France's finance minister says the country has turned the corner from recession to growth. In this edition of the programme we take an in depth look at one of the most important economies in the Eurozone. Also North Korea announces it's developed its own smartphone. And the bidding war over Steinway pianos.

BBC World Business Report: Is France turning a corner? 13-Aug-2013 17:30 BST

France is famous for living la vie en rose - living well. It isn't just the country's great cuisine and enviable climate, France also has a very generous welfare state. Justin Rowlatt and his guests, Yannick Naud who is a portfolio manager at the asset manager Glendevon King, Professor Brigitte Granville of the University of London, and Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform in London, discuss whether this model is sustainable. It's the first round of the French presidential election this weekend and the biggest issue is ... l'economie, stupide.

BBC Word Service : France, are the good times over?

Interview sur French Radio London le soir du dimanche 22 avril

Following M. Noyer’s comments, can London remains the financial centre for the €uro ? 

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