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Money and politics: is France a banana republic? (Part 2)

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Marc Perelman interviews Nicolas Perruchot, Nouveau Centre MP; Sylvain Bourmeau, Journalist, Mediapart and France Culture Radio; and David Clark, Paris Deputy Bureau Chief, AFP.

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