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Eurozapping: how European countries react to the legislative elections in France
Like every evening, the 11pm news report takes a look at the news broadcast by European television channels. It’s the Eurozapping of Monday, July 8.
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Like every evening, the 11pm news report takes a look at the news broadcast by European television channels. It’s the Eurozapping of Monday, July 8.
In Switzerland, the jubilation of the French left. And the journalist tells “the explosion of joy at the HQ of La France Insoumise at the announcement of the results.” In Germany, the Chancellor savors the unexpected victory of the left: “The French president would have faced a great challenge if he had had to accept cohabitation with a right-wing populist party.”
Italy focuses on the third place of the extreme right. The journalist describes how Marine Le Pen is pleased with a record number of deputies and is already announcing a victory in 2027. Faced with this relative failure, the reaction is scathing: “In Italy, the government of Giorgia Meloni is one of the most stable in Europe.”says Elisabetta Gardini, MP for Fratelli d’Italilia. On the BBC, the subject was relegated to the middle of the news.
