France split over gay marriage (part 2)

Same-sex marriage is already a hot button issue. Add to the mix whether it's OK to discuss homosexuality in Catholic schools, and swords are drawn between France’s ruling Socialists and the Church.

DEBATE

By Anelise Borges

Jean DUCHESNE. Special advisor to the Archbishop of Paris;
Judith HAMERY. American Section teacher, Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye;
Judith SILBERFELD. Editor-in-Chief, YAGG Magazine;
Anne-Elisabeth MOUTET. Columnist, The Sunday Telegraph.

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

Watch the first part here.

Presenter

François Picard

01/02/2011 - THE DEBATE

Egypt on edge

Hosni Mubarak remains in charge but if Tuesday's million man march lives up to its billing, the France 24 Debate wonders if he can still hang on. If not, who to fill his shoes? Answers range from the secular opposition to Islamists and the army.

31/01/2011 - THE DEBATE

Egypt on edge: calls for change, but a transition to what? (part 2)

Despite Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak reshuffling his cabinet and appointing his first ever vice-president, there's no let-up in the protests calling for him to go. François Picard's panel debates what the role of the army could be in a transition process, and who of the civilian and Islamist opposition is best placed to take the reins of the Arab world's most populous nation.

31/01/2011 - THE DEBATE

Egypt on edge: calls for change, but a transition to what?

28/01/2011 - THE DEBATE

Davos: have they learned anything? (Part 2)

Do they get it in Davos? Bankers are back, parties are back but with a jobless recovery in the West and rising staple item prices already sparking social unrest in the Arab World, François Picard’s panel argues over the right path for the world’s high and mighty.