'Indignant' movement: can it make a difference?

Inspired by Spain's Indignados and the Occupy Wall Street Movement, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators turned out from Asia to Europe on October 15th, calling for global change. While most protests passed off peacefully, a mass rally in Rome descended into street battles with more than a hundred people injured.

TALKING EUROPE

Stephen HUGHES, British MEP, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Damien, Member of the 'Indignant' movement

Presented by Christophe Robeet

Prepared by Marie Billon

Christophe Robeet

Presenter

06/04/2013 - TALKING EUROPE

Ioannis Kasoulides, Cypriot Foreign Minister

Christophe Robeet speaks to the new Cypriot Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides. He says the revised rescue plan is the "least bad" option for his country but regrets the lack of solidarity from his European partners. He also explains why Cyprus should lift a ban on casinos and offer firms tax exemptions on profits reinvested in the island to kick-start its ailing economy.

06/04/2013 - TALKING EUROPE

Rescuing Cyrus: the lessons of a crisis

Cyprus may have been saved, but the political fallout from the country’s bailout is still uncertain. The country’s finance minister was forced to resign after finalising the terms of the rescue plan, and the president has announced an inquiry into what went wrong. Christophe Robeet's guests discuss what the bailout means for the Mediterranean island and for the eurozone at large.

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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.

23/03/2013 - TALKING EUROPE

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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