2021 began with the world gripped by events in washington, dc. donald trump had lost his bid for re election, but he didn t slip away quietly. he claimed without foundation that the election had been stolen. 0njanuary 6, a trump supporting crowd fired up by a defiant trump speech invaded the us capitol. was trump guilty of inciting an assault on us democracy? democrats sought his impeachment for a second time, but one of the president s former legal advisers himself a democrat said they were wrong. if president trump had made the same speech and no one had marched to the capitol, would it then be a crime? of course not. and the fact that people marched to the capitol is irrelevant in judging whether or not the speech itself is protected by the constitution. we should not be compromising free speech in the interests of ending a term four or five days earlier. it will stick with us forever and ever. this will be a horrible precedent, and mostly it will be used against t
of sexual assault is out for another payday as they ask a new york court to dismiss the case. and new york prepares for a severe impact to its emergency services after a deadline to force first responders to get vaccinated passes. we set hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. division and doubts are looming as leaders of the 6 20 group of nations gather in rome for a summit focusing on twin challenges covid and climate change. it will be the biggest face to face meeting of world leaders since the pandemic began. meanwhile, the french president, emmanuel macron, has raised tensions in the dispute over post brexit fishing rights, saying the issue tests britain s reputation and credibility on the international stage. mark lowen joins us from rome. hello to you. hello, sean, it is a beautiful sunny hello to you. hello, sean, it is a beautiful sunny autumn - hello to you. hello, sean, it is a beautiful sunny autumn day - hello to you. hello, sean
welcome to hardtalk from paris, i m stephen sackur. france is recovering from the massive economic shock of the covid pandemic, but now it s exposed to the political uncertainty that comes with a looming presidential election. emmanuel macron hasn t officially declared that he will be a candidate, but there s little doubt he is running again. my guest today is one of his most important backers, economy and finance minister bruno le maire. now, he has big ambitions to make france the greenest, the most dynamic economy in europe. that is a handy election slogan, but is it credible? minister bruno le maire, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. minister, you came to this economy and finance ministry with big plans for structural reform. has the covid crisis destroyed those ambitions? i would say that it has destroyed no ambition. we will stick to the path of reforms. we have started the mandate of emmanuel macron with key reforms for the french economy, especially the reforms on taxat
he is running again. my guest today is one of his most important backers, economy and finance minister bruno le maire. now, he has big ambitions to make france the greenest, the most dynamic economy in europe. that is a handy election slogan, but is it credible? minister bruno le maire, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. minister, you came to this economy and finance ministry with big plans for structural reform. has the covid crisis destroyed those ambitions? i would say that it has destroyed no ambition. we will stick to the path of reforms. we have started the mandate of emmanuel macron with key reforms for the french economy, especially the reforms on taxation. we have reduced the level of taxation for french smes, for french people, by 50 billion euros. we have introduced reforms for the simplification of the life of the smes. then came this huge crisis, and i think this is the most important crisis since 1929 that we ve lived in europe, in the western world, in china, in i
utilities. these were the people who kept the show on the road during the pandemic and the award? continued low pay and job insecurity. the reward. clustered in low paid jobs will be the first generation to have more lifetime earnings than the one that went before. after a decade of the conservatives, we have an economy with historically rates of investment. since 2010, in the investment. since 2010, in the investment league, of 170 nations, britain comes in a miserable 150th. labour will work with sectors which are strong. pharmaceuticals, materials, defence, chemical engineering, consumer goods, environmental technology, transport and biotechnology. under labour s by and biotechnology. under labour s by and make and sell in britain programme, there will be local procurement. the towns that were the crucibles of the original industrial revolution needed to be revived next. the core and cut in the towns of lancashire, the towns of yorkshire. the great maritime and fishing