This week on The Fin podcast, Europe correspondent Hans van Leeuwen on why Emmanuel Macron has rolled the dice and whether politics is being dragged to the right.

Further reading:

Macron has poured on the petrol. Someone will get burnt
The President hopes to prove that votes for the right in Europe were just voters venting steam. If he’s wrong, the consequences will be felt far beyond France.

UK’s likely next PM copies Albanese election playbook
Labour leader Keir Starmer unveiled a policy manifesto containing almost no new policies, confirming just a handful of tax tweaks if his party is elected on July 4.

What Aussie business can expect from Europe’s far-right shift
Both sides of politics in Europe will back industrial policies designed to onshore or diversify supply chains – and that’s the space where Australia plays.

This week on The Fin podcast, Europe correspondent Hans van Leeuwen on why Emmanuel Macron has rolled the dice and whether politics is being dragged to the right. Further reading:
<a href="https://www.afr.com/world/europe/macron-has-poured-on-the-petrol-someone-will-get-burnt-20240613-p5jlid" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/world/europe/macron-has-poured-on-the-petrol-someone-will-get-burnt-20240613-p5jlid" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Macron has poured on the petrol. Someone will get burnt</a> The President hopes to prove that votes for the right in Europe were just voters venting steam. If he’s wrong, the consequences will be felt far beyond France.
<a href="https://www.afr.com/world/europe/labour-s-keir-starmer-sticks-to-the-albanese-election-playbook-20240614-p5jlpa" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/world/europe/labour-s-keir-starmer-sticks-to-the-albanese-election-playbook-20240614-p5jlpa" data-sk="tooltip_parent">UK’s likely next PM copies Albanese election playbook</a> Labour leader Keir Starmer unveiled a policy manifesto containing almost no new policies, confirming just a handful of tax tweaks if his party is elected on July 4.
<a href="https://www.afr.com/world/europe/why-europe-s-rightward-shift-won-t-faze-aussie-business-20240612-p5jlcw" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/world/europe/why-europe-s-rightward-shift-won-t-faze-aussie-business-20240612-p5jlcw" data-sk="tooltip_parent">What Aussie business can expect from Europe’s far-right shift</a> Both sides of politics in Europe will back industrial policies designed to onshore or diversify supply chains – and that’s the space where Australia plays.

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