Episode 149. Has France become ungovernable?
Hi everyone, hi Ingrid.
Hi Hugo, how are you?
Yeah, yeah, how are you?
I'm fine, relieved compared to not so long ago when I was stressed by the elections.
So now I can say that I'm doing better.
Yes, because here,
when we record the episode we are almost a week after the final result of the legislative elections that took place in France You may have heard about it It's the subject of our episode today and Well,
we would like to apologize
because it's true that in recent years we've done quite a few episodes on politics and we know that it doesn't necessarily interest everyone but you who wanted to better understand France,
French society well, obviously what happens in politics is quite important So today with Ingrid,
we're going to explain to you Pourquoi les dernières élections législatives qui ont eu lieu en France étaient particulièrement cruciales ?
Oui, et surtout,
on voudrait petit à petit vous expliquer comment on est arrivé à la situation actuelle.
C'est-à-dire qu'aujourd'hui, à l'heure où on enregistre l'épisode,
on n'a pas vraiment de gouvernement ou plutôt on garde l'ancien gouvernement alors qu'il y a pourtant eu des élections.
When we have legislative elections,
the president appoints a new prime minister or a new prime minister.
But this time, he has still not done it.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal presented his resignation, but President Emmanuel Macron said to him,