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Young, French, and voting hard-right

Is Jordan Bardella the reason France’s youth are shifting to the right?

French president Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election after his party was soundly defeated by the hard-right opposition in Sunday’s EU elections. The National Rally has been boosted by young voters, personified by the 28-year-old president of the party Jordan Bardella. So why are France’s youth shifting to the right?

Guest: Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: TikTok/@rnational_off, Jordan Bardella, Reuters, AFP, Financial Times, TikTok/@jordanbardella, ABC News, NBC News.

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