Grenoble killings

The French interior calls it a massacre. The same working-class suburb of Grenoble that saw riots in 2010 is reeling from the brutal stabbing and bludgeoning death of two 21-year olds by a mob. After the law-and-order days of Nicolas Sarkozy, what is the answer of the ruling Socialists to violence and alienation in the French "banlieues"?

DEBATE

Laura SLIMANI. National Secretary for Europe, Socialist Party youth movement;
Charles GIVADINOVITCH. National Secretary, UMP Party;
Tony KENNEYBREW. Attorney, member of the Paris Bar;
Salima BELHADJ. Producer, France 24;

Produced by François Picard, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel, Christopher Davis.

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François Picard

03/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Tunisia: Now Comes the Hard Part

The strongman’s gone, his former ministers are now gone too. Still the rowing continues over what next. François Picard’s all-Tunisian panel downplays the risk of a coup if it all drags on too long but does admit that speed is of the essence in establishing a roadmap for democracy.

02/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Is Saudi Arabia in trouble? (part 2)

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.