Lets get a flavour of some of the sparks that flew tonight. This is one exchange betweenJeremy Corbyn and amber rudd, discussing the need for social care. We are a party who a lwa ys for social care. We are a party who always supports those in most need. And the welfare bill for helping people on disabilities has gone up £7 billion in the last three years. We will always provide that safety net. Amber, you try to remove safety nets from people on disabilities and turned around on that. You are not credible. I know there is no extra payments you do not want to add, no tax you do not want to rise but the fa ct tax you do not want to rise but the fact is that we have to concentrate oui fact is that we have to concentrate our resources on the people who need it most and we have to stop thinking, as you do, that there is a Magic Money Tree. You have to be accountable. Just one of the highlights from the debate this evening. I highlights from the debate this evening. Lam pleased highlights
expenditures austerity. austerity parties that were very hard on the population. so, we see increasing inequality in a region that traditionally had very high levels of inequality. the backlash in liberalism and imf program called structural adjustment at the time which imf said, we will write down your debt, forgive your debt, write down your debt if you dot following, which is balance budgets, cut social services, et cetera. is that your understanding of this sort of reaction in liberalism and what happened in the couldnntinent in the last decade? i think that set of prescriptions, some of them have been implemented successfully in latin america but they forgot about the social equity question, which is a crucial component. that was picked up in latin america. the emphasis on social agenda is something that s characterized the last decade. you can t understand the last decade. it actually started in 2003, the tremendous growth in latin america. this has been a very, very go
in the last two years, 13 governments in the european union have either collapsed or been voted out of power. today, french president nicolas sarkozy is caught in a runoff with francois hollande that cast him his job. under sarkozy, france s unemployment climbing to 10%, while economic growth ground to a halt. also today, greece, a national election taking place in a society crushed by debt. greek unemployment now at 21%. up from just 9% before bailouts and austerity brought protesters to the streets. and as no other network can, we brought together cnn s best from around the world. veteran business correspondent john defterios from abu dhabi, he ll break down what you need to know. jim bittermann is live from paris at the headquarters of now defeated french president nicolas sarkozy. he just conceded to socialist francois hollande. matthew chance is in athens at the center of an election that also took place today, greek voters deciding whether they are willing to accept tou