Oil crisis fuels French anger and is France sleepwalking into a far-right presidency?

On this week’s show we’ll find out how the war in the Middle East is impacting life in France as fuel prices rise and protests kick off around the country. What can the government do to ease the crisis? With the local elections out of the way France’s next election race has begun. It’s the big one - we’ll get the lowdown on the lineup for the 2027 Presidential Election and whether we can already call a winner. Excitement levels have gone through the roof in France this week and it’s all to do with Celine Dion. Why does the Canadian singer cause such a frenzy here? And we’ll discuss the best and the worst, most ridiculous, most babyish ways to say hello in French. If you want to know why I’m getting a bit irate, stay with us until the end. Host Ben McPartland is joined by the team at The Local France: Emma Pearson, Emma Albright and politics expert John Lichfield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Oil crisis fuels French anger and is France sleepwalking into a far-right presidency? is an episode from Talking France by The Local France.

This episode is 32:44 long.

This episode was published on Mar 31, 2026.

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