Marlon talks with Dr. Vladimir Bortun, a lecturer in politics at St. John’s College at the University of Oxford about the French connection to the recent Romanian Presidential election results. We talk about the far right’s accusations of French (and Moldovan) interference in the election, the historical links between the countries, and the politics of language and accents. We also get into what the election was actually about, the attitude of Romanian liberals to the West, and who votes for who and why in Romania.
All that and more on this episode of Flep24/7.
Show Notes
Romania Is About to Experience Disaster | The New York Times (en)
Accusations of French Intelligence Interference by Pavel Durov | Tweet, May 18th (en)
French Diplomacy Denies Durov’s Claims | Tweet, May 18th (fr)
En Roumanie, l’armée française passe à la vitesse supérieure | Le Figaro (fr)
En Roumanie, la colère contre le libéralisme de Bruxelles nourrit le poujadisme | Le Vent Se Lève (fr)v
‘We Didn’t Know What We Were Eating Tomorrow’: How Class Origin Shapes the Political Outlook of Members of the Parliament in Britain | Political Studies (en)
The Economic Backgrounds of Politicians | Annual Review of Political Science (en)
Taking back control: comprador bankers and managerial developmentalism in Poland | Review of International Political Economy (en)
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