Has Macron become an authoritarian president?

French President Emmanuel Macron took two months to appoint a new prime minister. Did Macron's move indicate a turn towards authoritarianism, or has Macron been moving in that direction for years?

Please tell us what you think about our shows. Go to https://www.aljazeera.com/survey to fill out our survey. It only takes a few minutes, and it's anonymous.

In this episode:

• Rokhaya Diallo (@RokhayaDiallo), Writer and Journalist

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolome and Ashish Malhotra, with Shraddha Joshi, Hagir Saleh, Duha Mosaad, and me, Natasha del Toro, in for Malika Bilal.

Amy Walters edited this episode. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode.

Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is the Take’s Executive Producer and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

Connect with us:

@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and YouTube