Marc Roche (born 5 April 1951 [1] in Brussels [2] ) is a Belgian [3] journalist who has been the London correspondent for the French national newspaper Le Monde since 1997. [1]
Before Roche became the Le Monde London correspondent, he had had the same role at the French magazine Le Point , [1] since 1985. [4] He also writes for the Belgian Le Soir and the Swiss La Tribune de Genève , [1] and is a regular contributor to several British newspapers, such as The Independent [4] and The Guardian . [5] He is also a regular panelist on BBC News's weekly foreign correspondent discussion programme Dateline London .
He specialises in writing about financial institutions and the British monarchy.
Marc Roche describes himself as a "liberal who doubts, disappointed by capitalism". Through his experience as a financial reporter for Le Monde he views himself as a connoisseur of Wall Street and the City. Since the 2008 financial crisis he has published three critical books on capitalism's downward slides.
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