• The Long, Slow Death of the 5th Republic (RE-UPLOAD)

  • Dec 26 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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The Long, Slow Death of the 5th Republic (RE-UPLOAD)

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    We are joined again by our official France correspondent, Matthew. Matthew is a veteran of American Trot sectarian organizing and the labor movement who lives in France and is more intimately involved in the happenings than we are.
    We discuss the failure of the New Popular Front, the ham-fisted triumph of Macron, and the death throes of the French political system.

    French government ​of Michel Barnier toppled ​after losing no-confidence vote – as it happened
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/04/france-government-vote-no-confidence-barnier-lepen-europe-live

    Macron ally François Bayrou appointed new French prime minister
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/13/macron-ally-francois-bayrou-appointed-new-french-prime-minister

    How fall of government is proof that France's Fifth Republic 'no longer works'
    https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/politique/071224/how-fall-government-proof-frances-fifth-republic-no-longer-works?utm_source=article_offert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TRANSAC&utm_content=&utm_term=&xtor=EPR-1013-%5Barticle-offert%5D&M_BT=9679632603774



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