Eurozone crisis: Not so Super Mario?

Not so super Mario: the head of the European central bank fails to reassure investors worried about the eurozone crisis. Stocks fall and borrowing costs for Spain and Italy rise. This was clearly not the big bazooka markets were waiting for. Laura Baines and her panel discuss what it will take to restore confidence.

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Thierry PHILIPPONAT, Secretary-General, Finance Watch;
Dany LANG, Economist and Member of "Appalled economists";
Yanis VAROUFAKIS, Professor of Economics Athens University;
Raphael DOUADY, Co-Founder and Research Director Riskdata, research director CNRS and member of Club Praxis Think tank;
Matthew WARREN, France 24 Business Editor.
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Programme prepared and produced by Wassim Nasr, Sara Bertilsson

Presenter

François Picard

02/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Is Saudi Arabia in trouble?

Should we be worried about Saudi Arabia? With dissent at the doorstep of the world’s largest oil producer, the Kingdom may be rich but it still has the same problems as its neighbours – high inflation and high youth unemployment coupled with demands for more freedom. Will it be reform or revolution inside the home to Islam’s holiest sites? Uncertainty is already weighing worldwide on prices at the pump.

01/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Libya: What should the West do? (part 2)

Western leaders ponder the military option in ousting Muammer Gaddafi but François Picard's panel is divided with some saying let the Lybians finish the job themselves.

01/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Libya: What should the West do?

Western leaders ponder the military option in ousting Muammer Gaddafi but François Picard's panel is divided with some saying let the Lybians finish the job themselves.

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25/02/2011 - THE DEBATE

Portrait of a tyrant: who is the real Gaddafi?

In power for over 40 years, Libya’s Muammar Gadhafi is the Arab world’s longest serving leader. He was once dubbed the mad dog of the middle east by US President Ronald Reagan and this week he lived up to his nickname by promising to annihilate his opponents in a ranting hour long speech. Just how far is Gadhafi prepared to go in order to hold on to power?