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The Debate

FRANCE 24 English

A live debate on the topic of the day, with four guests. From Monday to Thursday at 7:10pm Paris time.

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00:43:33

Better inside or out? Venezuela's opposition...

The Debate ·

2024/09/10

After a stint at the Dutch embassy in Caracas, Venezuela’s opposition candidate for president Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia has chosen exile in Spain over arrest by his election rival, incumbent Nicolas Maduro. Did the 76-year old former diplomat do the right thing? How about the leader of the opposition coalition, Maria Corina Machado? The conservative – who was barred from running – insists she is staying put in Venezuela, all the while playing hide-and-seek with authorities who are also threatening

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00:42:33

The Trump effect: How much does populism drive policy?

The Debate ·

2024/09/09

As Europe waits on France to form a government, as the world waits on the US to pick a president, who drives the agenda?In the wake of the January 6th 2021 storming of the US Capitol, the rest of the world thought there is no way Americans would ever again elect Donald Trump. So why – despite all the initial excitement around Kamala Harris, despite charges that include trying to overturn an election – is he still ahead in the polls going into Tuesday’s night’s debate against the vice president?The

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00:44:17

Citizen Musk: Will Brazil's ban on X mark turning...

The Debate ·

2024/09/04

First the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, now the ban on Twitter in Brazil. After years of making outrage and tribalism their business model, are tech titans getting their comeuppance?We will ask about the almighty showdown between the billionaire owner of the social medium now known as X and the chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court who has extended the ban to VPN systems that try to flout the ruling. Alexander de Moraes just notched an important win, what with Musk’s Starlink satellite

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00:43:34

Telegram founder arrested in Paris amid content...

The Debate ·

2024/08/26

Could we be seeing a turning point for tech titans who reap huge profits for the "anything goes" content served up on their platforms? Free speech absolutists – including Elon Musk – are up in arms over the weekend arrest near Paris of the 39-year-old founder of Telegram. How strong is the case against the Russian-born Pavel Durov and his messaging app Telegram, which is popular among dissidents and pro-Putin milibloggers alike? Durov's detention comes as online hate speech and disinformation

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00:43:26

Old alliance? Biden dismisses doubts as NATO marks...

The Debate ·

2024/07/10

World leaders converging on Washington for a 75th anniversary Nato summit were sold a show of strength hosted by the Alliance’s driving force. But beyond the photo ops, there is a feeding frenzy. The White House swamped by questions over the fitness of a U.S. president who is older by six years than the defense and security pact that in those days bound together nations against the threat of Soviet expansion. Long before Monday’s bombing of a children’s hospital in Kyiv, NATO leaders already knew

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00:45:06

League of nationalists: How far can new Le Pen-Orban...

The Debate ·

2024/07/09

The optics are startling. Russia bombing a children’s hospital in Kyiv while the leader of the country that holds the rotating presidency of the European Council wrapped up a so-called peace tour that included stops in Moscow and Baku before Beijing. At no point during his Kremlin visit did Hungary’s Viktor Orban denounce Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine nor display an EU flag. Orban who waited until after the French elections to announce that his Fidesz party was joining forces with Marine Le

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00:44:56

Who to govern France? No clear majority as voters...

The Debate ·

2024/07/08

This time, the polls got it wrong. The French stared at the prospect of a far-right win and – despite the start of summer vacation – voted in their greatest numbers since 1981 to stop that populist surge. Instead, a left-wing alliance cobbled together three weeks ago after President Emmanuel Macron's shock dissolution of parliament now boasts the largest bloc. But it is far, very far from an outright majority. With Marine Le Pen's National Rally hitting another record high in seats and the prospect

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00:45:04

Democrats in panic mode? Biden rejects calls to quit...

The Debate ·

2024/07/02

A sitting president who goes for it without reading the room. We could be talking about Emmanuel Macron’s shock dissolution of parliament that this coming Sunday could now usher in France’s first far-right government since Nazi occupation, or we could be talking about a floundering Joe Biden who at eighty-one broke his campaign promise to only seek one term in office and who turned in a disastrously weak performance in last Thursday’s debate. Will Biden persist? What is preventing Donald Trump from

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00:44:36

At the gates of power: Can French left, centrists...

The Debate ·

2024/07/01

It turns out the polls did get it right. One in three French voters chose the far right in Sunday’s first round of snap legislative elections, putting Marine Le Pen's party on the brink of power with an unprecedented score for an extreme party that's never before won in France through the ballot box. With one short week before the run-off, we ask why and what it will take for rivals to coalesce. Politics indeed makes for strange bedfellows. With a 577-seat National Assembly, we ask just how hard it

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00:43:36

Iran's unexpected election: Can snap presidential...

The Debate ·

2024/06/25

When Iran's ageing supreme leader is urging citizens to get out and vote, you can only guess that what's really at stake is turnout. We ask if there's more than meets the eye to a heavily-vetted presidential contest precipitated by last month's death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. To stop Iran's sliding abstention rate, this time organisers allowed a candidate billed as a reformist to stand alongside five hardliners. They include regime heavyweights, each of whom – in the land that invented

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00:46:00

France's great divide: Can far right lure struggling...

The Debate ·

2024/06/24

In the blink of an eye, France is already into the final days of campaigning; a speed-dating exercise that has got the far right more than ever knocking on the doors of power. Polls suggest that Emmanuel Macron's surprise decision to dissolve parliament just two weeks ago has not sparked a rethink. On the contrary, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella continue to carry the momentum from their record tally at European elections earlier this month. In fact, a full one-quarter of French voters told an

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00:45:05

Twelve days to convince: What outcome to French snap...

The Debate ·

2024/06/17

To Americans who complain that their election campaigns drag on for far too long, welcome to France where it is indeed a sprint, not a marathon. Here, politicians have 12 short days to convince in snap legislative elections that could redraw France – and Europe's – political landscape. Hard to believe it's only been a week since a far-right surge in European elections sparked Emmanuel Macron's shock decision to dissolve parliament. With the country split in three between a hastily concluded

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00:43:49

Ukraine on borrowed time? Zelensky in Europe amid...

The Debate ·

2024/06/12

For Ukraine, let’s start with the good news. Long-range weapons from the West have finally arrived, more on the way, and the Russian offensive of the past month seems to be stalling. Now the not-so good news. As Volodymyr Zelenskiy lobbies a repair and reconstruction conference in Berlin, his country might be on borrowed time. We will ask about plans to sell state assets to pay for the war and Western backers looking over their shoulders after Sunday’s European elections. The far-right, whose leader

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00:44:46

Macron's gamble: Will snap elections stop the rise of...

The Debate ·

2024/06/10

First came the exit polls. Then, less than an hour later: a second shock. On the heels of the French far right’s record score in European elections, President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament and called surprise snap elections. Since losing his outright majority in parliament after his re-election as president in 2022, Macron had muddled through with a mixture of compromises and executive decrees. Now, suddenly, comes a lightning-fast three-week campaign before a June 30 first round of voting

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00:43:01

D-Day 80: What have we learned?

The Debate ·

2024/06/06

D-Day is being commemorated, this June 6th marks the 80th anniversary of what became known as The Longest Day.For the soldiers and for French civilians killed as part of the collateral damage of the liberation of their country, there is is a complex legacy of one of the most compelling stories of military history. This Debate will salute those who suffered, who made the ultimate sacrifice, who were tragic victims of the decisions taken in times of war. We will also examine why we are were we are

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00:45:13

Moscow's interference: How Russia is trying to...

The Debate ·

2024/06/05

Welcome to the France 24 Debate. Fake news, bogus websites, deep fake interviews augmented by AI... we have all, often without our knowledge, fallen foul of this kind of manipulation. And most of it is coming from Russia. Tonight, with our panel, we will explore the how, and why, behind this.And, hopefully, provide you with some ways to be more aware of what you are being exposed to, online, especially. Produced By Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Juliette Brown.

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00:45:47

How will India change after the election? Modi set...

The Debate ·

2024/06/04

After India's marathon elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is claiming victory with a historic third successive term. Modi has been criticised throughout the election campaign for abusing state press and broadcast media. There was also the case of the jailed opposition figures and the alleged suppression of the Muslim vote. When he was first elected in 2014, Modi's central mantra was "identity is nationality not religion". Modi enters a third term with his BJP firmly tethered to a political

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00:46:43

How far could the far right go? European elections...

The Debate ·

2024/06/03

What if the far right gets its act together? Europeans are picking a parliament this week, the first since the EU's significance went to the next level with Covid, the war in Ukraine as well as showdowns over Chinese dumping and US tech. Europe matters more than before, yet for the first time in a quarter-century, the status quo is at risk. Why? One woman is at the heart of it all: Giorgia Meloni. Italy's prime minister has proven to be a team player to mainstream partners at the EU level, while

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00:43:29

Only way to defend Kharkiv? France eases conditions...

The Debate ·

2024/05/29

What is Europe's next move, what with Ukraine's Kharkiv subjected to a daily pounding from the other side of a Russian border that's just 20 kilometres away? It's in the name of Kharkiv that French President Emmanuel Macron, on a state visit to Germany – with Chancellor Olaf Scholz nodding in agreement – said he would allow French missiles supplied to Ukraine to, as he put it, "neutralise" military targets on Russian soil. That comes on top of talk of French military advisers being sent to the front

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00:44:27

What if the ANC does not win? South Africa's most...

The Debate ·

2024/05/28

What if, this time, the ANC does not win? Since 1994, South Africa has known plenty of ups and downs. But no matter the criticism or defections, the party of Nelson Mandela could always bank, come election time, on a winning machine that has always secured an outright majority. What if it's not the case in Wednesday's vote? And why would that be? We ask about a sluggish economy, huge inequality, corruption and whether this time incumbent fatigue will finally catch up with the African National

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