The French and the rich (part 2)

When the richest man in France applies for Belgian citizenship, the France 24 Debate gets caught in a crossfire between those blasting LVMH boss Bernard Arnault, and those pointing the finger at the new Socialist government's plan to tax the rich.

DEBATE

A. Craig Copetas, Correspondent-at-large, Quartz/The Atlantic Group;
Pierre Haski, Journalist and co-founder, Rue89.com;
Agnès Michel, Economist, Terra Nova;
Jan Randolph, Director of sovereign risk analysis, IHS Global Insight.
Watch part one

Programme prepared and produced by Christopher Davies, Mary Colombel and David Boratav

Presenter

François Picard

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Germany envy

The just rewards of a virtuous model and a talented generation, or is an unprecedented all-German UEFA Champions League final the future of a Europe where new "financial fair play" rules suit the Bundesliga better than its rivals? François Picard’s panel looks at Germany’s winning football model.

01/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

May Day! Hollande's policies split French left (part 2)

Voters on the left rue the French government's first loosening of the labor law in decades. François Picard's panel wonders if under the guise of the Socialist label, a quiet revolution might be afoot in the French workplace?

01/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

May Day! Hollande's policies split French left

Voters on the left rue the French government's first loosening of labour law in decades. François Picard's panel wonders if under the guise of the Socialist label, a quiet revolution might be afoot in the French workplace.

30/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Karzai's CIA cash (part 2)

Bags of cash delivered monthly to the Afghan National Security Council offered a quick-fix solution in a nation steeped in a tradition of patronage, but François Picard's panel worries that CIA payments may ultimately undermine US efforts to pull out of a stable Afghanistan.