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French fried: will the election lead to chaos?

Both the left and right are likely to do well in France’s upcoming parliamentary poll, with President Emmanuel Macron’s party squeezed in the middle. The snap election could leave <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/06/16/france-is-being-thrown-into-uncharted-territory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the country in chaos</a>. In America, recreational use of weed is now commonplace, but what impact does it have on <a href="https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2024/06/06/is-americas-weed-habit-dangerous" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">users’ wellbeing</a> (10:06)? And the <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-economist-reads/2024/05/31/six-non-fiction-books-you-can-read-in-a-day" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">joy of short books</a>: the intense pleasure of a quickie (17:40). Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</a> For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our <a href="https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQs page</a> or watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our video</a> explaining how to link your account.

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