Payback time: who's ready to foot the debt bill?

Don’t believe Angela Merkel. Thursday’s EU summit really is key to reassuring markets and everyone knows it, warns economist Fabrizio Coricelli. The problem? Despite debt contagion, many voters across Europe feel it’s not up to them to pay.

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Bill STEWART. Instructor at AUP’s International Business Administration Department.
Fabrizio CORICELLI. Professor of Economics, Paris School of Economics (from Raguza, Italy).
Romain RANCIERE. Former economist at the IMF (from Boston).

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François Picard

18/11/2010 - THE DEBATE

Gastronomy - Do the French still deliver? part 1

The traditional French sit-down meal gets top nods from Unesco, listed as one of humanity's "intemporal" cultural treasures. But sadly in France, the midday meal is less and less a sit-down affair. So what's so great these days about French food and French eating habits? Still quite a lot argues François Picard’s panel in the France 24 Debate.

17/11/2010 - THE DEBATE

Eurozone: Ireland's troubles (part 2)

Where did it go so wrong for the Celtic Tiger? As the EU pushes Dublin to accept bailout money, the France 24 debate looks at what could be a blow to Ireland's sovereignty and the wider threat facing the entire eurozone.

17/11/2010 - THE DEBATE

Eurozone: Ireland's troubles

16/11/2010 - THE DEBATE

France reshuffle: Sarkozy plays his hand (Part 2)

After trimming down his cabinet, is Nicolas Sarkozy in fighting form for his assumed 2012 re-election bid? The polls indicate the opposite and critics feel the "hyperpresidency" needs to slow down, but our panellists tell François Picard how with a free hand in parliament, the French president can still afford to push on with reforms.