Back to School, Back to Le Pen: Season 7 Kicks Off

So French! · Sep 3, 2026 · 39m

France is back from summer break, and so is its most wide-open presidential race in decades. Political scientist Damien Lecomte joins Sara and Stefan to explain why voters now fear Jean-Luc Mélenchon more than Marine Le Pen, and what that means for 2027.

So French! is back for season 7! Sara and Stefan return from the summer break to a France gearing up for the most unpredictable presidential election in years — with Emmanuel Macron unable to run again, Marine Le Pen the clear frontrunner, the left divided, and the centre-right squabbling over who should lead it.

First, the rentrée: a new…