Pension reforms: showdown in the streets (Part 2)

It was the largest day of protest since Nicolas Sarkozy became president in 2007. But what did the demonstrations against pension reform change and why do the French always resort to industrial action?

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Rafael NEDZYNSKI, « Force Ouvrière » Union
Jonas HADDAD, National Delegate, UMP’s youth movement
Vanina MARSOT, Translator, Author of “Foreign Tongue: A Novel of Life and Love in Paris”
Asghar ZAIDI, Director Research, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research

Program prepared by Perrine Desplats and Yi Song.

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Presenter

François Picard

25/03/2013 - THE DEBATE

Tough love for Cyprus

Wall Street had its Lehman moment. Is Europe having its Laiki moment? Winding down Cyprus’ second largest bank is only the start of it for a Europe that often seems daunted by its financial imbalances.

21/03/2013 - THE DEBATE

Mali: Who's in charge? (part 2)

It's not just a first suicide attack in Timbuktu that rings alarm bells. France 24 goes to the northern city of Gao and found that two months on, there's not really a semblance of a functioning state, the locals mistrust the army, and most civil servants have yet to return from the capital.

21/03/2013 - THE DEBATE

Mali: Who's in charge?

It's not just a first suicide attack in Timbuktu that rings alarm bells. France 24 goes to the northern city of Gao and finds that two months on, there's not really a semblance of a functioning state, the locals mistrust the army, and most civil servants have yet to return from the capital.

19/03/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iraq, ten years later... (part 2)

The weapons of mass destruction that weren't, daily sectarian violence that endures and US public opinion that's lost its stomach for foreign intervention: François Picard's panel looks at how nonetheless the legacy of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq could still morph over time.