Terrorism: a homegrown threat?

Is there a mounting home-grown terrorist threat in France? This is the question rankling officials after the police gunned down a Frenchman suspected of throwing a grenade into a Jewish grocery store several weeks ago. A dozen alleged accomplices have since been arrested and bomb components discovered in a search by police, alongside a list of Jewish institutions that could be targets.

POLITICS

By FRANCE 24

On the set:

Jean-Charles Brisard, Expert on Terrorism
Amel Boubekeur, Expert on Political Islam
Mathieu Guidère, Expert on Islamist Movements

Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

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European election results (part 2)

Melissa Bell discusses the results of the European elections with Alain Lipietz, an outgoing MEP from the Green Party; Olivier Ubeda, the UMP party’s representative for European Affairs; and Stefan de Vries, a Dutch TV correspondent in Paris.

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European election results

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