Spanish anger: a generation demands jobs and justice

For over a week, thousands of protesters have set up camp in the symbolic Plaza del Sol in Madrid and in dozens of other cities across Spain. This in a country that is not accustomed to holding street protests.

DEBATE

Those who are sleeping out night after night want Jobs, a new electoral system and less corruption. Some call it a revolution; some say it's the Arab spring spreading to Europe. We analyse the ongoing protests in Spain, even as the Socialist party gets a drubbing in local elections.

Our guests :

Ana CARBAJOSA, Journalist, El Pais. By phone from Madrid
Raphael GONZALEZ, Computer scientist. By phone from Madrid.
Javier SANCHEZ, Journalist, Puntoradio
Gian-Paolo ACCARDO, Journalist, presseurop.eu
José Manuel LAMARQUE, Journalist, Radio France
Santi, Spokesperson for the May 15 Movement

Watch the second part.

Presenter

François Picard

24/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

Merkel's next move: Will Germany stick to its guns on austerity?

François Hollande steals the show at his first late-night EU summit but the ball remains firmly in Angela Merkel’s court. Her constituents remain torn between paying for pain they don’t (yet) feel and shouldering the blame for an eventual collapse of the euro.

23/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

Egypt's presidential poll: The revolution, Part II (part 2)

Fifteen months after Hosni Mubarak's fall, the second act of Egypt's revolution is underway. Millions of Egyptians are choosing a president in the first free elections in the country's 5,000-year history. Douglas Herbert and his panel discuss whether the newly elected president will have a chance of healing divisions while tackling poverty and fighting violent crime.