The Debate

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June 13, 2022 Macron's majority in doubt: Can a united left derail French centrists' lock on power?
After choosing between the familiar faces on offer in April's presidential vote, the French legislative election campaign that followed seemed to many like a seven-week snoozefest. That was until Sunday night. Now, with the first round's ballots counted, Emmanuel Macron has just one week to convince voters to return a centrist majority to parliament for his second term as president. We break down the odds for next week's run-offs.
45 min
June 09, 2022 French legislative elections: Can Macron hold on to his majority?
In France, the parliamentary elections are almost seen as a simple procedure that confirms the president's hold on power with a majority in parliament. Indeed, the polls take place just a few weeks after the presidential election. But will this year be different? Emmanuel Macron secured his second term as president fairly comfortably, with over 58 percent of the vote in the second round. But this may have been less of an endorsement and more of a resigned move to block the far right.
45 min
June 08, 2022 Food held hostage: How to free up Black Sea route for global supplies?
Talk about competing narratives. Russia's foreign minister is in Turkey's capital, where his hosts talked up the prospect of a UN-brokered plan to free up the Black Sea and the food supplies blocked by the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin wants the waters de-mined and the West to lift "sanctions" on food supplies that are critical to the developing world.
45 min
June 07, 2022 Confronting colonial past: What's at stake in Belgian king's visit to DR Congo?
Imperialism is a word on a lot of lips these days. Ukrainians use it to denounce an invasion that they say recalls the days of Czarist Russia, while Vladimir Putin uses it to rally support against the US and its allies. In the spotlight over the next week is one of the darkest examples of imperialism as the King of Belgium kicks off a tour of DR Congo.
46 min
June 06, 2022 Beginning of the end? Booed Boris Johnson faces leadership challenge
From Friday's boos at St. Paul's Cathedral for his entrance to the Queen's jubilee thanksgiving service, to a Monday morning leadership challenge at Westminster, the Conservative revolt against the prime minister has suddenly gone into overdrive. With two big by-elections coming up, why set the wheels in motion now?
46 min
June 02, 2022 The longest reign: What next for the British monarchy?
Do monarchies still matter? Britons have four days to celebrate 70 years of the country's longest reign. It's a very different United Kingdom from the one where Queen Elizabeth II first saw the light of day in 1926. What is the Platinum Jubilee all about in post-Brexit Britain?
46 min
June 01, 2022 Blame game: What went wrong at the Stade de France?
First it was a stadium fiasco, then a blame game. Now will political football lead to sackings? French senators are questioning Emmanuel Macron's interior minister after the tear-gassing of Liverpool fans shut out of last Saturday's Champions League final, as well as the claim that up to 40,000 English supporters showed up with forged tickets or no tickets.
45 min
May 31, 2022 Do sanctions work? EU bets on oil embargo while Moscow blocks grain exports
It took one month of haggling for the European Union to agree on a Russian oil embargo that offers an exemption for holdout Hungary. How big or how small a caveat? After all, the EU is reducing dependency on Russian oil by 90 percent. In the long run, it's a further incentive to accelerate the continent's move away from fossil fuels.
46 min
May 30, 2022 What is Europe's next move? EU weighs up sixth round of sanctions against Russia
The EU is weighing up more sanctions against Russia. In Brussels, a special summit has been examining a sixth round of sanctions against Moscow since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24. Is this the moment an oil embargo comes into play?
43 min
May 27, 2022 Davos Debate 2022: A new era of industrial development?
Two years of crises have changed almost everything we thought we knew about business and politics, including how they intersect. Supply chains have been turned upside down, while national economic interests have clashed with global partnerships. So is now the time for bigger and bolder spending, cooperation and innovation? Is this the beginning of a new area of industrial development? At the World Economic Forum in Davos, FRANCE 24's Business Editor Kate Moody puts these questions to a panel of prestigious guests.
43 min

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