Deal or no deal?

At the outset of a summit to save the euro, all bets are on: will it be a deal among 17 or 27? François Picard's panel examines the limits of leadership by summitry...and the hard sell of a Franco-German-motored solution.

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Franziska BRANTNER, German Member of the European Parliament, Green Alliance

Julia CAGE, Economist at Harvard University & Paris School of Economics

Charles TANNOCK, UK Member of the European Parliament, European Conservatives and Reformists (from London)

Christophe ROBEET, France 24 Europe Editor (from Brussels).

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Produced by Yi Song, Christopher Davis, Mary Colombel, Anelise Borges

Presenter

François Picard

18/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Obama's worst week: terror, tragedy and a stinging political defeat

From bombs in Boston to a massive blast in Texas, and now a stinging defeat on a hard-fought gun control bill, has this has been the worst week so far for Barack Obama's presidency? Can the US president regain the political upper hand and heal a polarised nation?

17/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Show me the money: France's transparency problem (part 2)

"Show me the money": a few days after the French government revealed the wealth and assets of all its cabinet ministers online, many in the political establishment are fighting back against François Hollande's "transparency" drive. But is there anything wrong with being a millionaire... and a Socialist?

17/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Show me the money: France's transparency problem

16/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

The Boston bombings: a painful reminder of vulnerability (part 2)

There are still no hard answers, but lots of anguish and questions, a day after back-to-back explosions rocked America's oldest and most prestigious marathon. Douglas Herbert's panel discuss how Americans are dealing with a tragedy that Barack Obama is calling a cowardly "act of terror" - and look at how the rest of the world is reacting.