Inside Europe: Problems and promises in France's banlieues
Politics
Lisa Bryant
May 18, 2018
France's President Emmanuel Macron is expected to outline next week his plans for overhauling the country's infamous underprivileged and often lawless suburbs known as banlieues. Can he succeed where other French leaders have failed? Lisa Bryant takes a look at what’s at stake from the town of Grigny — which crystallises the difficulties and the promise of France's suburbs.