Sophie Pedder

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103 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 31 Aug

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Economist Podcasts · Marine warfare: Le Pen runs for president · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

I mean, there he was looking at the prospect at the age of 30 of making a presidential bid himself on the assumption that the ban would still be in place for Marine Le Pen.

And when I interviewed him in Strasbourg not so long ago, he was clearly preparing himself for that, mentally getting into his head the idea that it would be him.

Now it's not him.

That puts him back into second place.

And it also brings into question, I think, the strategy he had been embracing.

And that is one of trying to both use Marine Le Pen's working class base, but also widen it out to a more middle class electorate, which is more interested in a business friendly position.

fiscally responsible programs, slightly more liberal sounding at least.

That will now be up to her whether she wants to take any of that on board.

The two of them say they're going to work together and today they're off campaigning in a market together.

They are definitely making those sounds, but I think there's inevitably going to be tensions between them now that it's Marine Le Pen who's the boss.

Well, Rosie, honestly, if you look at the list, you wouldn't believe how long it is.

There are at least 30, even 40 candidates who say they're going to run.

So it's very messy and very crowded at this point.

I think what you need to focus on are the leading characters.

And in the centre, that's the succession space to Emmanuel Macron.

There are two prime ministers of his, Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal.

Both have declared they're running and they are

campaigning at the moment.

We have Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the populist left, who has declared that he's running again.

Then there's a candidate on the centre-right, and there's a bunch of candidates among socialists and one Green.

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