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Aurelien Mondon’s First Thoughts on the French Elections

Michael Walker (The Fix) spoke to Aurelien Mondon (University of Bath) about the defeat of Marine Le Pen in the French Presidential elections by Emmanuel Macron.

Published 8th May 2017
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