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French anti-foreign legion: an EU-election shock

French anti-foreign legion: an EU-election shock

Published 1 year, 7 months ago
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Hard-right parties did well in Europe's parliamentary elections—so well in France that President Emmanuel Macron called a risky snap election. Elsewhere, though, the political centre held. We examine the policies that are getting America’s many chronically truant students back in school (9:13). And the delicate business of naming a new car (16:42).


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