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As French President Emmanuel Macron calls a snap election to address the political threat to his government posed by the Far Right, Jonathan Freedland and guests discuss Louis XVI's decision in 1789 to call an Estates General, a meeting of representatives of all sections of French society. Louis' gamble in 1789 started a chain of events known as the French Revolution. What are the stakes of President Macron's gamble today?
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Clare Siviter, Associate Professor in French Theatre at the University of Bristol
Emile Chabal, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh
The reader is Ewan Bailey
Producer: Luke Mulhall
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As French President Emmanuel Macron calls a snap election to address the political threat to his government posed by the Far Right, Jonathan Freedland and guests discuss Louis XVI's decision in 1789 to call an Estates General, a meeting of representatives of all sections of French society. Louis' gamble in 1789 started a chain of events known as the French Revolution. What are the stakes of President Macron's gamble today?
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Clare Siviter, Associate Professor in French Theatre at the University of Bristol
Emile Chabal, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh
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