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Jean-Noël Barrot: A snap election in France
Stephen Sackur is in Paris to speak to the French Minister Delegate for Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot.
Stephen Sackur is in Paris to speak to the French Minister Delegate for Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot. President Emmanuel Macron has just taken the gamble of his political life, calling a snap parliamentary election in an effort to outsmart the extremes of right and left. If it backfires, what will it mean for France and Europe?
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