Professor Yates on Bloomberg TV About French Primaries |
| Thursday, 20 October 2011 |
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Professor Yates commented on the significance of this nomination for France and for the rest of the world. He talked about this first-time "American-style" primaries as a "deepening of France's democracy" and remarked on Fran莽ois Hollande as a candidate who, if elected, would be likely to continue the construction of the EU and the Eurozone. |
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![]() Sir Christopher MacRae United Kingdom
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On October 17th, Professor Douglas Yates was interviewed on Bloomberg TV about the nomination of Socialist candidate Fran莽ois Hollande to challenge President and probable candidate Nicolas Sarkozy in the May 2012 French presidential elections.

I aim to help my students prepare for life beyond "the groves of academe" - especially how to ask the right questions to work out what is really going on out there. Along the way, they practice writing lucidly and succinctly. It is stimulating teaching such a lively crew. I hope they also find it fun being challenged to analyse the facts without prejudice and to think originally