SOS Spain: banking crisis is make-or-break for eurozone (part 2)

Despite denials, Spain will have to ask for bailout money sooner rather than later. That’s the prediction of François Picard’s panel, which explains how the latest steps towards a banking union in Europe could finally gain traction.

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Mark DEEN, Journalist, Bloomberg News;
Christophe PAILLARD, Research fellow, Choiseul Institute Paris and author, "Les Nouvelles guerres économiques" ("The new economic wars");
Benjamin CORIAT, Professor of Economics, University Paris XI.
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Programme produced and prepared by Wassim Nasr, Anelise Borges and Mary Colombel

Presenter

François Picard

22/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Mali conflict: Once the French have gone...

French lawmakers have given the green light to keeping troops in Mali. Operation Serval began in January, and since then, al Qaeda-linked jihadists have been chased out of Mali's towns and cities. French troops have already begun to leave and the government says that just 1,000 soldiers will remain until the end of the year for training purposes. Laura Baines and her guests discuss whether Mali is really on the path to peace.

18/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Obama's worst week: terror, tragedy and a stinging political defeat (part 2)

From bombs in Boston to a massive blast in Texas, and now a stinging defeat on a hard-fought gun control bill, has this has been the worst week so far for Barack Obama's presidency? Can the US president regain the political upper hand and heal a polarized nation?

18/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Obama's worst week: terror, tragedy and a stinging political defeat

17/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Show me the money: France's transparency problem (part 2)

"Show me the money": a few days after the French government revealed the wealth and assets of all its cabinet ministers online, many in the political establishment are fighting back against François Hollande's "transparency" drive. But is there anything wrong with being a millionaire... and a Socialist?