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13/05/2017 GMT

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Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a debate in Paris following a dramatic presidential election.

Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a debate in Paris following an election that will define the future direction of France and the EU.

BBC World Questions comes to Paris following a dramatic presidential election. 

Support for the traditional parties of the left and right melted away and French voters were left with the stark choice between the politics of the Front National  and the new centrist movement En Marche -  led by 39-year-old former Socialist minister Emmanuel Macron.  They chose Macron. But can he solve France’s many pressing economic and social problems – unemployment, the terror threat and cultural divisions? 

Jonathan Dimbleby and a panel of leading politicians and thinkers debate questions raised by a large lively audience at Radio France in Paris.  The panel includes: Sylvie Goulard  MEP and En Marche member, Olivier Tonneau, parliamentary candidate for Jean Luc Melenchon’s  France Insoumise party, Front National councillor Aymeric Merlaud and journalist Pascale Tournier. 


BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Photo: Emmanuel Macron Celebrates His Presidential Election Victory At The Louvre Photo credit: David Ramos/Getty Images)

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