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The breather proves short-lived after Greek elections that see the pro-euro centre-right come out narrowly ahead. As markets worry about the eurozone’s daunting debt level, François Picard’s panel argues over whether it’s Berlin that now faces the heat amid pressure to come up with a "grand plan" at next week’s EU summit.

  • Thrasy PETROPOULOS. Managing editor, Athens News - from Athens;
  • Craig COPETAS. Paris-based journalist;
  • Harold HAU. Professor of Finance, University of Geneva & Swiss Finance Institute;
  • Julia CAGÉ. Economist at Harvard University and Paris School of economics.

Produced by François Picard, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel, Wassim Nasr.

Watch the second part here. 

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13/06/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iran: What hope for the reformists?

On the face of it, a boycott seems the most sensible option for those who supported the green revolution back in 2009 when Mahmoud Ahmedinedjad won his controversial second term. Yet there are suggestions that something unexpected may be happening in Iran. Melissa Bell and her panel discuss whether there is hope for the reformists on the eve of the presidential elections.

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