Liberté, Egalité, Acrimonie: FRANCE’s Coronavirus comedown

<p><strong>Emmanuel Macron</strong> continues to suffer from France’s traditional disdain for its leader. <strong>How has the pandemic affected France’s notorious febrile politics? </strong>Why is France so unhappy with Macron? Will Black Lives Matter finally force change on the notoriously racist French police? And whatever happened to the Gilets Jaunes? <strong>JOHN LICHFIELD</strong>, former France correspondent for the <em>Independent</em>, explains all to <strong>Ros Taylor</strong>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“In my 20 years in France, every French leader has been instantly unpopular.”&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>“It’s the fate of centrists everywhere to be hated by both sides.”</em></li><li><em>“Everyone’s claiming to be De Gaulle without ever stopping to consider how De Gaulle would have reacted to today’s problems.”</em></li><li><em>“There’s a visceral dislike of Macron in France that in many ways is unfair. But that’s normal French politics.”</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. <strong>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.</strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>