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The World This Week - April 20th, 2012 (part 2)

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He was billed as a leader who thrives in a crisis, so why is Nicolas Sarkozy polling so poorly? François Picard's panel looks at France and its candidates on the eve of the first round of the presidential election.

THE WORLD THIS WEEK
  • Patrick Vignal, Senior Correspondent, Reuters news agency, Paris bureau;
  • Christopher Dickey, Paris Bureau Chief, Newsweek/The Daily Beast;
  • Anne Bagamery, Senior Editor, International Herald Tribune;
  • Dave Clark, Paris Deputy Bureau Chief, Agence France-Presse.

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Produced by Paul Maakad, Diaraye Bah, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel

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17/04/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From April 12 to 16 (part 2)

No air travel? François Picard’s panel describe the shock of a Europe that’s suddenly without planes. International Herald Tribune Senior Editor Anne Bagamery, Pierre Rousselin of Le Figaro, Gerry Feehily of presseurop.eu and France 24's Annette Young also review the first UK candidates’ debate and the legacy of Poland’s late president Lech Kaczynski.
THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From April 12 to 16
16/04/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From April 12 to 16

No air travel? François Picard’s panel describe the shock of a Europe that’s suddenly without planes. International Herald Tribune Senior Editor Anne Bagamery, Pierre Rousselin of Le Figaro, Gerry Feehily of presseurop.eu and France 24's Annette Young also review the first UK candidates’ debate and the legacy of Poland’s late president Lech Kaczynski.
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THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From April 5 to 9 (part 2)
09/04/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From April 5 to 9 (part 2)

Obama emboldened over nuclear disarmament, Why the U.S. should show more contrition over the leaked 2007 video that shows an Apache helicopter taking out civilians in Baghdad, and the bookmakers odds on the UK General election. Joining François Picard for The World This Week, Alison Smale of the International Herald Tribune, freelance journalist and photo editor Ginny Power, Dave Clark of the French news agency AFP, and Régis Le Sommier of French newsmagazine Paris Match.
THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From April 5 to 9
09/04/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From April 5 to 9

Obama emboldened over nuclear disarmament, Why the U.S. should show more contrition over the leaked 2007 video that shows an Apache helicopter taking out civilians in Baghdad, and the bookmakers odds on the UK General election. Joining François Picard for The World This Week, Alison Smale of the International Herald Tribune, freelance journalist and photo editor Ginny Power, Dave Clark of the French news agency AFP, and Régis Le Sommier of French newsmagazine Paris Match.
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02/04/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

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Has the old flame between the U.S. and France been rekindled or did Barack Obama invite Nicolas Sarkozy over to the White House to lobby for more troops in Afghanistan? Joining François Picard were the International Herald Tribune’s Anne Bagamery, Philippe Gélie of newspaper Le Figaro, Voice of America bureau chief Lisa Bryant and Galia Ackerman of Radio France International’s Russian language service.

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