An open call for all our subscribers....campfire of the mind with special guest, Dennis Redmont, half century as a foreign correspondent ... Live from Lisbon....And Macron names his Prime Minister !
I gather les Républicains is a descendent of Chirac's old RPR. Has anyone told Macron about the idea of a 'shared' mandate in the Matignon? Could be divided by yearly appointments.
understood, Elizabeth .. feel free, tho, to come on for a few minutes & listen in ! Already we have guests joining from France, Portugal, Canada, Georgia (Tbilsi) and of course US !!
I would be on the Friday podcast except that I am moving all weekend and until my endless pile of boxes of books are delivered, I will be pre-occupied. I am sure this event will be a success. Lots of love coming back to you, Elizabeth
a MOST interesting comment .... mépris indeed ... but I still believe that a lot of Macon's efforts have been targeted at eventually eviscerating both Insoumis (Mélenchon) and Le Pen ! On va voir !!
(similar tactic to the one used by Mitterrand to put a stake through the heart of the Comnmunists in the 1980s....and quite successfully I might add!
Come on our zoom chat tomorrow and we can discuss !!??
For this whole process, following the senseless dissolution of parliament and the frenzied legislative elections with much sacrifice and rallying the vote to block the far right, to result in a choice Le Pen's party will suffer, if not accept, has left me with one word for Macron's attitude to we French citizens and voters: Le Mépris / Contempt. Can't get the soundtrack to Godard's eponymous film out of my head.
I gather les Républicains is a descendent of Chirac's old RPR. Has anyone told Macron about the idea of a 'shared' mandate in the Matignon? Could be divided by yearly appointments.
understood, Elizabeth .. feel free, tho, to come on for a few minutes & listen in ! Already we have guests joining from France, Portugal, Canada, Georgia (Tbilsi) and of course US !!
I would be on the Friday podcast except that I am moving all weekend and until my endless pile of boxes of books are delivered, I will be pre-occupied. I am sure this event will be a success. Lots of love coming back to you, Elizabeth
a MOST interesting comment .... mépris indeed ... but I still believe that a lot of Macon's efforts have been targeted at eventually eviscerating both Insoumis (Mélenchon) and Le Pen ! On va voir !!
(similar tactic to the one used by Mitterrand to put a stake through the heart of the Comnmunists in the 1980s....and quite successfully I might add!
Come on our zoom chat tomorrow and we can discuss !!??
I would have loved to, David, but we fly to Nice tomorrow morning for a long weekend.
For this whole process, following the senseless dissolution of parliament and the frenzied legislative elections with much sacrifice and rallying the vote to block the far right, to result in a choice Le Pen's party will suffer, if not accept, has left me with one word for Macron's attitude to we French citizens and voters: Le Mépris / Contempt. Can't get the soundtrack to Godard's eponymous film out of my head.