near

a kind of a majority of cost macro and had to deal with various alliances and a minority government. so if they do well, how long will they remain the unified and this is where i think the fonts while longed has been played off by sent me left wing sympathetic newspapers. so saying he's some of that has the experience and maybe he could pull together or these try and keep a popular prompt i left broke united a at least until the next presidential elections, which are just uh oh, another 33. busy so so. busy away so interesting situation. of course, it certainly is philip, i want to talk a little bit about to turn out. i mean less than 50 percent of registered versus didn't vote in 2022. is that likely to be similar to the selection?

i just want to get a feeling for how people feel bad about the election being framed and more ideological terms rather than, you know, actually anyone talking about issues and policy. yeah, absolutely. i think there will be a very little few tools. there's not enough much tool capacity about policies that we use it. you won't go into the detail of policy. there's no time so that you know, it's a, it's a short election 3 weeks. the 1st week was already taken away, you know, organizing, you know, lions alliances, location of seats. so there's basically 2 weeks left not to campaign. and when you see the type of alliance, which has been sets up really, almost overnight. and of course, each comp has a program, but i don't think the policies will play a major role for chasing power immigration, europe. of course, all of the, the scenes which seem to, to, to sort of come up all the time as the sort of the main concerns all the french

people. but i think essentially it's a medical break type of election and it's all due to present that chrome, you know, which when for the dramatize ation of the selection, michael break in a sense. do you really want us all right government. that's really, i think the big question which is good to frank votes as you know, and why is that? because simply the fall, right, has the political momentums has been going from strength to strength over the past? i would say not so it's yes. and no one can same problem, we didn't see it coming, it's been gradual, and it's been the state of the rise state, the search, and to the things the moments of truth. now it's the moments of truth because for the very 1st time since the end of the 2nd world. ready the far, wide good actually when the election. okay. and that obviously has why the consequences not just the friends, but also for europe as well as samantha. what are those consequences and how worried is you are looking, looking on what is happening in france right now. as well as your asking how,

why people all of it depends how, how, how long as you consider your it to be this one country in europe, which is very worried about what's happening in fonts. and that is ukraine, because president not call has been taking the last year very right both when his support ukraine. he's being one of the most a strong this strong support is that the crime in the european union on impacts in the west world. and he's, he says things that have surprised many allies when he talks about not rooting out french troops on the ground in ukraine. he's being very sick or his and his desire to now even send me my finances uh to me to come by at cost to ukraine. so i'm president zaleski and ukrainians. see, let met pull is the strongest support senior. if you look at the national, right, they have to, there's no links to most code which i'm going to detail here. but there is another

place to out the on the past. no link between sites and important post personalities in the, in the far right. and also the financial links between moscow and, but the national ronnie, jordan about that of the, the, the young man who with the tires to be appointment is the, has public to express. some differences on relations with must go with ukraine. leading was made to the mary independent mcmurry independent as a very empty atlanta. so as a point of view, you told him about that it seems to be moving a bit more tools, a maloney tight attitude, but over nice to be seeing. because a lot of things can be said in the election campaign and, and very different things can actually happen reality, so indeed, very, very strongly consigned in ukraine. the rest of your opinion. well, we know a lot of of the ping countries are moving to the rice as well. so there is no

longer serious took effect, said as long points, the national around a we'll see is a policy that could potentially think about moving from out of the do. and they say what, what, what the disaster has that has full in the u. k. since frank said that there is no longer the case, there are a few potential deputies of that that they're on the list. who could he do talk about price it, but that is not something which is that policy. they would probably have um, they would require certain things from brussels on, on, in maybe things southern european why policies the, to this are sorry to interrupt some of the we've only, we're very, very quickly running out of time and i've got a few of the questions that i really want to get to pay to i want to talk a little bit about briefly the young people in front. i know you're a university lecturer. can you just explain what the feeling is? among most young people where and how they getting their information from and is the really concerned about this information affecting this election?

i guess that's i, i think that's a good point. sent me to some of the studies that are being conducted or something . the classes that are being laid at the colleges study where i teach, and i'm sure most of the agendas and schools here and perhaps have uh on. now looking at the selection and outside interference site can use the social media courses. now, bye bye for the main source of news. so many of these young students join with some students. they are aware of the issues, probably more than some of their peers a l. elsewhere. but it is a, a concern of course. and in fact, just last week, i was talking god towards the end of a class with some of the students who mentioned that they would be attending the the n t right wing riley will take some pictures here from both sides of those riley and in paris. so somebody was saying, well, not where way of, you know, where against the far right. but that was one the female student to quite,

you know, with no, uh, no reservations whatsoever when boss the talking about the politic single situation . she said, well i'm, i'm going to vote for bob dental jordan baldwin and i said, well, why do the upgrade of his policy is what, what is it about him? but we'll make you vote for him. and she's chippy said while he's so good looking, you know, and a truth about that i is he's just 28 just a few years older than most of the students. so i was we have a my particular day. he said he telegenic. uh he uh, is the prompt person at the bottom of the, or uh, uh for the national riley. but if he becomes pregnant this other, i think we know who will be actually putting the strings in terms of any government led to bypass the courses. yeah, maureen, literally left hand of course. yeah, yeah, i'm sorry. if i want to ask you about your budget is we here days on the 28th. do you think that he is the most likely person to become the next prime minister to i

think it's on the cost. i think it's been publicly said already should the default right. when the selection above the law will become a prime. in his steps, the pen isn't interested into the job because it's a, it's a hall job. you all the prime ministers. it's next to you, the president, you have to deal with the president's. and in that case, the french call it corporate us. you only means a president from who doesn't share your political views on policy. so the president will won't be the ass switching nicely to, to help the government. so it's a bit of a, it's a bit of adventure for the pin was looking at as the big prize of french politics the presidential election sits. so she will send or protests. she bought a lot too much in your a, the, the place. so it for the prime minister if he wins. and the question about bobby a, it's a big question mark is that the guy is totally untested. politically,

he's 28. e is done a ton in the european public. mentioned brussels of hardly seen by any one didn't really participate in the debates and, and policy making that is being related to the on sunday that that's all you know, he's, he's very young, he's on test a ross suddenly a, this man will become apartment and stuff yeah, and submit that we've got time for one very last a quick question and answer. do we have any idea at this point in time? how is going to play out or is this all completely up in the i think it's quite often the. yeah, i saw another um opinion polls day in news, a call which shows that it would be then we would have it on 33 percent of the national valley and 25 percent of the the from i think the thing is going to be tail say i do not think that my health policy has any chance of having any kind of significant representation in the national assembly. and it's going to be um, it's going to be a bit of a road customer for the next 2 months. and we may oh,

but as well that sir, on the 5th, well, we will be keeping a very close eye on how things play out there in front of samantha, sleep, and peters. thank you so much for joining us here on inside story. we really do appreciate your time and your insight into this very fascinating topic, but thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website. that's l g 0, adult. com. and for further discussion go through all facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash a j inside story. you can also join the conversation on x. i'll handle is at i j inside story. but for me, tell mccrae and the whole team here. good bye for now. the a meeting of minds all over the world. we have this, the rise of 80 pullers, the climate catastrophe. where do you put the resulting anger?

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