E56: The Establishment and the far-right: two sides of the same coin?
Channel: DiEM25
Date: 2022-04-20

In 2017 Macron won the French presidency, with 64% of the vote against the 34% of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. The extreme centre celebrated his victory as a turning of the tide against the “populist revolution” that brought about Brexit and Trump.

Fast forward to 2022, though, and history is repeating itself. Macron is facing off against Le Pen — but this time, Le Pen actually has a chance of winning. Instead of defeating the far right, Macron’s Establishment policies appear to have fed it.

What should progressives do now: reluctantly support Macron once again? And what does the rise of nationalist, anti-immigration and EU-critical politicians across Europe tell us… about our own failures and how to fight back?

Our panel, including Yanis Varoufakis, Julijana Zita, Erik Edman and more, take on these issues and answer your questions.

0:00 Introduction by Mehran Khalili
2:09 Yanis Varoufakis
21:42 Questions and comments from YouTube chat
22:30 Julijana Zita
28:55 Gabrielle Fradin
33:16 Dusan Pajovic
36:40 Julia Moore
41:07 Lucas Febraro
47:58 Judith Meyer
51:37 Erik Edman
56:40 Questions and comments from the chat
57:37 Amir Kiyaei
59:49 Yanis Varoufakis

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