François Hauter
Figaro's editor and senior reporter François Hauter has worked as a correspondent in Africa, China, and the United States, and covered wars in Lebannon, Chad, Cambodia and Afghanistan. He was awarded the Albert Londres prize in 1986 and is the author of a number of books, including a novel set in contemporary China, Rouge glacé.
Updated: 11 February 2010
While Europe's 27 member states meet in Brussels to attempt to save the Greek economy, workers have taken to the streets of Athens to protest against a package of austerity measures announced by the government. But in a country where tax fraud is rampant, people will have to accept painful changes if the state is to remain viable.