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Sarkozy: three years on

Marc Perelman interviews Pierre Haski, journalist and co-founder of Rue89.com; Claude Askolovitch, editor in chief of Le Journal du Dimanche; Massimo Nava, correspondent for Corriere della Serra; and Gregory Viscusi, reporter with Bloomberg News.

 

 

Terrorism: a homegrown threat?
11/10/2012 - POLITICS

Terrorism: a homegrown threat?

Is there a mounting home-grown terrorist threat in France? This is the question rankling officials after the police gunned down a Frenchman suspected of throwing a grenade into a Jewish grocery store several weeks ago. A dozen alleged accomplices have since been arrested and bomb components discovered in a search by police, alongside a list of Jewish institutions that could be targets.
EU fiscal pact: the Socialist malaise
04/10/2012 - POLITICS

EU fiscal pact: the Socialist malaise

One thing is certain: a clear majority of the French parliament will vote in favour of the EU fiscal pact. But another thing is too: the treaty has sown divisions within the ruling majority, not just between the Socialist party and its Green allies but also within the ruling party, much to the delight of the opposition conservatives.
François Hollande: a new foreign policy?
27/09/2012 - POLITICS

François Hollande: a new foreign policy?

This week, French president François Hollande took a much-needed break from depressing economic news at home and jetted off to New York to address world leaders for the first time at the UN General Assembly. It's an opportunity to find out who this self-styled "normal" president is and whether there is a Hollande style, or perhaps even a Hollande doctrine, when it comes to foreign policy.
France on the world stage: the Hollande factor
27/09/2012 - POLITICS

France on the world stage: the Hollande factor

This week, French president François Hollande took a much-needed break from depressing economic news at home and jetted off to New York to address world leaders for the first time at the UN General Assembly. It's an opportunity to find out who this self-styled "normal" president is and whether there is a Hollande style, or perhaps even a Hollande doctrine, when it comes to foreign policy.
France's conservative UMP party: who's the boss?
20/09/2012 - POLITICS

France's conservative UMP party: who's the boss?

The war for the leadership of France's conservative UMP party is on. Two contenders are facing off in a vote to designate the head of the party in November: former PM François Fillon and current party boss Jean-François Copé. But the next presidential elections will take place in 2017, meaning there is ample time for others to throw their hats into the ring, such as a man who said he was withdrawing from political life: former president Nicolas Sarkozy.

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