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France's snap election: Will President Macron's gamble pay off?

The French president dropped a bombshell after his party was beaten by the far-right in EU elections.

In the past week, 180 million people voted in elections for the European Union parliament. While the centre-right remains the biggest grouping 鈥 and made gains 鈥 it was the seats picked up by hard-right parties that captured the headlines.

In France, the far-right National Rally won an unprecedented share of the vote. And President Emmanuel Macron shocked Europe by calling a snap general election.

For today's episode, Katya Adler is wearing her other hat, as the 成人快手's Europe Editor. As the story unfolds, she takes us from results night in Brussels to a train to Paris to cover the snap election.

You can listen to our previous episode "Fascism in Italy: Has the country moved on from its past?鈥 here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fascism-in-italy-has-the-country-moved-on-from-its-past/id1715473158?i=1000657436379

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This episode was made by Richard Moran and Eleanor Sly. The technical producer was Jonny Baker. The assistant editor is Sergi Forcada Freixas and the senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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