French anti-foreign legion: an EU-election shock

Published: June 10, 2024, 10:15 a.m.

Hard-right parties did well in Europe's parliamentary elections\u2014so well in France that President Emmanuel Macron called a risky snap election. Elsewhere, though, the political centre held. We examine the policies that are getting America\u2019s many chronically truant students back in school (9:13). And the delicate business of naming a new car (16:42).


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