of the incumbent or at least the political programme of the incumbent president, or do they actually, seeing the split that there is in the country and the abstention that we saw during the presidential elections not deliver that for macron, at which point he will be suffering throughout to try to implement any of his policies? one of the issues, as an outsider and people looking towards france, is this idea that marine le pen was able to get the percentage of votes above 40% was shocking. and so the question is, what is the long term ramifications for france? but also the fact that the traditional parties as we know them have now gone, and so i think in countries like, for example, the uk, where it has to be the conservatives or labour predominantly and we always thought you couldn t have new parties. look at this. you have completely new parties shaping and dominating the political discourse in france. whether it s france or any other european economy at the moment, simon, though
and so i think in countries like, for example, the uk, where it has to be the conservatives or labour predominantly and we always thought you couldn t have new parties. look at this. you have completely new parties shaping and dominating the political discourse in france. whether it s france or any other european economy at the moment, simon, though, the problems are the same, aren t they? a lot of leaders are grappling with those issues of cost of living crisis, fuel security, which we have already touched on. it is a nightmare scenario for any finance minister. i in france, i get people . asking me here in the uk, france capped its energy price rises at 4%, why can t - we do that here? i point out to them, - they have state controlled energy supply called edf| which took a massive hit, 8 billion at the time - it could be double that by now i and that is a national asset, | the shareholding, so the public in some way have paid for that. we talk about local elections, we have some
ramifications for france? but also the fact that the traditional parties as we know them have now gone, and so i think in countries like, for example, the uk, where it has to be the conservatives or labour predominantly and we always thought you couldn t have new parties. look at this. you have completely new parties shaping and dominating the political discourse in france. whether it s france or any other european economy at the moment, simon, though, the problems are the same, aren t they? a lot of leaders are grappling with those issues of cost of living crisis, fuel security, which we have already touched on. it is a nightmare scenario for any finance minister. i in france, i get people . asking me here in the uk, france capped its energy price rises at 4%, why can t we do that here? i i point out to them, they have state controlled energy supply called edf which took a massive hit, - 8 billion at the time it could be double that by now and that is a national asset, - |the sh