Billion-dollar bailout schemes and major bankruptcies have sent taxpayers and traders reeling with shock as global banking systems teeters on the brink of collapse. Is this the end of global capitalism as we know it?
In this edition: French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux faces calls to resign after remarks caught on camera; a spate of suicides in the ranks of France's biggest telecom operator; and French households told to pay to save the environment.
Melissa Bell interviews a panel of journalists: Philip Turle (RFI), Stefan De Vries (RTL4), Alberto Romagnoli (RAI TV) and Fernando Navarro (Europa 451).
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced plans for a new carbon tax aimed at combating global warming. The tax on consumption of oil, gas and coal will apply to households and businesses as of 2010.
How much should the French pay to help reduce global warming? The question is at the centre of a heated debate in France as President Nicolas Sarkozy unveils his plan to introduce a carbon tax.
Mark Owen interviews four journalists: José-Manuel Lamarque (France Inter), Patrick Jarreau (rue89.com), Christian Makarian (l'Express) and Stefan Braendle (Frankfurter Rundschau).
A flat tax on fuel consumption is at the centre of France’s first political debate after the government’s return from summer recess. Prime Minister François Fillon is defending the fiscal measure, which promises to be a divisive issue.
