BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 04:13:00
Then we've had covid, now we have the ukraine war, so, what you have today is a very tough political landscape for both candidates. we saw in the first round the traditional parties of the left and the right, the socialists and the republicans, annhilated — i mean, an abysmal result. has that traditional left—right split gone now? well, party—wise, yes. as you say, they were all but written off. the socialist party, who has actually given us our last president before emmanuel macron, did i.7%. that is dismal. and the conservative party are now under 6%. they're all but written off nation...