Europe grappling with inequality

Demonstration of "yellow vests" in Nantes. AFP / Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS

By: Frédérique Lebel

Do we live in an increasingly unequal Europe where the gap between rich and poor continues to widen? The rise of populism and far-right parties, protest movements like the "yellow vests" in France challenge us.

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However, there are many surprises in this European panorama, where France appears fairly preserved, while the United Kingdom and Germany have accentuated the social divide.
Another surprise from new players. Like the Czech Republic which has more and more ultra rich people who intend to count well in the world. At the head of media empires or even of government. Report in Prague by Lexis Rosenzweig .

Ferraris, record sales
And the super rich do not only travel by private jet, they also love Ferraris. The nose-up car maker based in Maranello in the north of the peninsula has never looked better. Record sales last year (2019). Explanations from our correspondent in Italy, Olivier Bonnel.

Five euros an hour As
we have said, it is in the United Kingdom that the gaps widened most. Among the poorest workers today are car washers. A job that we thought was gone, but which returns in the worst way possible with rates of 5 euros an hour, poorly or not declared. In London, Marie Billon .

Precariousness in the Balkans
And just like in the United Kingdom, the Balkans cannot compensate for or balance the differences in income between their citizens. Serbia and Bulgaria are particularly affected, as Simon Rico explains to us .

Under the microscope of economists
And the analysis of inequalities is now scrutinized, analyzed as closely as possible by economists. At the forefront of which is the French Thomas Piketty. Daniel Vigneron from myeurop.info has compiled all of these new statistical data for us.

Colmar, the European
And we will end this broadcast on a postcard. It is called the little Alsatian Venice, in the east of France, the city of Colmar has become a little celebrity in China thanks to a reality TV show. It has also just been voted the best tourist destination in Europe. With what repercussions… Robin Dussenne went to see on the spot…

(Replay of February 27, 2020)

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