Umberto Eco on charmer Berlusconi Can culture give sense to Europe? That is a question euronews put to Umberto Eco, the Italian intellectual, scholar and novelist. After addressing the…
Arab Spring and euro crisis spark debate at Forum Libération There has been plenty on the agenda at the Forum Libération at Lyon in France – everything from the Arab Spring, the euro crisis, social upheavals and…
« The Arab spring woke us up ! »Over the course of three days in Lyon, the Liberation Forum tried to open “new borders”. The euro crisis, unrest in the Arab world, technological changes…
Sandrine Chopin, “There is no humanitarian (NGO) interference – there is only political intereference”Sandrine Chopin has been working for Handicap International since 2008. Her job has taken her to Asia, Africa and the former Yugoslavia. Invited to the…
The Internet, Google and freedom of expressionWilliam Echikson is in charge of Google’s Free Expression Policy and PR in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. We asked for his thoughts on the prospects for…
The internet’s: facing the opportunities and the dangers aheadJean-Marc Tassetto is the director of Google, France. He spoke to us of the opportunities that those forging tomorrow’s internet will be trying to create, and…
Ganzeer: “I boycott the elections, they’re a sham”Ganzeer, 29 years old Egyptian artist politically engaged, shared a debate with Waldemar Fydrych, 58, the founder and leader of the Orange Alternative…
What kind of Europe should we be building?The mayors of Lyon and Leipzig led an interesting debate entitled ‘Should France imitate Germany?’ Gerard Collomb cited Leipzig’s economic turnaround after a…
“The Islamist party cannot rule without applying democracy”, Amira YahyaouiYoung Tunisian activist Amira Yahyaoui describes her mission as a “battle for democracy” and has a clear vision of what she wants Tunisian society to look…
