Eurozone debt crisis: heading towards a German Europe? (part 2)

"Europe is facing its toughest hour since the Second World War". Few would disagree with Angela Merkel. But not everyone is easy about the German government's leading role in trying to solve the debt crisis. Merkel wants the EU to have a greater say in how European economies are run, but is that direction now coming from Brussels or Berlin?

DEBATE

Anne-Marie LE GLOANNEC, Researcher, Sciences Po / CERI;
Yves BERTONCINI, General Secretary, Notre Europe;
Dr. Norbert WAGNER, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Paris;
Richard YUNG, Socialist Senator, member of the France-Germany Group;
Nigel FARAGE, MEP, Co-Chair, Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group.
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Presenter

François Picard

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Eurozone: Ireland's troubles

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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.

16/11/2010 - THE DEBATE

France reshuffle: Sarkozy plays his hand

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