Diplomacy: The Sarkozy Revolution

This week, the two main contenders for the presidential election are taking a short break from their non-stop crisscrossing of France. Socialist François Hollande visits London, while Nicolas Sarkozy heads to Brussels for yet another "crucial" EU summit. This gives us the perfect opportunity to assess Nicolas Sarkozy's foreign policy during a five-year term marked by military interventions in Libya and Ivory Coast, the Arab spring and the eurozone debt crisis.

POLITICS

On the set:

Christian MALARD, International affairs editor, France 3 TV;
Gilles DELAFON, Journalist, Canal + TV and Author of "Le Règne du mépris" ("The reign of disdain").

Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

05/02/2009 - POLITICS

The renewal of the French left?

As new far-left parties emerge, Melissa Bell interviews Ingrid Hayes (New Anti-capitalist Party), Raquel Garrido (Party of the Left), Laurence Rossignol (French Socialist Party) and Olivier Ferrand, President of Terra Nova.

30/01/2009 - POLITICS

France on strike: Sarkozy's mishandling of the economic crisis

Melissa Bell interviews Jacques Myard, a UMP MP, Richard Yung, a socialist senator and Bruno Jeanbart, the director of polling at Opinion Way to talk about the social unrest and the economic crisis in France. (part 2)

30/01/2009 - POLITICS

France on strike: Sarkozy's mishandling of the economic crisis

22/01/2009 - POLITICS

Can France have its own Obama?(Part 2)

Melissa Bell interviews Olivier Ferrand, the President of the think tank Terra Nova, the writer and editor Charles Dantzig, and the Herald Tribune’s Alison Smale about the possible impact of Obama’s presidency on the French system.