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00:02 Unforeseen results in French parliamentary elections 03:17 Macron's strategic alliance leads to chaos in French Parliament 10:07 Political chaos in France due to hung parliament 13:19 Rise of Socialist Communist Alliance in 1980s France led to shift towards center politics 19:35 Growing pressure on President Macron to reconsider aggressive policy in Ukraine 22:31 Chaos in France and potential chaos in Europe with no control 28:27 Trump's successful debate performance and its implications 31:31 Orban's role as a mediator in the Ukraine war 37:13 NATO pressing forward to enable Ukraine to join 40:12 West's resistance to negotiate with Putin and nuclearize 46:03 Russia strikes Ukraine with major missile attack 48:53 Major Russian missile strike on Ukraine using apparently Hypersonic missiles 54:59 Ukrainian air defense missiles failed to intercept Russian missiles, allowing Russian attacks on Kiev. 58:02 Russian intelligence claims thwarting Ukrainian attempt to blackmail and bribe a pilot. 1:03:48 Intense fighting and Russian advancement in Ukraine 1:06:42 Russian forces gaining control in key Ukrainian villages 1:12:32 Potential Russian attack on Pakros could lead to major crisis in the war 1:15:38 The West is lagging behind in military and political strategies Crafted by Merlin AI.

God Bless Orban for doing what the elites in the West have forgotten how to do (or no longer want to..).seek peace and prosperity for the people of the world...I'd like to know, as a Catholic, what the Pope's been doing, apart from meeting comedians!

I heard today from the United States ambassador to the NATO that they are planning to build a NATO office in Kiev. When will they ever learn?

Will Starmer outlast Larry the 17 year old cat that lives in Number 10? My money is on Larry.

G'Day Well France in a hell of a trouble.Nothing is going to change neither in GB nor France.

Now is France following the German way = Thelma and Louise cliff driving

Haha the neo liberals are already crying. The communists want out of nato 😂

We are witnessing an acceleration of the decline of West .. USA is leading .. France, Germany etc.. and now the Nordic European countries .. Norway Denmark Sweeden and Finland ..

The system will not allow people to have what they want The people are broken also by the system

Believe me, falsification does not take place on the day of voting (counting of votes), but in advance - during the distribution of electoral districts! This system is jerrymandering!

If I were an American I would be thinking what an disgrace to the world the US has been

Good evening everyone 🇮🇪👍

You have to go to at least 35:00 to get past French politics🙄…As Colonel McGregor said recently, The only thing the French army is capable of is perhaps going on safari in Africa 😀😅

Claims by Ukrainian officials that Russia deliberately attacked civilian targets in Kiev on Monday are “absolutely untrue,” the Defense Ministry in Moscow has stated. The Ukrainian capital was rocked by a series of powerful explosions earlier in the day, according to numerous videos published by local media. Civilians on the ground were reportedly injured. The Russian military confirmed firing a barrage of long-range missiles on Monday, but stressed that it was targeting military factories and airfields in Ukraine. “Claims by representatives of the Kiev regime alleging a purportedly deliberate Russian strike on civilian sites are absolutely not true,” the statement said. “Numerous photos and videos from Kiev irrefutably confirm destruction by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile, which was fired by a launcher positioned inside the city,” it stated. - RT

And we all know as did an Austrian Princess that if the French get angry they can get very angry.

Angry black man in N.Y.C. who loves and support Russia. God bless mr Putin and the Russian people.

"Steiner will counterattack with his 12 new brigades full of NATO wunderwaffen! " ~ Elensky🤣🤣

Following Viktor Orbán's recent visit to Moscow to see Vladimir Putin the secretary general of NATO Jens Stoltenberg was asked what the visit said about the state of unity in NATO. (Ursula von der Leyen has described the visit as an act of appeasement.) He gave a hesitant reply drawing on a well worn sound bite. Stoltenberg suggested that all NATO members must agree that Russia is the aggressor and Russia is responsible for the war and that Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty must be respected. It seems from this that NATO members are not allowed to deviate from the chosen line. What happened to the coalition of the willing. How convenient of him to keep things simple. Stoltenberg talked about responsibility a quantity in short supply amongst Western politicians. Someone needs to face off with Stoltenberg and open up a can of worms but I don't think he'll want to go there.

Funny how france just across the channel gets summer and uk is seeded skies.Thanks

all trump had to do was stand back and let biden talk and it worked out great

Yes .. Macron is increasing the chaos

The wise voice telling what’s going on. Thanks Alexander

Ukraine's top negotiator, Ivana Dixonderasse : Russia was prepared to end the war if we agreed to... neutrality, But the US and UK stood in the way

Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity. In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas. If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns. 20th September, 2021. Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter). We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc. Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster? Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest. Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland. Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”. Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it. Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country. Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list. There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence). The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave. Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) R.I.P. The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims). The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter. I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion. I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written. Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.

The French electoral system uses the tried and tested divide and conquer strategy to divide and weaken French voters as and when required by it's ruling/ political class designers to retain their power and control. Hopefully the French people eventually achieve the necessary level of cohesion to break free of this contrived ruling/political class entrapment. The same is true (albeit in less complicated forms) In the UK and the U.S.

Interesting voting process in France

Macron needs to be sent to St. Helena for good.

Just so I'm clear - Member of EU or not, Leader of EU for next 6 months or not, Member of NATO or not...Orban is the leader of a soverign democratic nation. Yet the west believes there are restrictions on the leaders or members of which countries Orban may meet with to conduct the state business of Hungary? And which nations are the dictatorships again?

Have it on good authority guys that French troops are being prepared to operate in Ukraine - they are learning by rote the phrase “we surrender” in Russian.

Very good analysis on geopolitics..🎉🎉

So what happened with the strike on the Ukrainian children's hospital? I haven't heard how it happened, but it is interesting that it happened the day before the NATO Summit.

Alex, RN went from around 33% in first round to over 37% in second. All others declined. What a farce these results were. This is unsustainable dysfunction.🤡

Thank you Alex! Great information.

❤🚀🇷🇺🙏✝ BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS ✝🙏🕊🇷🇺🦾

NATO gets Finland and Sweden and loses France ... C'est la vie.

The long arms of the American CIA was clearly involved in recent France elections, but failed to delivered Macron victory…? 😅😅😅

Many thanks Mr Mercouris for this remake from you about the análisis of the political present situation which is very bad in France,and also in the United States,and so to said caótico in Britain. Europe leaders in silence.

More NATO spending and less social support.

Order out of chaos. It’s all pre-planned, no errors here!😉

The famous Rolling Stone’s lyrics come to mind “you can’t always get what you want” … “but you get what you need” West wants Victory, but they need Peace. Russia will settle for Ukraine’s absolute neutrality.

A pleasant day to all and welcome to our daily tonic of unfiltered truth of the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Ukraine shall soon be known only as the former Ukraine.

Zelensky did the hospital

The talk of the EU acquiring nuclear weapons there is no doubt that Iran will do the same. It has little choice knowing the behaviour of the the western countries.

Can someone explain why in France voters should then give their votes to another candidate if that's not what they want at all? If, for example, they wanted to vote for Macron, then they would immediately vote for him, so why should they then give him votes?

*Time to storm the Bastille!* *Down with Macron!* *Viva la France!*

There goes France’s Possibly last chance it ever becoming a sovereign country again with any chance of traditional values. Thanks Alexander sorry French people, The same thing happened in the USA.

Thank you.

Good day! 🙂

Every day - and I've been watching since 2016- I am amazed by the depth and breadth of Alexander's understanding. And what a memory!

Excellent stuff.Great listening

The story about the pilot defecting to Ukraine and then assassinated in Spain, was the pilot who came with the helicopter that you also mentioned... ;) But he also murdered his co pilot for a bag of silver ....

A late one today Alex I've been awaiting your report breathlessly all day

Thank you Alexander. Much appreciated. Good day.

Well said. Thank you.

Pray for Holy Russia and the Tsar.

Thank you for your great work, Alexander ❤️👍🏻

In France, there is a saying that goes something like "In the first round, you vote with your heart, and in the second round, with your head."

Hey Alexander! Can you tell us a little story about Filip Siman Czech Merc who is under a trial right now on the cause of murders and pillaging in bucha.

Air defence missiles falling to Earth is not a plausible scenario as the SAM systems employed in Ukraine self destruct following a miss with only small debris falling back to Earth. Even if that failed, the damage to the hospital is far beyond that possible from the relatively small warhead on Patriot missile.

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thank you Mr Mercouris

As always Alexander your assesment is spot on

France often gets things wrong. They even spell NATO backwards: OTAN.

Bravo, Orban ! "Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God." -Jesus Christ, Matthew 5:9

Good work

DAVOS wants war. You don't get that. DAVOS does not want LePen

"Cut a liberal and a fascist bleeds", goes a saying I only started hearing a few years ago. This being the case, if the French people are offered a choice between Le Pen and Jean-Luc Melenchon after the first round of Presidential voting in 2027, the so-called centrists (actually neoliberal centre-right) who support Macron, although they will be a depleted demographic due to the social trends produced by austerity, inflation and pan-European decline caused by US neo-colonialism over the continent) will mostly vote for Le Pen over Melenchon - liberals always tending to vote for the fascist rather than the socialist or the Marxist if they can't force the socialists to vote for the pro-austerity liberal, hence the saying. Just like the British Lib-Dems threw their credibility and most of their MPs away by choosing a coalition with the Tories instead of with New Labour in 2010. Mind you, much depends what happens before then, in terms of the Ukraine war ending, and the NATO-loyalists having to cope with the electoral consequences of being discredited on the entire question of NATO and relations with the USA. It's possible that Melenchon and the National Rally will vote together for peace with Russia and partial withdrawal from NATO, in the respectable De Gaullist tradition, changing the French political landscape running up to the next Presidential election, and further undermining the pro-NATO centre and strengthening Melenchon's position, or alternatively creating a pro-NATO centrist backlash which will return Macron or a conventional conservative to power. In either case, Le Pen's victory is anything but assured.

Ukraine in NATO in the future😂 I forgot this is the plan B. After the plan B Who knows, The Ukrainians descover's Mars.

"Macron Chaos France Hung Parliament" Actually they have provisions in the French Constitution for a coalition government and Macron could always appoint a technocratic government, so Alex M's points about "Chaos" and "Panic" really have not much place in reality. Macron's gamble succeeded: he managed to shake up French politics and his party emerged with the balance of power and 2nd in the assembly

Thank you Alexander!!

Safe and effective election.

Im yosser Hughes, i have a complete understanding of bricks and blocks and Chinese chips

Russia has found evidence that Ukraine has violated the Chemical Weapons Convention, a top military commander stated on Monday. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who leads Russia’s chemical and biological defense forces, said that the engineering troops discovered a laboratory that was apparently used to produce hydrogen cyanide - an extremely dangerous and highly toxic agent that had been used as a chemical weapon during World War I. The facility is located near Avdeevka, a fortified Donbass town liberated by Russia in February, the general said. The improvised laboratory itself was found inside a partially partially destroyed building in an industrial area, which also had a chemical processing plant. The facility had a rotary evaporator and several chemical reactors. Protective clothes, including US-made gas masks and Polish hazmat suits, were found on the site. According to Kirillov, the samples taken from the facility and analyzed in Russian military laboratories contained traces of sulfuric acid and sodium cyanide, which can be used to produce hydrogen cyanide. Traces of cyanide anions - poisonous chemical compounds of the cyano group - were on multiple equipment, the general said. - RT

From 17% in 2022 To 37% in 2024 is a huge avance towards Viktory

Excellent analysis

Thank you Alexander

Very clear and I think very sensible. Thank you.

Awesome show

do french politics have any impact?

Hi, thanks alot. Regarding Glucksmann, he is not the leader of the PS, that is Olivier Faure. Glucksmann was the lead candidate for the PS EU election list.

Merci !!

The French left coalition - 187 seats, Macron bloc - 159 seats, Le Pen's party - 142 seats: "French left says 'ready to govern' as country faces hung parliament" 8 July 24 Aljazeera ... Although it may be more difficult to understand, it's a lot better compared to US politics where only 2 parties dominate and where politicians goose-step behind party leaders, especially if their party leaders include the president

Profoundly grateful for the truths the indefatigable Alexander delivers day after day. Roll on, Sir.

Excellent as always Alex!!!

It's a rule of the :UK system is that a parliament cannot commit a future parliament

Gracias Alexander .

The RN got 33% in the first round not 36%

There was no agreement between left and Macron .. none ..

Another brilliant analysis Alexander, thankyou for all the hard work and effort you put into this daily report.

Your video quality is excellent, very crisp and hi-def!

120% report again, great work Alex just keeps getting better and better

It wasn't a school. It was a children hospital. Schools dont stay open in summer anyway.

It'll be interesting to find out what the actual targets of the strikes were and if this is perhaps the Russian response to the strike in Crimea as this was unusually in broad daylight in Kiev. Maybe where NATO specialists are adapting the missiles/bombs for Ukrainian aircraft etc? Then again, this might be their message for the NATO summit and the real response is yet to come...

When Ukraine falls the EU countries will all want to join the club. That's the BRICS club.

The pilot who was killed in Spain is the helicopter guy.

Ahhh back from holidays to the comforting woof woof @22:40

I'd stay away from the coming Olympics. Paris is not going to be a safe place to be.