Policy Voices | The left turn on both sides of the English Channel

Published: July 12, 2024, 4:01 a.m.

In France, an unexpected election sent the far-right National Rally to third place while the New Popular Front clinched first place. Without a clear majority, the question now is who will be the new French Prime Minister. \n\nAcross the English Channel, everything seemed set in stone for a clear Labor victory \u2013 the first after 14 years of Conservative rule. Here, the question was not if Labor would win but by how much. \n\nIn the first part of today\u2019s show, host Catarina Vila Nova speaks with Shahin Vall\xe9e, Head of the Geo-Economics Programme at the German Council on Foreign Relations and a European Young Leader, about the French results. \n\nIn the second part of today\u2019s episode, you\u2019ll hear from Magid Magid Magid, Founder and Director of Union of Justice, Trustee of Friends of Europe and 2019 European Young Leader (EYL40), about the British elections.\n\nIf you want to comment on this episode you can send us an e-mail: press@friendsofeurope.org