Ben Hall
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 10 Jul
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Taking Stock · Are weight loss drugs starting to have an economic impact on society? · 10 Jul 2026
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But he used this phrase that some countries would pass it and some countries would fail, which is a sort of disconcerting phrase because
It implies that those military decisions will be based on political reasons and not on purely military ones.
And I think that's kind of emblematic of the concern that Europeans have about NATO, or about America in NATO, which is that their commitment is no longer enduring.
It's become highly politicized and ideological.
A lot of members of the administration are trying to curry favor with Trump by sounding hard line on the Europeans.
And they are unsure, the Europeans are unsure where this leaves them and how quickly the Americans might withdraw forces from Europe as a somehow punishment if Europe doesn't, you know, doesn't do what it says.
So I think it's a worrying departure.
Great pleasure.
It was a big day for French politics because the country has been in suspended animation, essentially, as to which of the far-right candidates are going to be running in next year's presidential election.
And Marine Le Pen was facing criminal conviction for embezzlement with a five-year ban on elected office.
She appealed against that conviction and against that ban.
And yesterday, an appeal court overturned the ban, but maintained her conviction and reduced the sentence to a one-year suspended prison sentence, which she would have to...
complete wearing an electronic tag.
Now, several times in recent months, Le Pen has said she would not campaign if wearing an electronic tag.
And she decided last night that she would appeal to France's highest court to overturn her conviction, overturn the electronic tag sentence.
And this is a real high stakes gamble.
Now, what do you mean by that?
Why is it a gamble, Ben?
because first of all, it risks turning the contest into a kind of Trump style confrontation with what her party says is a sort of politicized judiciary.
And it's a sort of battle against the institutions.
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