This special edition of the show is dedicated to the French presidential elections. We begin by speaking to voters about which issues will motivate their decision this Sunday. Next, we head beyond our borders, and explore what Socialist candidate François Hollande and incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy have in store for France's European future. Finally, we take a look at the two women who are in the running to be first lady.
Both Nicolas Sarkozy and union leaders are being criticised for undermining the supposedly strict political neutrality of May Day - but isn't it always highly political anyway?
In today's pick of the world papers - the Occupy movement tries to bring May Day protests to the US, and we look at whether Joseph Kony is really involved in the conflict in Sudan.
Nicolas Sarkozy is set to pit himself against France's powerful unions with rival demonstrations on May Day - a move calculated to stir the ire of the left.
Today's papers focus on Nicolas Sarkozy's handling of the economy - this as his attacks on the unions have infuriated them. We also look at where Mélenchon and Le Pen's voters might turn in the election's second round.
Unions rallied in cities across Europe Wednesday on the eve of a key EU summit on tackling debt. Claiming austerity measures do not work, the unions seek a tax on financial transactions, a crackdown on tax evasion and a pooling of debt.
As Greece scrambles to meet the conditions for a second bailout from its international lenders, and as the eurozone strives to contain the damage from the Greek debt crisis, Melissa Bell asks Michel Aglietta, Scientific Advisor to Groupama Asset Management, if the euro has a future.
It was the fifth and now probably the last time the French unions were invited by President Nicolas Sarkozy to a so-called "crisis summit", instead of a social summit. The result was some small decisions and some big disagreements, against the backdrop of presidential elections less than 100 days away.
Nicolas Sarkozy and the main French unions met this week for a so-called "crisis summit" aimed at finding new ways to boost employment. But was it for real or just for show? Also on the show, whatever happened to the great green hope? The environmental party was supposed to be on the cusp of becoming a major force in French politics, but its presidential candidate is vanishing from view fast.
