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Political commentator Agnes Poirier contemplates the view from France.

Five prominent thinkers from five EU countries offer personal reflections on the idea of Europe at this critical moment in its history. 

Today political commentator and author Agnès Poirier contemplates the view from France. 

Producers: Justine Willett and Emma Harding

Agnès C. Poirier is a political commentator and film critic for the British, American, Canadian, French and Italian press, and a regular contributor to the BBC, Sky News, and Al Jazeera. She is the author of Les Nouveaux Anglais (2005), Touché, A French woman's take on the English (2006), Le Modèle anglais, une illusion française (2007), Les Pintades à Londres (2008). She is currently writing her next book, a study on post-war French intellectuals.

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Five prominent thinkers from five EU countries offer personal reflections on Europe

Five prominent thinkers from five EU countries offer personal reflections on the idea of Europe at this critical moment in its history

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