Summary: <p>Iiiiit's French election week! Katy spent the big night at Le Pen HQ. This week, in a Europeans first, Dominic and Katz turn the microphone on our resident French person to ask: what just happened? And could Marine Le Pen really become France's first far-right president?</p> <p>We're also talking about the soaring cost of housing (again) and the European microstate that just pulled off an LGBTQ+ world first.</p> <p>You can listen to Cody Hochstenbach calling for a revolution in housing policy <a href="https://europeanspodcast.com/episodes/wtf-housing-market" target="_blank">here</a> and find the latest figures from Eurostat <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20220408-1" target="_blank">here</a>. And you can read <a href="https://www.openlynews.com/i/?id=f87da052-3282-4dae-9535-9e696ac75a2f&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=openly" target="_blank">here</a> about why microstates have often been slow to catch up on LGBTQ rights.</p> <p>Isolation Inspiration: <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393867732" target="_blank">'Free' by Lea Ypi</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ejx94LC1R8" target="_blank">Große Freiheit</a> (Great Freedom).<br> <br> 02:07 Bad Week: Housing costs up AGAIN<br> 04:49 Good Week: San Marino's world-first LGBTQ+ head of state<br> 10:22 Interview: Katy on the French election<br> 28:09 Isolation Inspiration: 'Free' by Lea Ypi and Große Freiheit (Great Freedom)<br> 30:31 Happy Ending: Making the most of the Greek sunshine</p> <p>Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few euros / dollars / pounds a month at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/europeanspodcast" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon.com/europeanspodcast</a>. You can also help new listeners find the show by <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-europeans/id1315776736" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">leaving us a review</a> or giving us five stars on Spotify.</p> <p>Producer: Katy Lee, with thanks to Katz Laszlo and Wojciech Oleksiak</p> <p>Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina</p> <p>This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. Find more like-minded European podcasts at <a href="https://www.areweeurope.com/audio-family" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">areweeurope.com/audio-family</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/europeanspod" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/europeanspodcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/europeanspodcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="mailto:hello@europeanspodcast.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hello@europeanspodcast.com</a></p>
