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France: a damaged reputation? (Part 2)

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Marc Perelman interviews José-Manuel Lamarque, Senior Reporter, Radio France ; Stefan de Vries, Correspondent of RTL4 (Dutch TV); and Richard Beardsworth, Professor of Political Philosophy at the Amercan University of Paris.

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