Glucksmann Vows to End "Brutal" Politics on French Left
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Raphaël Glucksmann is a French politician. He is from the left side of politics.
Someone threw flour at him. This is called being enfariné in French. It means people throw flour on a person to show anger.
After this, Glucksmann spoke about French politics. He said he wants to stop "brutal" people from leading the left. He wants the left to be more peaceful.
Glucksmann called himself the "candidate of the democratic left." A candidate is a person who wants to win an election.
Another politician, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is also on the left. He criticized Parcoursup. This is a French system for students to choose universities.
Glucksmann also talked about the future. He said Marine Le Pen will not become president in 2027. Le Pen is a politician from the right side of politics.
The Élysée is the place where the French president works. Glucksmann promised Le Pen will not go there.
Vocabulary15 words
- politician
- a person who works in government or elections
- enfariné
- having flour thrown at you by someone angry
- candidate
- a person who wants to win an election
- Parcoursup
- a French system for choosing university places
- president
- the top leader of a country
- Élysée
- the building where the French president works
- left (politics)
- a political side that wants more equality
- right (politics)
- a political side with different ideas from the left
- election
- when people vote to choose a leader
- hegemony
- when one group has too much power
- brutal
- very rough or unkind
- promise
- to say you will do something
- democratic
- based on fair voting by people
- criticize
- to say something is bad
- future
- time that has not happened yet
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1. Someone threw flour at him 2. The brutal politics on the left 3. False
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Raphaël Glucksmann is a French _____. He is from the left side of politics.
Someone threw _____ at him. This is called being enfariné in French.
After this, Glucksmann spoke about French _____.
He said he wants to stop "_____" people from leading the left.
Glucksmann called himself the "candidate of the democratic _____."
Another politician, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, criticized _____.
Glucksmann said Marine _____ will not become president in 2027.
The _____ is the place where the French president works.
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