No Grexit: Will rescue deepen woe for Greece? (part 2)

Angela Merkel’s first trip to Athens in five years may illustrate her commitment to keeping Greece in the eurozone, but at what price? François Picard’s panel argues over the best way to rescue a country whose economy has already contracted by more than 20%.

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Jean Paul BETBEZE. Chief Economist, Crédit Agricole;
Anne BAGAMERY. Senior Editor, International Herald Tribune;
Markus KARLSSON. Business Editor, France 24;
Costas LAPAVITSAS. Professor of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies. Author, "Crisis in the Eurozone" (from London).

Watch the first part here.

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

Presenter

François Picard

25/10/2010 - THE DEBATE

Wikileaks - Is truth dangerous ? part 1

Investigative journalism or site down? For some, Wikileaks.org is the future of investigative journalism and for others it is the site to be shut. On Friday, October 22, Wikileaks revealed 400,000 documents on the war in Iraq - "Iraq War Logs" - the "biggest leak of the story," headlined the press. So can we make a war in transparency? What are the risks associated with this information site?

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22/10/2010 - THE DEBATE

Ivory Coast: finally ready for elections? (Part 2)

Ivory Coast - coming out of seven years of civil war, with the ethnic divide still strong, and the country still cut in two by rebels – finds itself in the homestretch of a presidential election that would seal reconciliation in the once giant of Francophone West Africa. Or would it? The world's top cocoa producer is going to the polls before disarmament.

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22/10/2010 - THE DEBATE

Ivory Coast: finally ready for elections?

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21/10/2010 - THE DEBATE

Austerity: end of the nanny state? (Part 2)

Not only did the new Conservative government announce radical belt-tightening to shed 500 000 jobs, big cuts in the public sector, and a rise in the retirement age to 68, the British Finance Minister warned that citizens no longer want a public sector that answers to the aspirations and expectations of the 1950s. How far is the pendulum swinging?