President Hollande: Mr. Austerity?

It's back to school time for French lawmakers, two weeks earlier than planned. President Hollande has decided to quicken the pace of reforms as the French grow impatient and unemployment continues to rise. There are lots of new bills to debate - first and foremost to boost employment, but also on housing and Europe.

POLITICS

By FRANCE 24

On the set:

Richard Yung, Senator, French Socialist Party;
Fabienne Keller, Senator, French UMP Party.

Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

08/06/2009 - Politics

European elections - voter apathy?

The European elections are now just around the corner and the latest polls suggest that apathy will be the key feature of this year’s poll. Indeed in France it is thought that more than half of the electorate will stay away.

26/05/2009 - Politics

European elections - will the citizens vote? (part 2)

Melissa Bell interviews Pervenche Bérès, French Socialist Party MEP; François Coustal, member of the New Anticapitalist Party; Marie Virapatirin, European election candidate (Modem); and Nicolas Perruchot, MP from the “Nouveau Centre” party.

26/05/2009 - Politics

European elections - will the citizens vote?

In just under three weeks nearly 400 million Europeans will be eligible to vote in elections for the European parliament. But the big question is: how many will bother to turn out?

18/05/2009 - Politics

Is France beyond reform? (part 2)

Melissa Bell interviews Jean-Jacques Zambrowski, professor of health economics, Bertrand Monthubert, French Socialist Party representative for research and education, and Stephan de Vries, RTL4 correspondent in Paris.