Lionel dresse un bilan du mandat du président François Hollande et fait ses pronostics sur les candidats pour les élections présidentielles de 2017. Il envisage un nouveau triangle: Hollande, Marine Le Pen, et Nicolas Sarkozy.

Lionel stays in Verdun for part two of this series. You will see the remains of the famous Battle of Verdun, which took place in 1916 and lasted ten months. The French soldiers were called poilus or "hairy men" because of their unshaven faces. Verdun also has a magnificent cathedral with stained glass windows.

Lionel discusses the French government's recent decision to invoke Article 49-3 of the Constitution in order to push through a controversial labor bill without a parliamentary vote. He also gives a brief description of the differences between the two houses of the French Parliament, the Senate and the National Assembly.