Victory for Macron and Golob - a podcast by Sam Rippon and Chern Han Mah

This week's slightly extended episode looks both back at results from two elections in Europe last weekend – parliamentary elections in Slovenia and the second round of France’s presidential election. In Slovenia, Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement pulled off an astonishing victory, winning the highest seat total since the country’s independence. How did the party win an election, despite only forming four months ago? What difficulties await them in Government? And who are the potential government partners as they set to under Janek Jansa’s democratic backslide?

In France, as Emmanuel Macron prepares to be the first incumbent President to be inaugurated again in 20 years, Sam and Chern look at whether this election was always a foregone conclusion. Did Marine Le Pen miss an opportunity, or was this race never really winnable? Did Macron win on merit or just because he wasn’t Le Pen? Where did Melenchon voters end up going? And as parties now gear up for the legislative elections in June, which parties are the best-positioned? All these questions, and more, answered in this week's podcast.

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