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Greece and France

Mark Lowen asks if Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party is now discredited, and Joanna Robertson on the French "gouter", mid-afternoon sweet pastries to tide you over till dinner.

Is Greece's Golden Dawn turning into murky dusk? Mark Lowen has been following the rise of the far-right, anti-immigrant party, whose popularity soared in the climate of austerity, hardship, and uncertainty, after the financial crash. But now that lurid details of the secretive organisation have been emerging - such as price lists for services like breaking an arm and leg, or setting a car alight - even some of those who voted from the party now think it's no better than a criminal group.
And: why French sweet pastries are good for you. At least that's what Parisians tell Joanna Robertson. The "gouter", a mid-afternoon sweet snack to tide you over till dinner, is supposed to stop you snacking. Why else would children and sophisticated adults alike indulge in cakes with whipped up pralines and cream centres, a light dusting of sugar, or ones running with gooey chocolate?

Producer: Arlene Gregorius
Presenter: Pascale Harter
PHOTO CREDIT: Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP/GettyImages

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Tue 8 Oct 2013 18:50GMT

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