France is shaken by two events that will take place in the coming weeks.
One is the Summer Olympics in Paris. The other is the snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron after Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party made huge gains in the European elections.
With Macron's Ensemble alliance on the brink of collapse, the stakes could not be higher. His decision to call early elections has galvanized all sides of the political spectrum.
But can Macron's centrist vision survive? Or is the French republic on the verge of significant political change?
Presenter:
Hashem Ahelbarra
Guests
Renaud Girard – Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Le Figaro
Rainbow Murray – Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
Hugo Drochon – associate professor of political theory at the University of Nottingham
