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8 facts from 4 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2018
The Paris Call for trust and security in cyberspace was launched in Paris in 2018 under President Emmanuel Macron's leadership, and Microsoft participated.
“So the Paris Call for trust and security in cyberspace was really invented, as the name suggests, in Paris under President Macron's leadership in 2018. Microsoft participated in that.”
2026
According to DJ, French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on a Sunday evening about four weeks into riots without accepting accountability.
“we are four weeks in to the Lacol riots, okay, um, and in an address to the nation on Sunday evening, French President Emmanuel Macron refused to take any accountability”
2026
DJ reports that Macron blamed the far left and external forces such as the Iran conflict for the unrest and did not address migration.
“he sought to shift the blame onto the far left and even external forces like the Iran conflict, while failing to acknowledge the role mass migration played in creating a groundswell of support for the unrest”
2026
Macron had about six months left in his term when he first addressed the country on the youth revolt, nearly a month after it began, according to DJ.
“with six months left in his term in office. He addressed the country for the first time since the youth revolt began nearly a month ago.”
2026
Macron attributed Europe's energy crisis to the conflict between the United States and Iran while saying France had not taken part, per DJ's reading.
“he attributed the European energy crisis solely, uh, to the conflict between the US. and Iran, while quickly adding that France did not participate.”
2026
DJ says Macron left France for a tour of the Middle East while the unrest continued.
“he just left France, he's in the Middle East now on a fucking tour while his country's literally burning down, right?”
2026
Emmanuel Macron cannot run again, he is very unpopular, and no viable centrist candidate has emerged for France's next presidential election.
“Macron cannot run again, and no one wants to associate with him because he's so unpopular, and a viable centrist candidate has not yet emerged.”
Undated
Schmidt says he proposed to President Macron that firms with up to 20 employees be subject only to health and safety labor laws.
“for a company that's between zero employees and 20, the only laws that apply are health and safety. None of the other ones do, but when you get to 21, all of them do”
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