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Gavin Grey: France, UK set to hit the polls this week · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Let's go to Britain and Devin Groves. Whether'skevin morning to
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  Speaker 1: you morning, Mike. Looks like a very good turnout in France.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, very high town out in France, but not good
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  Speaker 2: news for Emmanuel Macron if those poles are to be
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  Speaker 2: believed so in some rural parts of the country, those
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  Speaker 2: poles have closed. Larger cities. The poles will closed in
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  Speaker 2: thirteen minutes time. Then we will get the exit polls
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  Speaker 2: coming through. But as things stand, it appears to be
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  Speaker 2: a large swing to the far right National Rally away
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  Speaker 2: from President Emmanuel Macron's party. Indeed, it could be that
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  Speaker 2: his Ensemble Alliance is languishing and the polls could come third.
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  Speaker 2: It is being rumored behind the r INN or the
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  Speaker 2: National Rally Party and the left wing coalition, the New
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  Speaker 2: Popular Front. You'll remember Emmanuel Macron called this almost in
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  Speaker 2: a fit of peak after doing badly in the European elections. Well,
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  Speaker 2: he might just be regretting it. What happens if he
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  Speaker 2: does badly well, he said he won't resign as president.
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  Speaker 2: He can remain as president. But the problem is that
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  Speaker 2: the president will be in one party and his Prime
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  Speaker 2: minister will be in another. Along with the foreign and
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  Speaker 2: defense policy which will go to you know, it just
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  Speaker 2: is a mess, Mike. He's not going to be able
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  Speaker 2: to achieve very much. And all this very worrying for
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  Speaker 2: the European Union because of course it's normally powered by
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  Speaker 2: France and Germany. Germany well, not many people impressed by
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  Speaker 2: the German Chancellor l Schutz. And if Macron one of
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  Speaker 2: the biggest Europhiles there's beens the most passionate one for decades.
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  Speaker 2: If he loses his clout, then EEU will be looking
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  Speaker 2: to his laurels.
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  Speaker 1: And we'll be talking to stun next week. Back to
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  Speaker 1: round two on Sunday. Of course, meantime you've got the
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  Speaker 1: vote coming Thursday. What do we know with the Poles.
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  Speaker 2: Poles still suggesting a big labor party wins. So the
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  Speaker 2: Party of Opposition looking like it's going to and not
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  Speaker 2: just claw back that big deficit that it has been
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  Speaker 2: fighting over this last parliament, but also have a good
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  Speaker 2: majority of its own. That's if the polls are to
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  Speaker 2: be believed. Today the Prime Minister has been saying that
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  Speaker 2: he believes the country's in a better place now than
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  Speaker 2: when his party took power and twenty ten He's also
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  Speaker 2: effectively been pushing this idea that if Labor gets a
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  Speaker 2: super majority, he believes that'll be very bad for the country. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 2: Labor has had to be explaining itself. It's presidence party
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  Speaker 2: leader has been saying that it wants a new trade
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  Speaker 2: agreement with the European Union, but as the Prime Minister
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  Speaker 2: points out, the EU will want something back. Will that
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  Speaker 2: mean giving free movement of people back? Will not? According
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  Speaker 2: to Labor today come out very strongly saying that's not
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  Speaker 2: the case either way. It's not looking very good for
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  Speaker 2: the Prime Minister and his party. We go to the
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  Speaker 2: polls here on Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: And do catch up soon. Gavin appreciate it very much.
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  Speaker 1: Devin Gray out of the UK for us this morning.
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