So much for French Socialism? France faces budget squeeze

France's new leaders may have trouble saying the word "austerity", but no sooner are they in office than they face a larger-than-expected deficit and smaller-than-expected growth. Socialism "à la française" finds itself put to the test of Europe’s sovereign debt crisis.

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Richard YUNG, Senator, French Socialist Party;
Jonas HADDAD, National Delegate for Youth, UMP party;
Mark DEEN, Jounalist, Bloomberg News.

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

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François Picard

10/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

France - Return of the Far Right

As French far-right leader Marine Le Pen rides high in the polls, one of the leaders of her National Front party tells François Picard that his party does not hate immigrants. Le Pen is nonetheless planning a trip to the Italian island where asylum seekers fleeing North Africa have been landing.

08/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Women in the Arab Revolution (Part 2)

Don't steal our revolution. With guests from Egypt, Tunisia, and Bahrain, François Picard’s panel on International Women’s Day highlights the cause of gender equality before it falls on the backburner.

08/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Women in the Arab Revolution

08/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Oil spikes, food fears (part two)

It's not just oil. The world is now gobbling up grains faster than we can grow them. Will inflation and hot commodity prices kill the recovery and undermine pro-democracy efforts in places like Egypt and Tunisia? François Picard’s panel argues over how to feed an overcrowded planet that's trying to sustain a recovery.