Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Paul Roussa Begina, an activist who saved 1,200 lives during Rwanda's genocide, was charged with terrorism this week.

How was it he was lured out of exile? What will happen to him now? Rwanda's leadership faces many hard questions.

And you'd think that the European single market would cause consumer prices to converge across the block.

You'd be wrong.

Our correspondent bravely charts the costs of NAPIS to reveal the shortcomings of Europe's allegedly level playing field.

But first... Yesterday in Paris, French Prime Minister Jean Castex unveiled the country's coronavirus recovery plan, just as daily new infections neared an all-time high.

The stimulus was the first to be announced by a big economy

since the European Union agreed a €750 billion recovery fund in July.

The plan is focused primarily on boosting companies

and is due to run over two years.

But it does little to directly support consumer demand, a traditional engine of French growth.

Between the first and the second quarter of this year,

France's economy suffered its worst fall since the Second World War, shrinking by nearly 14%. The plan also includes reviving a post-war institution to ready the country for a post-COVID era.

With the 2022 presidential race already in mind, the economic recovery will be central to President Emmanuel Macron's re-election hopes.

Yesterday, France launched its response to the shock and the economic recession caused by COVID-19.

Sophie Petter is our Paris Bureau Chief.

What it did was announce an economic stimulus plan worth 100 billion euros,

which is one of the biggest in Europe so far, as well as a

commissioner whose job is to oversee more of the long-term planning of thinking about preparing

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