In this year of global elections, it shouldn’t be surprising that two major votes occurred more or less simultaneously; in both the UK and France the heads of government called unexpected elections. In the UK, this resulted in a massive win for the Labour Party, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. In contrast, in France, the outcome was a stalemate; no one won outright. While many, both in and beyond France, are still trying to understand the new parliamentary arithmetic, and as Labour gets re-acquainted with power, NATO members are meeting in Washington to mark the 75th anniversary of the alliance.

To navigate these elections and summits, Ilana Bet-El is joined by Jane Kinninmont, Director of Policy and Impact at The European Leadership Network, and Florence Ferrando, producer of this podcast and Senior Consultant in Cyber and Strategic Intelligence at Forward Global. The final episode before the summer break is here to fuel discussions on election results and get some insights on the NATO Summit in Washington.

This episode was recorded on July 11, 2024.

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Mentions and further resources

• Jane’s inspiration: Gareth Southgate, the coach of England national football
• Florence’s inspiration: Swann Périsssé show on French elections (Youtube)
• First past the post electionsvs Two round system
• UK election results
• France election results
• NATO Washington summit declaration

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• Jane Kinninmont: LinkedIn, Twitter/X
• Florence Ferrando: Linkedin, Twitter/X

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Credits

• Production**:** Florence Ferrando
• Music: Let Good Times Roll, RA from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/let-good-times-rollLicense code: ZXIIIJUU2ISPZIJT
• Supported by a grant from the Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with the Open Society Foundations

The European Leadership Network itself as an institution holds no formal policy positions. The opinions articulated above represent the views of the authors rather than the European Leadership Network or its members. The ELN aims to encourage debates that will help develop Europe’s capacity to address the pressing foreign, defence, and security policy challenges of our time, to further its charitable purposes.

Image credit: Florence Ferrando