France-Germany : No Merkollande ... yet

He came to power pledging to hold back the tide of austerity washing over Europe. But does Francois Hollande have the power to drive the French agenda through, when his German counterpart is calling for "more Europe"? It may be too early to shout federalism, but moves are a foot to create a banking union and to give the European Commission unprecedented oversight of national budgets.

POLITICS

By FRANCE 24

On set :

Françoise Crouïgneau, freelance journalist
Marc-Olivier Padis, Vice-president, TerraNova

Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

19/06/2009 - Politics

Nicolas Sarkozy's address to the French Parliament

Melissa Bell discusses the first ever address of the president Nicolas Sarkozy to the French Parliament with three journalists: Ben Hall, Alberto Romagnoli and Stefan Braendle.

15/06/2009 - Politics

European election results (part 2)

Melissa Bell discusses the results of the European elections with Alain Lipietz, an outgoing MEP from the Green Party; Olivier Ubeda, the UMP party’s representative for European Affairs; and Stefan de Vries, a Dutch TV correspondent in Paris.

15/06/2009 - Politics

European election results

08/06/2009 - Politics

European elections campaign

Melissa Bell interviews three European elections candidates: Alain Richard from the French Socialist Party, Raquel Guarrido from the French Party of the Left, and Catherine Grèze from Europe Ecology Party, to discuss the European campaign.