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- Angela Merkel - bailout - eurozone - financial crisis - Greece - Lucas Papademos - Nicolas Sarkozy


Greece's done deal: what will €130 billion package buy?

For Greece, a mixture of gratitude and outrage greets a new bailout plan that offers at least temporary relief but commits Athens to years of fiscal belt-tightening.

  • Nicos VERNICOS,Chairman, International Chamber of commerce in Greece
  • Tarik MOUAKIL, Economist, Author of "Asset Markets, Portfolio Choice and Macroeconomic Activity"
  • Philip GOLUB,Professor of International Relations, American University of Paris
  • David GURWITZ, Managing Director, Charles Nenner Research

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Sarkozy's 'Freedom Agenda' (part 2)
13/04/2011 - THE DEBATE

Sarkozy's 'Freedom Agenda' (part 2)

France may have intervened in the name of democracy, but The Africa Report’s Patrick Smith argues that Laurent Gbagbo still controls the narrative, with his supporters painting Ivory Coast’s former president as the victim of the former colonial power.
Sarkozy's 'Freedom Agenda'
13/04/2011 - THE DEBATE

Sarkozy's 'Freedom Agenda'

France may have intervened in the name of democracy, but The Africa Report’s Patrick Smith argues that Laurent Gbagbo still controls the narrative, with his supporters painting Ivory Coast’s former president as the victim of the former colonial power.
Ivory Coast: the fall of Laurent Gbagbo (part 2)
11/04/2011 - THE DEBATE

Ivory Coast: the fall of Laurent Gbagbo (part 2)

Laurent Gbagbo has been captured but passions are still at fever pitch over the circumstances of his arrest, over whether he should be tried, and over the size of the task that lies ahead for his rival Alassane Ouattara.
Ivory Coast: the fall of Laurent Gbagbo
11/04/2011 - THE DEBATE

Ivory Coast: the fall of Laurent Gbagbo

Laurent Gbagbo has been captured but passions are still at fever pitch over the circumstances of his arrest, over whether he should be tried, and over the size of the task that lies ahead for his rival Alassane Ouattara.
Sarkozy's wars: French military in line of fire (part 2)
08/04/2011 - THE DEBATE

Sarkozy's wars: French military in line of fire (part 2)

As the nation that said "non" to war in Iraq now goes guns ablazin' on three fronts, François Picard’s panel explains why Nicolas Sarkozy has troops in Afghanistan, Libya, and Ivory Coast.

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