Latest update: 21/03/2012 

- anti-Semitism - crime - French elections 2012 - Nicolas Sarkozy - racism - serial killers


The Toulouse shooting and the French presidential race (part 2)

After the Toulouse school shooting, almost all the major candidates for French presidency have suspended their campaigns. François Picard's panel wonders whether the tragedy will soften the rhetoric of a race that, for many, has taken a divisive tone.

  • Waddick DOYLE, Professor and Chair of Global Communication Department, American University of Paris;
  • Régis LE SOMMIER, Deputy Editorial Director, Paris Match;
  • Bernard KANOVITCH, Chair of the Committee for relations with the Moslem community, Jewish umbrella group CRIF;
  • Viteke KNOOP-RACHLING, Paris Correspondent, Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.

Watch part one

Produced by Christopher Davis, Pauline Heilmann, Mary Colombel, Anelise Borges

Tax the rich, Act II
02/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Tax the rich, Act II

Sparks fly when François Hollande’s plan to plough ahead with a plan to tax the super-rich gets even just a mention. However, the revised plan may be the spoonful of sugar that makes the real medicine go down - a bill to loosen France’s famously stringent labour laws.
Tax the rich, Act II (part 2)
02/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Tax the rich, Act II (part 2)

Sparks fly when François Hollande’s plan to plough ahead with a plan to tax the super-rich gets even just a mention. However, the revised plan may be the spoonful of sugar that makes the real medicine go down, a bill to loosen France’s famously stringent labour laws.
Kremlin crackdown: Putin tightens the screws (part 2)
01/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Kremlin crackdown: Putin tightens the screws (part 2)

Last year’s unprecedented protests against Vladimir Putin may be a fading memory, but the swoop against non-governmental organisations seems to indicate a tightening of the screws. François Picard’s panel argues over the motives and timing.
Kremlin crackdown: Putin tightens the screws
01/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Kremlin crackdown: Putin tightens the screws

Last year’s unprecedented protests against Vladimir Putin may be a fading memory, but the swoop against non-governmental organisations seems to indicate a tightening of the screws. François Picard’s panel argues over the motives and timing.
Why the coup? Old story, new players in Central African Republic (part 2)
28/03/2013 - THE DEBATE

Why the coup? Old story, new players in Central African Republic (part 2)

It’s an all-too familiar tale, but with some new players: the latest coup in the resource-rich Central African Republic raises questions over South Africa’s support to ousted president François Bozizé and interests that go as far as France and China.

React to the article
Comment this article typing your message in the above text zone. Please note that this is limited to 1500 characters or less.
(0) Reactions
Read more
Close