(29 Jun 2024)
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LEGAL NOTICE: Subscribers should ensure their broadcasters on any medium from Friday June 28, 2024 at 22:00gmt until 18:00gmt on polling day for the French Legislative Election on Sunday June 30, 2024 comply with the French electoral code, notably ARTICLE L49 ELECTORAL CODE, which prohibits the broadcast or publication by any means of communication, to the French public, messages that have the character of “electoral propaganda.”
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Paris – 28 June 2024
1. Various of campaign posters outside polling station
2. Various of historian Patrick Weil
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Weil, historian/visiting professor, Yale Law School:
“If Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella win this election, it will be the first time in the history of the French Republic that the extreme right vote the election or are in power without the pressure of a foreign country, which was the case in 1940. So that cannot be compared, it was not a free vote on the Parliament in 1940, so it would be an extraordinary break with all tradition, which started in the French Revolution. And the first symbol of the break would be the rejection of the tradition we had since 1515, which was a break also with the old kingdom of the country, of integrating children of immigrants in our citizenship through birthright citizenship. So it would be a major break.“
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Weil, historian/visiting professor, Yale Law School:
“I cannot imagine that it would last long. I mean, it would be an important reaction within the French society. Nevertheless, the impact on the EU would be strong. Mrs. (Marine) Le Pen is a friend of the Russian. It will have an impact on the relation with Russia and our involvement on the war in Ukraine. It will have an impact of the development of the European Union. She’s not a fan of Europe.”
6. Books
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Weil, historian/visiting professor, Yale Law School:
“Jordan Bardella is young, but the current prime minister is young either, 34, and (Emmanuel) Macron was young when he was elected president without much experience in managing anything. And so Bardella benefits from the support of the Le Pen’s movement and then he attracts new voters among the young voters who likes him on TikTok, etc, so he has done a great campaign of communication. “
8. Various of people in a park
9. Various of political expert Emmanuel Riviere
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmanuel Riviere, political expert:
“The emergence of Jordan Bardella as a credible prime minister is quite astonishing. To be honest, the guy is quite impressive If you think of 28 young men or women around you, you can’t imagine many of them having such an authority, a certainty when speaking to to the media and arguing with opponents. The other thing is that the fact that not very seasoned and experienced leaders can be considered as possible prime minister, says something about the credibility of the political class as a whole.”
11. Riviere
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmanuel Riviere, political expert:
13. Various of campaign posters at polling station
STORYLINE:
Analysts share their thoughts on the upcoming first round of voting in a pivotal and polarizing legislative election in France, in which the centrist government of French President Emmanuel Macron risks a potentially fatal beating at the hands of the surging far-right.
Candidates for the legislative elections are not allowed to campaign after 2200 GMT on Friday.
Historian Patrick Weil said such a move will be a "major break" from tradition.
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