{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8becc71b-c3c4-477e-89aa-eb815c343eb9/62278f973cb0560014aa47c2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine impacting the French presidential campaign? | France Elects","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f7a11a8cbe4dd53cefde/1642097461837-7e9fcedf87d1e386dc0a752d7ef6b7c1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to&nbsp;<em>France Elects</em>, an in-depth look at the 2022 French election. As Russia’s siege on Ukraine continues, the&nbsp;<em>New Statesman</em>’s Europe correspondent, Ido Vock, examines how the crisis is dominating the presidential campaign, and may benefit President Emmanuel Macron after he officially announced his re-election bid last Thursday (3 March).</p><p><br></p><p>He is joined once again by Tara Varma from the European Council on Foreign Relations and Jeremy Cliffe, the&nbsp;<em>New Statesman’s</em>&nbsp;writer-at-large.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast listeners can get a special discount on subscriptions to the&nbsp;<em>New Statesman</em>. Visit www.newstatesman.com/podcastoffer to subscribe for just £1 a week.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Further reading:</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Emmanuel Macron bids to win by positioning himself as&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/french-election-2022/2022/03/emmanuel-macron-hopes-his-ukraine-diplomacy-will-win-him-re-election\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Europe’s elder stateman</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Why Putin is&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2022/03/putin-is-running-out-of-options\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">running out of options</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ukraine’s former finance minister Natalie Jaresko on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/the-business-interview/2022/03/stop-financing-the-aggressor-ukraines-former-finance-minister-natalie-jaresko-on-how-to-stop-putin\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">how to stop Putin</a>.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}