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By making it more reliant on tax money, which can be easily cut, and less able to guarantee its funding and to carry out independent journalism. so, you know, macron may be doing this as a vote winner, but actually, whenever politicians say we need to replace the licence fee with something else, we need to be very wary about what their intentions actually are. chris curtis from broadcast, if i bring you back in, i saw that broadcast was reporting this afternoon that one of the big french tv boss...

And theres an equivalent issue in the french elections, actually, because president macron has said he would do away with their equivalent of the licence fee. just tell us a bit more about that, because thats obviously very interesting and topicalfor us here, too. well, this is something that macron has said, and hes not alone in saying this. all across europe, politicians are playing with this idea because the licence fee is seen as an unfairtax by a lot of people. and actually, nowadays its un...

To other other places. it was going to other places. that was widely seen as an attack on the independence of the broadcaster, actually, by making it more reliant on tax money, which can be easily cut, and less able to guarantee its funding and to carry out independent journalism. so, you know, macron may be doing this as a vote winner, but actually, whenever politicians say we need to replace the licence fee with something else, we need to be very wary about what their intentions actually are. ...

Dominic, just to bring you back in because you froze. unfortunately, at a crucial moment when you were talking about notjust france, finland and sweden, but also, you know, the anglophone bias of ourjournalism. i think its partly because of the way foreign journalism has grown up over the years, and it was never intended to be for a global audience. but also, i think that if you spend any time working as a foreign correspondent for the us or the british media, you get constantly told again and a...

Issue in the french elections, actually, because president macron has said he would do away with their equivalent of the licence fee. just tell us a bit more about that, because thats obviously very interesting and topicalfor us here, too. well, this is something that macron has said, and hes not alone in saying this. all across europe, politicians are playing with this idea because the licence fee is seen as an unfairtax by a lot of people. and actually, nowadays its unenforceable. the republic...

With europes highest cases, a parliament debate about vaccine passes for restaurants and trains was suspended after an interview by president macron that prompted howls of outrage. he told le parisien newspaper he wanted to bar the unvaccinated from social activities, using the slang word, emmerder, aiming to kiss them off. its deepened frances already fractious discussion. the governments plans to bring in the law by mid january thrown into doubt. translation: a president - of the republic cann...

Have to go through such extreme lockdown is, potentially. mann; lockdown is, potentially. many eo - le lockdown is, potentially. many people will _ lockdown is, potentially. many people will echo _ lockdown is, potentially. many people will echo those - lockdown is, potentially. many people will echo those sentiments, no. sean tipton from abta, thank you very much your time. across europe, governments are struggling to contain the rising number of cases of the omicron variant. in france, preside...

Invade, but, you know, weve just heard from a number of u.s. officials there whose assessment is contrary to that. so this is very important. it does seem as if president macron has been able to make -- lets not call it headway, but lets call it consistent conversation with president putin. the kremlin describes him according to macrons office as a quality interlocutor. theyve had three phone calls over the past week. one was quite lengthy, a couple of hours, perhaps longer than putin has had, p...

By two ballistic missiles. russias invasion is not going to plan, and ukrainian forces are emboldened. orla guerin, bbc news, on the northern outskirts of kyiv. no city in ukraine has suffered more than mariupol in the south, which has been virtually destroyed by russian bombardment. yet the people of the city have held out despite a lack of food, water and electricity. on friday, president macron has said france, greece and turkey are hoping to convince russia to help people to leave the city. ...

I dont know that adictator who is killing people by the minute will see it as somebody he can sit down with trust, b, get anything done with. >> we shouldnt trust president putin. >> harris: you want to deal with him. frances president said -- >> you need to be able to negotiate. >> absolutely. >> harris: macron has said he wouldnt put it the way biden did because he macron is talking with putin. our pentagon says putin wont take our phone calls. >> he has been rallying nato and the western worl...