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The French Connection - myth and misunderstanding across the Channel

The French Connection - myth and misunderstanding across the Channel

FromPolitics on the Couch


The French Connection - myth and misunderstanding across the Channel

FromPolitics on the Couch

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Mar 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ahead of the first bilateral summit between the two countries' leaders for five years, Rafael Behr talks to Georgina Wright, from the Institut Montaigne in Paris, about what the French really think about us Brits, and what we often get wrong about French discourse, customs and political culture. Quite a lot, as it happens.Georgina Wright is Senior Fellow and Director of Institut Montaigne’s Europe Program. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, associate of the Institute for Government in London and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Britain and Europe at the University of Surrey.Before joining Institut Montaigne, she was senior researcher at the Institute for Government (2019-2020) and research associate at Chatham House (2014-2018). She has also worked for the European Commission and NATO in Brussels.Georgina regularly represents Institut Montaigne on national and international news media, and has written widely for foreign policy outlets. She studied at the University of Edinburgh and the College of Europe (Bruges).https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/experts/georgina-wrightThis podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Mar 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (42)

Rafael Behr examines how our minds respond to politics and how politicians mess with our minds.In each episode an expert from the world of politics, psychology, history or philosophy joins Raf on our 'couch' to discuss what's driving our political thought and behaviour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.