José Bové, French MEP with the Greens

Our guest is José Bové, an anti-globalist activist-turned-staunch European. He is most notorious for destroying a McDonalds restaurant in the 1990s and for his campaigns against genetically modified crops. José Bové has now changed tactics, working from the inside as a European lawmaker.

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23/03/2013 - TALKING EUROPE

Joaquin Almunia, EU Commissioner for Competition

The EU’s Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, and his team of lawyers have the power to investigate and fine companies he believes have breached the EU’s competition laws. Christophe Robeet and Mr Almunia discuss the EU's current investigations of Google and others, as well as the fine the EU recently imposed on Microsoft.

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Time in school: is less more?

The French government wants to reform the country’s education system. Long hours at school have been criticised as being counter-productive to learning. We decided to find out what the situation is like in the rest of the EU. Is less more when it comes to school hours?

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Lucinda Creighton, Irish European Affairs Minister

Ireland currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU. Christophe Robeet meets the country's EU Minister, Lucinda Creighton, who has vowed to put growth and jobs at the heart of her programme.

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Italy's political stalemate: no government in sight in Rome

Italy may have a new parliament, but there's still no government in sight in Rome. Beppe Grillo's political tsunami has shaken Italian politics to the core. These are dangerous times for the country: its economy shrank by 2.8 percent last year and borrowing costs have begun rising again amid the political uncertainty. Where is the country heading?

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Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of the Republic of Iceland

In 2008, Iceland's three banks collapsed, leaving mountains of debt and a nation in shock. Five years later, the country is growing again and unemployment has fallen below 6 percent (less than half the eurozone average). Olafur Ragnar Grimsson explains how this small nordic island has managed to rise from the ashes so quicky.

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