Should France stay colour-blind? (part two)

In a bid to fight discrimination, fact-finding lawmakers return from Washington calling on the French to measure their growing ethnic diversity, but the constitution says that's racial profiling and advocacy group SOS Racisme calls on France to remain colour-blind.

DEBATE

Leila LEGHMARA, city of Colombes municipal councilor (New Center party), Member of ANELD fact-finding mission.

Hadrien LENOIR, National bureau member, SOS Racisme

Salima BELHADJ, France 24 journalist

Shirley J. WILCHER, Executive Director, American Association Affirmative Action

Alec HARGREAVES, Director of the French Institute at Florida State University

Watch part one

Produced by Pauline Heilmann, Yi Song, Mary Colombel, Anelise Borges

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.