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World Service,20 Mar 2018,26 mins

French Police Hold Ex-President Sarkozy

World Business Report

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It's alleged that former French President Sarkozy received campaign funding from Libya. He's being questioned by police over the matter, and Tomasz Michalski, professor of international economics at HEC International Business School in Paris tells us what is known about the investigation. Also in the programme, with Facebook under growing pressure following revelations of a possible data breach around the US election, Rik Ferguson, vice-president of security research at Trend Micro tells us what can be done to regulate the collection of personal data by social media companies. The BBC's business editor Simon Jack explains how businesses in the UK are preparing for Brexit. Amid concern about dwindling bee populations, we have a report exploring what can be done to protect Europe's bees. Plus as France's President Emmanuel Macron announces plans to promote the French language, we ask French journalist Marie Le Conte whether he's likely to be successful. (Picture: Nicolas Sarkozy. Picture credit: AFP.)

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