public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you today from london. on the program, ukraine s counter offensive has officially begun. what do the early signs reveal and what exactly is at stake in? i ll ask an all of had star panel. also, the electric vehicle revolution. europe and china are far ahead of america. can the u.s. catch up? i ll talk to bill ford the executive chair of the ford motor company. finally, the supreme court. it s supposed to be the final check, the ultimate safeguard to preserve america s bedrock values, but is it now itself a danger to democracy? a new book says just that. but first, here s my take. if you were surprised by saudi arabia s de facto takeover of professional golf, get ready for many more such announcements in the months and years to come. the rise of the gulf and particularly saudi arabia is already reshaping the middle east, but it will also have powerful consequence
counter offensive has officially begun. what do the early signs reveal? and what exactly is at stake? i ll ask an all-star family. also, the electric vehicle revolution. europe and china are far ahead of america. can the u.s. catch up? i ll talk to bill ford, the executive chair of the ford motor company. finally the supreme court. it is supposed to be the final check, the ultimate safeguard to preserve america s bedrock values. but it is now itself a danger to democracy. a new book said just that. but first, here is my take. if you are surprised by saudi arabia s defactor takeover of professional golf, get ready for many more such announcements in the months and years to come. the rise of the golf and particularly saudi arabia is already reshaping the middle east. but it will also have powerful consequences across the world. a quick quiz. what was the world s fastest growing large economy last year? if you guessed india or china, you re wrong. the answer is of course s
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we begin in france, where unions will be staging strike action today against the government s pension reform plans. the government is aiming to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. today marks the sixth day of strikes and protests since mid january, and unions say it will be the biggest yet with workers across a range of sectors expected to mobilise. teachers, gas and electricity workers, train drivers, and industrial workers are all expected to join. part of the french government plan is also to raise the minimum pension to 1,200 euro a month, which is over 550 euro higher than the current minimum figure. but unions want more due to rising inflation. let s go live to paris now and talk to tomasz michalski associate professor of economics at the hec business school in paris. we spoke about these injanuary but they are still continuing into march. but they are still continuing into march. , , . , , into march. the public support is there for into march. the public