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Could Macron Actually Lose the French Election? – TLDR News
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As the French election draws closer so do the polls, with Macron’s once secure-looking victory beginning to look less easy. So in this video, we discuss how Le Pen managed to close the gap with Macron and if she could end up winning the whole thing…
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Yesterday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt saw the AfD win in a landslide, falling just short of an outright majority. So in this video, we’ll look at the election, how the AfD pulled off this win and what it suggests about the future of German politics.
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2025 snap election results: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx29wlje6dno
https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-results-explained-in-graphics/a-71724186
FT charts: https://www.ft.com/content/19530193-b1b3-4f04-adc2-ecd7526bbfa8?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Election results: https://wahlergebnisse.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/lt26/erg_land.html?v=1788725527356
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We take a closer look at why relations soured between the two countries, and how Azerbaijan has been seeking to undermine France since.
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Since being elected, Meloni has had a major influence over the EU’s immigration policy, but the new Migration and Asylum Pact may have major consequences for Italy. So what exactly is in the new pact? And has Meloni’s hardline policy backfired?
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Sources:
https://newsbriefing.eu/politics/meloni-hardens-migration-rhetoric-as-far-right-rival-vannacci-gains-ground
https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/number-of-migrants-rises-repatriations-up-34-per-cent-in-the-first-six-months-AJVKjkm?refresh_ce=1
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/pact-migration-and-asylum_en
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:180:0031:0059:en:PDF
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.eunews.it/en/2026/08/12/five-eu-member-states-are-considering-building-a-repatriation-centre-in-uganda/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/04/giorgia-meloni-pushes-italy-s-migration-strategy-as-a-model_6728172_4.html
https://www.irreview.org/articles/2024/10/27/giorgia-meloni-is-offshoring-migration-to-solve-italys-immigration-concerns-now-the-rest-of-europe-is-interested-too
https://www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/frontex-irregular-border-crossings-down-26-in-2025-europe-must-stay-prepared-lyKpVb
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/08/italy-disastrous-offshore-agreement-with-albania-must-serve-as-a-wake-up-call-to-end-eus-cruel-migration-plans/
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/08/vannacci-sanchez-is-right-on-immigration-meloni-is-a-fiasco/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/deputy-premier-salvini-rome-not-193326174.html
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://italianismo.com.br/com-44-meloni-lidera-avaliacao-enquanto-partidos-perdem-espaco/
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Over the past few weeks, there have been many reports of Russian hybrid incidents across Europe. With reported drone incursions and explosives at a German airport, we’re looking into the escalating Russian hybrid war and why it no longer feels so hybrid.
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POLITICO: Russia’s ‘hybrid’ war isn’t so hybrid
https://www.politico.eu/article/russias-hybrid-war-on-europe-is-starting-to-look-a-lot-less-hybrid/
Germany says Russia responsible for drone incident
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylm3m67n2o
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/germany/article/2026/09/01/germany-blames-russia-for-airport-drone-incident-hits-back-with-sanctions_6757058_146.html?srsltid=AfmBOorxo7cxCO7l0TFHlXxatD1xyz1S0UqgldCRST2dfYnQWOCJYFzH
EU-NATO talks on German drone incident
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/02/von-der-leyen-russian-drone-incidents-in-europe-are-the-new-normal
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/01/von-der-leyen-pledges-response-to-russian-hybrid-attacks-ahead-of-rutte-meeting
Russian hybrid warfare (Aug/Sep 2026)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/31/poland-opens-terror-probe-into-fire-at-drone-factory
https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-jet-blasts-drone-near-offshore-gas-production-platform/
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/20/nato-jets-scrambled-as-drone-enters-romanian-airspace
Analysis
https://carnegieendowment.org/europe/strategic-europe/2026/07/why-russia-could-escalate-hybrid-warfare-against-europe
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/where-and-how-putin-could-expand-his-war-in-europe-beyond-ukraine/
Russian drone incidents (September 2025)
https://youtu.be/bnt3CNXMPo0?si=RwEWSEx_4Vt69gSb
00:00 – Introduction
01:28 – Context
04:34 – Why It Doesn’t Feel So Hybrid
07:38 – Too Long
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After years of stagnation, German’s economy might finally look to be on the up. In this video, we’re taking a look at the latest data and ask whether Germany has finally turned the corner.
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German GDP data 2019-2025
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/10/23/germanys-much-ballyhooed-autumn-of-reforms-is-a-damp-squib
Germany polls
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/germany/
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/31/how-the-alternative-for-germany-would-govern
Revised destatis data
https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Economy/National-Accounts-Domestic-Product/_node.html
https://substack.com/home/post/p-211829645
IMF estimates for GDP growth in 2026
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/EU/EURO/EUQ/IDN
Ifo institute data
https://www.ifo.de/en/facts/2026-06-18/ifo-economic-forecast-summer-2026-energy-price-increase-acting-brake-fiscal-policy
https://www.ifo.de/en/survey-results
Germany trade data
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/deu/germany/trade-balance-deficit
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports-to-china
https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/DEU/Year/LTST/Summarytext
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports
Indices
https://live.euronext.com/en/financial-news/german-manufacturing-growth-accelerates-august-orders-surge-pmi-shows
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/manufacturing-pmi
https://www.ifo.de/en/survey-results
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@jurgennolte7577
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Le pen lost by corruption we all know it.
@keeponjammin456
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
LOL NO
@mohammadiqbal6688
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Africa poveri pagina coando Io visto lui detto stop over per Che bladi bastar
@mohammadiqbal6688
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Joe baide foren minster Barack Obama tutti morbido Io no posso Avanti merda vita mio
@mohammadiqbal6688
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Joe baide foren minster morbido non e Forte lui onestamente un foren minster Io no piase morbido MI dispiase
@mohammadiqbal6688
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Un naturalmente free fare election posibilta ce poveri solver tutti familya adesso come solvere poveri Io nolosso
@abyssinia4ever
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Well she doesn't so no worries 😉
@-ahmed121
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
No
@whiteholeeducationcenter
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
The main question what is the future of Europe
@Jim54_
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Warning, Le Pen and Putin bots in the comments section!
@jensboettiger5286
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Every election the same thing again. No
@michaelkiefer6023
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Thanks!
@theparamountparamount913
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
If Melechon became the 2nd placer instead of Le Pen, he would certainly beat incumbent Macron. Too close between Melechon and Le Pen. Such a waste opportunity.
@ArturoSubutex
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
'Macron's centrist approach'… As a French: Macron is a right-wing conservative. His government has been targeting immigration, passing an anti-muslim law, criticizing the use of French singular they ("iel"), covering police brutality and even passed a law making it illegal to film police officers (that was later invalidated by the Constitutional Council, thankfully…). He's just a polite, well-behaved Republican
@rufushowell
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Please God may LePen win so France can be saved.
@ericp0012
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
I wish the best for Marine Le Pen and the National Rally Party.
@miketackabery7521
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
She'll be lucky to get 30%. The French electorate is just so sick they're incapable of any REAL change in government.
@martinlopez4430
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
I am praying for Le Pen! I hope French voters in their wisdom, will turn out for Marine Le Pen. It would be monumental for France & for Europa! Long Live Le Pen!
@ricardoabh3242
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
If Trump and BoJo could win!
@bkr323
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
I can only hope.
@kelyong77ss2013
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Marine Le Pen must win.
Macron had to go.
EU & Nato do not interfere against Marine Le Pen as she had the ability to lead France and to work with the French citizens.
@alanfaulkner6329
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Hopefully.
@sicilianknicca_mickygreeneyes
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
are the french even white ithought youse was gallic latin niggas
@sicilianknicca_mickygreeneyes
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
here come the petain and the vichy.
@maninredhelm
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Please not right now, France. Be your contrarian selves next time around, this isn't a good time to muddle European solidarity.
@DFandV
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: Yes, she is very likely to win, maybe at a better chance than before.
@jackdubz4247
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
If Lè Pen did win it would be a very dark day for France indeed. A Vichy-level calamity. I'm sure her friend, Putin, would be very happy though.
@eranhaim9913
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
So the choice is now between a neolib and french trump? This is a less extreme version of Biden vs. Trump. No matter what, France has Lost.
@robertpewsey8931
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
I bloody hope so, for the sake of a non Islamic Europe.
@davidstephen2955
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
The world needs tough leaders now. Putin would never have invaded Ukraine while Trump was in office.
@NHBChannel3500
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Viva la Pen
@christopheklinger3217
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
The french extreme right is the continuation of fascist Vichy France, collaboration is in it’s genes and it will collaborate with Putin.
@kevinhunter3473
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
you forgot to look into any Russian interference.
@patricknorton9948
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Really doubt Macron will loose when US CIA mockingbird media have 6,000 drop boxes from coast to coast and broadcasts France internet voting web site for liberals to vote in France elections. They promise delivery of every vote to France. The US estimates 600,000 absentee ballots will be harvested. All your elections have been frauds since the 1940's
@croquervictor4216
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Le Pen President!
@mlwhepfiorino3392
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
No, he will win. Le Pen is Putins puppet!
@kevinpetit8828
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
I would like to call for international help to talk about this problem that is destroying my country identity and culture. 😟
please try to talk about it and spread this idea massively outside of France because i have the impression that tourists and lovers of French culture see it and dread it while the French are in the denial.
in france, nationalism is widely seen as a crime of racism "c'est fachiste" "le nationalisme c'est l'extrême droite" because of politicians who build their electorates by dividing the people into communities and then manipulating them into accusing each other of being the problem.
France's identity is drowned in Arab and Afro ghetto multiculturalism. multiculturalism is not a problem in itself but the majority of French people do not travel enough to understand that French culture will not exist anywhere if it disappears in France.
as a French I am disgusted to see my culture disappear and hated by all while the image of 20th century France still shines in the world as a unique and idyllic place.
this France will probably never come back because of the hatered of french culture of the 21th century French peoples.
seeing the evolution of French culture in France is like watching a geographical program discovering another country where the presenter tests the food and typical activities while traveling in landscapes by communicating her wonder and enthusiasm.
but that in the end instead of seeing the presenter doing her banding talking about how unique the local culture is and that it must be protected, we saw her go on twitter and call to cancel the country while saying that we must fight against the French ethnic heritage.
serously we are numerous to feel that like a nightmare. 😥
this is why all nation need to protect the native culture and the national identity. 😟
@shonenjumpmagneto
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
When Emmanuel Macron met w/ Vladimir Putin, he went as President of Europe 🇪🇺 & France 🇫🇷.
(Maybe even more so than his member-state!)
@cobbler40
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
They just keep going till they win. They morph into whatever they think will get them power.
@Waywind420
February 29, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Le Pen is not far right, she's a moderate.
She just seems to be far right because the entirely of political ideology has shifted left in the last few decades.
She supports abortion, identifies as a feminist, suports civil unions for same sex couples…all pretty liberal stuff.
If she wins, i believe tensions with russia would ease. She's condemned russias invasion of ukraine but she recognizes that NATO policy and americas sphere of influence is a driving factor of unease in the region.
She has shown fondness of Putins leadership, because he's actually a good leader and protects Russian culture and industry. He also has good takes on social issues,
that doesn't mean she supports Putin and russias invasion of ukraine.