juliettePossible new record for a French government, this one might last less than 24 hours.
#WTFrance
#WTFrance
Lecornu resigns as Prime Minister fewer than 24 hours after announcing his government. I didn’t even have time to go to the supermarket to buy a head of lettuce. #WTFrance
WTFrance!New episode of our weekly podcast! After two months of hiatus Juliette explains why France needs a new Prime Minister and government, how elections are not likely, and how there are two articles in the French constitution that describe how to topple a government.
We discuss a number of other problems France has, the largest by far being the budget law for 2025.
A number of potential names for Prime Minister come up. Does it even matter?
As usual Brigitte Macron makes an appearance in her role as top Macron-influencer.
Two happy notes: we managed to go through this without mentioning Donald Trump! And we do mention Marine Le Pen, in context of her maybe being barred from holding elected office.
(and apologies to my dad, he's not *that* old - Pepijn)
Listen on Apple Podcast, youtube, spotify etc. All links @ https://wtfrance.podbean.com
#podcast #WTFrance #france #politics #french #macron #government #budget #PrimeMinister
France is being French again. This weekend we'll try to make time for a #WTFrance special.
I wonder; does France have a government Juliette? :-)
-Pepijn
October 12: No #WTFrance episode this week either.
We have unfortunate family stuff that takes up a lot of our energy. While fun to do, recording the podcast simply doesn't fit in at the moment.
Here's Poofy the rooster though: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/113266822643609245
Pepijn (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image By popular demand, here's our rooster Poofy. Isn't he a pretty #chicken?
No new #WTFrance episode this week.
As we're still experimenting with the format we see that our original idea of preparing, recording and editing a weekly qualitatively high podcast is at times putting stress on an already busy week.
Doing a weekly podcast for a couple months now, we also learned that -outside of an election period- the intent of discussing longer term trends doesn't always need that weekly timeframe.
So over the next period we'll experiment with a different rhythm and go a bit more into overview mode; maybe two weekly or monthly.
-Juliette & Pepijn
For now: Here's an interesting article about the last French accordion maker shutting down: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/05/squeezed-out-last-accordion-maker-in-france-to-close-shop-after-105-years
(and some of their sounds: https://www.accordeons-maugein.fr/le-son-maugein/)
New episode! We talk about some of the 41 ministers* that make up the new French government and get a general idea of these people**.
*and yet, two weeks after #Paralympics they almost forgot to appoint one for people with handicaps..
**It's not good. Here's a telling quote from the Minister of Education, Anne Genetet, who used to run a "Maid agency" in Singapore: "Don't hire a maid who has already worked for Westerners, she might be more demanding." (link in the comments).
We also spend time on Gisèle Pelicot and the French mass rape trial. What does this mean for French society?
While we don't end with fun animal news we do discuss future Special Episodes of the podcast. Juliette talks a bit about the Institute of Political Studies she attended.
And the podcast is now on #Spotify!
Listen on Apple Podcast, youtube etc. All links @ https://wtfrance.podbean.com
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PepijnToday I found out LIDL Denmark sells a "flanby like" product named "flan caramelo". So here's a special #WTFrance midweek food update.
Here's a full video+audio review. It's comprehensive.
(Flanby is a French wobbly caramel pudding with a milky-centre. It's rather tasty. That said, former president François Hollande is pejoratively nicknamed Flanby..).
New episode :-) This week the French PM is looking for political allies, ministers & money. Still no government.
Some have been upset about the selection process for the new European Commission (and Ursula von der Leyen).
We also discuss Dutch politics, why most politicians are male & undated resignation letters (Trump appears..).
In happy news: A death poet in the Notre Dame!
Apologies for the audible *clicks* in the first two minutes.
Listen on Apple Podcast, youtube etc. All links @ https://wtfrance.podbean.com
#podcast #WTFrance #politics #france #EU #Europe #europeanCommision #VDL #NotreDame
This week the French PM is looking for political allies, ministers & money. Still no government.
Some have been upset about the selection process for the new European Commission (and Ursula von der Leyen).
We also discuss Dutch politics, why most politicians are male & undated resignation letters (Trump appears..).
In happy news: A death poet in the Notre Dame!
Links @ https://wtfrance.podbean.com
#podcast #WTFrance #politics #france #EU #Europe #europeanCommision #VDL #NotreDame #trump
