THE WORLD THIS WEEK- Friday, September the 17th - part 2

Who says Brussels is boring? France’s president comes out fighting at an EU summit over the deportation of Roma Gypsies. Did Nicolas Sarkozy cross the red line with his comments? Also in The World This Week, why the Pope went to the UK, why the Tea Party should not be ignored, and why Nigeria’s president used Facebook to announce his bid in next January’s election. Joining François Picard are our Friday guests, here below.

THE WORLD THIS WEEK

By Laura FARRENQ

Our Friday guests:

A. Craig Copetas, Senior writer, Bloomberg News
Alison Smale, Executive Editor, International Herald Tribune
Mildrade Cherfils, Paris correspondent, Global Post
Tunde Fatunde, Journalist, Guardian Newspaper, Lagos, Nigeria

Watch here the first part

François PICARD

Presenter

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