Fifteen months after Hosni Mubarak's fall, the second act of Egypt's revolution is underway. Millions of Egyptians are choosing a president in the first free elections in the country's 5,000-year history. Douglas Herbert and his panel discuss whether the newly elected president will have a chance of healing divisions while tackling poverty and fighting violent crime.
Fifteen months after Hosni Mubarak's fall, the second act of Egypt's revolution is underway. Millions of Egyptians are choosing a president in the first free elections in the country's 5,000-year history. Douglas Herbert and his panel discuss whether the newly elected president will have a chance of healing divisions while tackling poverty and fighting violent crime.
Egyptians go to the polls in the country's first truly contested presidential election on Wednesday. With an array of candidates to choose from, voters will decide who's the best man to lead them through the last phase of the country's troubled democratic transition that began with Egypt's revolution in January last year. Cairo correspondents Kathryn Stapley and Sonia Dridi talked to some of the activists whose protests in Tahrir Square changed the course of Egypt's history.
French voters turned out in high numbers on Sunday in a presidential run-off that pits the favourite, Socialist challenger François Hollande, against incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. More than 30% of the electorate had voted by noon.
A crisis-weary Europe is keenly waiting to see who will be France's next president as Socialist favourite François Hollande challenges incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in a run-off vote.
The polls look bad and some of his former allies and ministers are abandoning ship. But Nicolas Sarkozy is still convinced he can be re-elected and beat the odds of other European leaders who have been swept away by the economic crisis. What are his chances?
Far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon (pictured) battles the far-right for the working-class vote. Meanwhile, Socialist hopeful François Hollande has rolled out his manifesto, but does it prove he's got the stature to be the next president? And with jobless numbers rising, we meet a woman who works at a French job centre.
When is a candidate not a candidate...and when should he pay for his campaign costs? Nicolas Sarkozy is under fire. Meanwhile, right and left cross swords over voting rights for non-EU foreigners, but are they both playing to the gallery? And we find out that life's not easy for entrepreneurs going solo, despite changes to the labour market.
Egyptians surprise even themselves by turning out in record numbers to vote. François Picard’s panel argues over whether the long electoral process will pressure the military into handing over power, or seal their place at the top.
Egyptians surprise even themselves by turning out in record numbers to vote. François Picard’s panel argues over whether the long electoral process will pressure the military into handing over power, or seal their place at the top.
