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Today our panel of international journalists tries to surmise the motivations and strategy behind Donald Trump’s sudden firing of FBI director James Comey. We also look at the complex web of alliances that’s leading an offensive to retake the Islamic State’s capital, the high hopes that rest on French president-elect Emmanuel Macron, and the Cannes Film Festival where Netflix seems to be ruffling some feathers in the movie industry.
This week the France 24 Debate heads to Bonnelle, a village 45km from Paris that sits astride the two sides for France which seem to be going head to head in the 2017 Presidential Election. On one side, the France of the cities and urban areas who are fully integrated in the globalized economy. On the other the rural France that feels left behind and isolated. Sunday’s election between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron will determine which of these Frances makes their voice heard.
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Our panel of journalists look at anti-government demonstrations flaring up across Iran, the biggest since the 2009 post-electoral protests in Tehran. We look also at the first visit to Paris of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since the election of Emmanuel Macron; Trump threatening the Palestinians, Pakistan and North Korea; and France's Macron promising reporters a bill as early as next month to combat fake news.
What diplomatic battles will he pick in 2018? In his New Year's address to the diplomatic corps, France's President positioning himself once again as the anti-Trump by suggesting that dialogue is the way forward in Syria and Iran. As head of a Nato member with a permanent seat at the UN security council Emmanuel Macron also touting his April summit on terrorism financing and the one he'll attend next month in Senegal on financing education in the developing world.
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