Is the French presidential system better than the US one? On “Checks and Balance”: - PedderSophie assesses the candidates to lead America’s oldest ally - How did France ditch its electoral college in the 1960s? - And why the left needs a new answer
for political centrists everywhere. But could the foibles of the French system offer lessons for America’s partisan gridlock?
Our Paris bureau chief Sophie Pedder lays out how the result will reshape the relationship with America’s oldest ally. We find out how France ditched its electoral college. And we talk to Gérard Araud, French ambassador to the United States from 2014-19, about which political system would win in a fight.
John Prideaux hosts with Idrees Kahloon, our Washington DC bureau chief, and Charlotte Howard, New York bureau chief and US business editor. Runtime: 45 min
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