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🇫🇷 Prison, nuclear power, and a budget
Final newsletter of the year, Irish General Election Takeaways, Sarkozy condemned to prison, Flamanville nuclear reactor finally connected to French…
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🇫🇷Bayrou's Career Pinacle
Prime Minister François Bayrou faces an uphill battle, and Moody’s downgrades France's credit rating
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🇫🇷Falling governments
Commenting on Barnier’s government collapse, Assad’s Syrian dictatorship has fallen, and Notre-Dame de Paris officially opens, attended by Macron…
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🇫🇷Far-right blackmail and left-wing fears
The Michel Barnier government hangs by a thread, the RN clings to it's Ardennes seat, and left-wing actors manoeuvre towards 2027
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🇫🇷Pantheonisations
Marc Bloch to be transferred to the Panthéon, La France Insoumise move to repeal crime of “glorifying terrorism”, and Gabriel Attal to lead Renaissance
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🇫🇷A crumbling dynasty
Le Pen faces five year ban from public office, Jordan Bardella attempts to solidify hold over the RN, and there’s a small increase in unemployment
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🚨Prosecutors demand five-year ban from public office for Marine Le Pen
Prosecutors demand five years of prison time, five years of ineligibility, a €300,000 fine, and what would effectively be the end of both Marine Le Pen…
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🇫🇷A new World
Tragic flooding in Spain, Trump wins The White House, Rassemblement National target, Reconquete MEP with sexism, Bardella’s book banned from rail…
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🇫🇷 Chronic infighting
Elisabeth Borne fights uphill battle against Gabriel Attal, Government implosion over Assemblée VP role, and the Paris prosecutor's office investigates…
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🇫🇷Amendment warfare and counterfactuals
Amendment carnage on 2025 budget, Emmanuel Macron harpoons ministers over Israel claims, Lucie Castets career on the line, and a caption contest
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🇫🇷More(?) money, more(?) problems?
Barnier’s austerity budget, Fitch agency warns on French deficit, Gas tax conflict between ministers, and Marion Maréchal Le Pen launches a new party
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🇫🇷Opportunities aplenty
Gerald Darmanin launches presidential springboard with "Populaire", Emmanuel Macron calls for arms sale embargo on Israel, and then Macron tackles…
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