Toulouse Tragedy: a turning point in the presidential race?

Toulouse: the name of this pretty town in south-western France will now forever be synonymous with death. The tragic deaths of three Jewish children, gunned down with one of their professors as they arrived in school, as well as the cold-blooded assassination of three French soldiers by the same man, have plunged France into a sea of sorrow and soul-searching. But what will the impact on the presidential campaign be?

POLITICS

By FRANCE 24

On the set:

Gabriele PARISSINI, Correspondent, Wall Street Journal in Paris;
Guillaume AYNÉ, Secretary General, French NGO "SOS Racisme".

Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

22/01/2009 - POLITICS

Can France have its own Obama?

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.

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15/01/2009 - POLITICS

Gaza: what is at stake for France? (Part 2)

Events in Gaza have cast a long shadow with thousands demonstrating over the weekend in several European cities. What impact will this crisis have in France, home to Europe’s biggest Muslim community and to its largest Jewish one?

15/01/2009 - POLITICS

Gaza: what is at stake for France?

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08/01/2009 - POLITICS

Sarkozy : Hyperpresident and an effetive reformer ? (Part 2)

Nicolas Sarkozy says he’d rather go down in history as a hyperpresident than a lazy king. Join David Crossan and his guests Hervé Mariton, a UMP MP and Razzy Hammadi, who is a member of the Socialist party for some lively analysis.