Latest update: 04/05/2012 

- Debate - François Hollande - French elections 2012 - French politics - Nicolas Sarkozy


Who won le débat? Fierce face-off between Sarkozy and Hollande

No Flash warning
To take advantage of all the features on FRANCE24.COM, please click here to download the latest version of Flash Player.

It was indeed a slugfest, but will the feistiest French candidates' debate in history change voters’ minds? François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy still have to convince often-volatile undecided voters in the home stretch to Sunday’s presidential run-off.

DEBATE
  • Angela DIFFLEY, Journalist, RFI;
  • Aude BARON, Editor-in-Chief, Le Plus - Nouvel Observateur;
  • Frédéric WINCKLER, President, J. Walter Thompson Paris;
  • Nicholas DUNGAN, Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council.

    Watch the second part

    Programme prepared and produced by Christopher Davies, Anelise Borges and Mary Colombel

Homegrown terror (part 2)
23/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Homegrown terror (part 2)

With attackers who stick around the crime scene to brag, a lot has changed since the July 2005 London bombings. After last year’s Toulouse shootings, last month’s attack on the Boston marathon, François Picard’s panel looks at homegrown terror made in Britain.
Homegrown terror
23/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Homegrown terror

With attackers who stick around the crime scene to brag, a lot has changed since the July 2005 London bombings. After last year’s Toulouse shootings, last month’s attack on the Boston marathon, François Picard’s panel looks at homegrown terror made in Britain.
Iran: no more surprises? (part 2)
22/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iran: no more surprises? (part 2)

Is the outcome of Iran’s presidential election a foregone conclusion or will the protest vote coalesce around one candidate? François Picard’s panel argues over just how much the clerics control the process.
Iran: no more surprises?
22/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iran: no more surprises?

Is the outcome of Iran’s presidential election a foregone conclusion or will the protest vote coalesce around one candidate? François Picard’s panel argues over just how much the clerics control the process.
More English? Non merci (part 2)
21/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

More English? Non merci (part 2)

Is loosening a ban on English-language classes in French universities akin to waving the white flag of surrender or a way of getting the French in on the global conversation? Passions run high in a debate that splits both academics and politicians.

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