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Eva Joly, French MEP, former anti-corruption magistrate

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We speak to Eva Joly, a Norwegian-born French MEP with the Greens who is best known in France for her personal crusade against corruption. Joly has spent 30 years of her life working both as a judge in financial cases on the Paris bench and as a corruption trouble-shooter in her native Norway. We ask her about Europe's response to the situation in the Arab world, as well as French domestic politics.

TALKING EUROPE

Presented by Christophe Robeet (France 24) and Sarah Elzas (RFI)

Programme prepared by Soumaya Benaissa

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