Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Revivez en images la troisième journée de la visite de Charles III en France
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Entre le Royaume-Uni et la France, l’exigence d’une nouvelle Entente cordiale
LE MONDE – ÉDITORIAL : La visite de Charles III confirme la volonté du premier ministre britannique, Rishi Sunak, de renouer avec l’UE et la France. Pourtant, il faudra plus qu’un dîner pour surmonter des années de dérive anti-européenne de Londres et d’incompréhension réciproque.
Bien sûr, ce ne sont que des images, des gestes, des mots, souvent des poncifs. Il faut prendre les visites des souverains d’Angleterre en France pour ce qu’elles sont : des mises en scène à haute teneur symbolique destinées à célébrer les liens, des manifestations de prestige jugées profitables de part et d’autre, des jalons aussi dans la longue et tumultueuses histoire franco-britannique. » | Éditorial « du Monde » | jeudi 21 septembre 2023
Discours de Charles III au Sénat : le roi du Royaume-Uni propose une nouvelle « entente cordiale » pour agir pour le climat : Au deuxième jour de sa visite d’Etat en France, jeudi, le souverain a tenu un discours historique devant les parlementaires français, où il a longuement loué « la relation indispensable entre le Royaume-Uni et la France ». »
Bien sûr, ce ne sont que des images, des gestes, des mots, souvent des poncifs. Il faut prendre les visites des souverains d’Angleterre en France pour ce qu’elles sont : des mises en scène à haute teneur symbolique destinées à célébrer les liens, des manifestations de prestige jugées profitables de part et d’autre, des jalons aussi dans la longue et tumultueuses histoire franco-britannique. » | Éditorial « du Monde » | jeudi 21 septembre 2023
Discours de Charles III au Sénat : le roi du Royaume-Uni propose une nouvelle « entente cordiale » pour agir pour le climat : Au deuxième jour de sa visite d’Etat en France, jeudi, le souverain a tenu un discours historique devant les parlementaires français, où il a longuement loué « la relation indispensable entre le Royaume-Uni et la France ». »
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Stars Join King Charles at Versailles Banquet during French State Visit
THE GUARDIAN: Trip designed in part as show of friendship to reset UK-French relationship after Brexit years
Queen Camilla and King Charles with Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron at the Palace of Versailles on Wednesday evening. Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images
King Charles was welcomed at a lavish state banquet at the Palace of Versailles on Wednesday night, at the start of a state visit to reinforce the renewed UK-France relationship after the near total collapse in trust during the Boris Johnson years after Brexit.
In Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors, the famed 17th-century gallery built by the Sun King Louis XIV to project the power and majesty of the French monarchy, King Charles told the French president, Emmanuel Macron: “Your generosity of spirit brings to mind how my family and I were so greatly moved by the tributes paid in France to my mother, the late Queen … You said that she had touched your hearts – and it was she who held France in the greatest affection.”
He added: “I would like, if you would allow me, to raise a toast to President and Madame Macron and to the French people, as well as to our entente cordiale – a sustainable alliance. Whatever lies ahead, may it endure, faithful and constant, for centuries to come.” He was accompanied by Queen Camilla, who wore a blue silk crepe dress and matching cape by Dior, with diamonds inherited from the late Queen. » | Angelique Chrisafis in Versailles | Wednesday, September 20, 2023
King Charles was welcomed at a lavish state banquet at the Palace of Versailles on Wednesday night, at the start of a state visit to reinforce the renewed UK-France relationship after the near total collapse in trust during the Boris Johnson years after Brexit.
In Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors, the famed 17th-century gallery built by the Sun King Louis XIV to project the power and majesty of the French monarchy, King Charles told the French president, Emmanuel Macron: “Your generosity of spirit brings to mind how my family and I were so greatly moved by the tributes paid in France to my mother, the late Queen … You said that she had touched your hearts – and it was she who held France in the greatest affection.”
He added: “I would like, if you would allow me, to raise a toast to President and Madame Macron and to the French people, as well as to our entente cordiale – a sustainable alliance. Whatever lies ahead, may it endure, faithful and constant, for centuries to come.” He was accompanied by Queen Camilla, who wore a blue silk crepe dress and matching cape by Dior, with diamonds inherited from the late Queen. » | Angelique Chrisafis in Versailles | Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Charles III et la France, les secrets d'une relation privilégiée
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King Charles III Set to Begin Postponed State Visit to France • FRANCE 24 English
Friday, September 15, 2023
Niger : Emmanuel Macron affirme que l’ambassadeur de France est « pris en otage » à l’intérieur de l’ambassade
LE MONDE : « On empêche de livrer la nourriture. Il mange avec des rations militaires », a déploré le président de la République, pointant la responsabilité des militaires qui ont pris le pouvoir le 26 juillet.
Des soutiens de la junte militaire qui a pris le pouvoir au Niger manifestent en brandissant un drapeau disant « A bas la France », non loin de la base française de Niamey, le 10 septembre 2023. (Photo by AFP) - / AFP
Le président français hausse le ton. Emmanuel Macron a déclaré vendredi 15 septembre que l’ambassadeur de France au Niger était pris en « otage » par les militaires au pouvoir et ne se nourrissait plus que de « rations militaires ». » | Le Monde avec AFP | vendredi 15 septembre 2023
Le président français hausse le ton. Emmanuel Macron a déclaré vendredi 15 septembre que l’ambassadeur de France au Niger était pris en « otage » par les militaires au pouvoir et ne se nourrissait plus que de « rations militaires ». » | Le Monde avec AFP | vendredi 15 septembre 2023
Muslim Students’ Robes Are Latest Fault Line for French Identity
THE NEW YORK TIMES: When the French education minister declared that the abayas favored by some Muslim women “can no longer be worn in schools,” he stoked a fierce debate over the country’s secular ideals.
A person in northern France wearing an abaya, which Gabriel Attal, the French education minister, declared in late August “can no longer be worn in schools.” | Denis Charlet/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
The mass French return to work, known as the “rentrée,” is often marked by renewed social conflict. This year has been no exception as the summer lull has given way to yet another battle over a recurrent national obsession: How Muslim women should dress.
Late last month, with France still in vacation mode, Gabriel Attal, 34, the newly appointed education minister and a favorite of President Emmanuel Macron, declared that “the abaya can no longer be worn in schools.”
His abrupt order, which applies to public middle and high schools, banished the loosefitting full-length robe worn by some Muslim students and ignited another storm over French identity.
The government believes the role of education is to dissolve ethnic or religious identity in a shared commitment to the rights and responsibilities of French citizenship and so, as Mr. Attal put it, “you should not be able to distinguish or identify the students’ religion by looking at them.” » | Roger Cohen, Reporting from Paris | Friday, September 15, 2023
Isn’t life strange? At the very time that Iranian women are fighting to be able to throw of the encumbrance of the abaya, young French students are fighting for their right to wear it!
In Iran, many young Iranian women have lost eyes and all sorts fighting for their right to be free. Young French Muslims don’t know how lucky they are that the French government is looking after their rights and interests.
How much longer must the long-suffering French authorities—and people—put up with this nonsense? These young girls are troublemakers; they are pushing their weight around; they are trying it on. This is politics; it is not religion. These young students are being perverse and unreasonable. Don’t they know, don’t they understand, that they go to school to be educated, not to make political statements?
One of the hallmarks of French society is laïcité, as these young women know only too well. Laïcité is there to ensure that all can live together in peace and harmony. The nearest word to laïcité in English is secularism, but there is a difference. Secularism stresses individual freedom of religion; but French laïcité stresses collective freedom from religion and religious institutions. Laïcité was born out of the desire to free French society from the shackles and domination of the Roman Catholic Church. This also explains why the French are sensitive about re-introducing religious symbolism back into everyday French life.
How lucky young French Muslim students are! They should therefore start appreciating the freedoms that the French government affords them; and they should look over their shoulders at their Iranian sisters in Islam, who are so oppressed by the Iranian government. If they did this, they would be able to start to appreciate the freedoms afforded them by the French government and society. – © Mark Alexander
If you would like to read more about French laïcité and US secularism, please click here.
The mass French return to work, known as the “rentrée,” is often marked by renewed social conflict. This year has been no exception as the summer lull has given way to yet another battle over a recurrent national obsession: How Muslim women should dress.
Late last month, with France still in vacation mode, Gabriel Attal, 34, the newly appointed education minister and a favorite of President Emmanuel Macron, declared that “the abaya can no longer be worn in schools.”
His abrupt order, which applies to public middle and high schools, banished the loosefitting full-length robe worn by some Muslim students and ignited another storm over French identity.
The government believes the role of education is to dissolve ethnic or religious identity in a shared commitment to the rights and responsibilities of French citizenship and so, as Mr. Attal put it, “you should not be able to distinguish or identify the students’ religion by looking at them.” » | Roger Cohen, Reporting from Paris | Friday, September 15, 2023
Isn’t life strange? At the very time that Iranian women are fighting to be able to throw of the encumbrance of the abaya, young French students are fighting for their right to wear it!
In Iran, many young Iranian women have lost eyes and all sorts fighting for their right to be free. Young French Muslims don’t know how lucky they are that the French government is looking after their rights and interests.
How much longer must the long-suffering French authorities—and people—put up with this nonsense? These young girls are troublemakers; they are pushing their weight around; they are trying it on. This is politics; it is not religion. These young students are being perverse and unreasonable. Don’t they know, don’t they understand, that they go to school to be educated, not to make political statements?
One of the hallmarks of French society is laïcité, as these young women know only too well. Laïcité is there to ensure that all can live together in peace and harmony. The nearest word to laïcité in English is secularism, but there is a difference. Secularism stresses individual freedom of religion; but French laïcité stresses collective freedom from religion and religious institutions. Laïcité was born out of the desire to free French society from the shackles and domination of the Roman Catholic Church. This also explains why the French are sensitive about re-introducing religious symbolism back into everyday French life.
How lucky young French Muslim students are! They should therefore start appreciating the freedoms that the French government affords them; and they should look over their shoulders at their Iranian sisters in Islam, who are so oppressed by the Iranian government. If they did this, they would be able to start to appreciate the freedoms afforded them by the French government and society. – © Mark Alexander
If you would like to read more about French laïcité and US secularism, please click here.
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
King of Morocco, Mohammed VI Refuses Earthquake Aid from the US & France | 10 News First
Wednesday, September 06, 2023
Les Français sont de plus en plus à renoncer à certains besoins de base
Tuesday, September 05, 2023
French Schools Send Home Girls Wearing Banned Abaya Robe - BBC News
Sep 5, 2023 | A number of schoolgirls in France have been sent home, after arriving wearing the abaya – a long Muslim robe which was banned from schools in the country last week.
According to official figures, 298 girls - mainly aged 15 or more - turned up at school in the banned garment, and while most agreed to change and were allowed to attend classes, 67 girls refused to comply and were sent home.
It comes after the education minister announced that pupils would be banned from wearing the loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women in France's state-run schools, as part of the nation’s strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws.
According to official figures, 298 girls - mainly aged 15 or more - turned up at school in the banned garment, and while most agreed to change and were allowed to attend classes, 67 girls refused to comply and were sent home.
It comes after the education minister announced that pupils would be banned from wearing the loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women in France's state-run schools, as part of the nation’s strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws.
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Coup d’État au Niger : les putschistes ordonnent l'expulsion de l'ambassadeur de France
LE FIGARO : Le régime militaire indique que la décision d'expulsion est «irrévocable» et précise que l'immunité diplomatique a été retirée à l'ambassadeur Sylvain Itté.
Les militaires au pouvoir au Niger ont annoncé avoir «instruit les services de police» afin de procéder à «l'expulsion» de l'ambassadeur de France à Niamey, dans un courrier adressé à Paris consulté jeudi 31 août par l'AFP, après l'expiration d'un ultimatum au diplomate français pour quitter le pays. Selon cette lettre du ministère des Affaires étrangères datée de mardi, l'ambassadeur Sylvain Itté «ne jouit plus de privilèges et immunités attachés à son statut de membre du personnel diplomatique de l'ambassade de France». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | jeudi 31 août 2023
Les militaires au pouvoir au Niger ont annoncé avoir «instruit les services de police» afin de procéder à «l'expulsion» de l'ambassadeur de France à Niamey, dans un courrier adressé à Paris consulté jeudi 31 août par l'AFP, après l'expiration d'un ultimatum au diplomate français pour quitter le pays. Selon cette lettre du ministère des Affaires étrangères datée de mardi, l'ambassadeur Sylvain Itté «ne jouit plus de privilèges et immunités attachés à son statut de membre du personnel diplomatique de l'ambassade de France». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | jeudi 31 août 2023
Monday, August 28, 2023
France to Ban Muslim Students* Wearing Abayas in State Schools - BBC News
Aug 28, 2023 | Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas - loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women - in France's state-run schools, the education minister has said.
The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September.
France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws. Wearing a headscarf has been banned since 2004 in state-run schools.
Verwandter Artikel auf Deutsch.
Schoolchildren are more usually and more correctly referred to as pupils rather than students. Is, perhaps, the word 'students' being used here by the BBC to obfuscate the issue?
In regard to the banning of abayas and hijabs, the French are right to ban these modes of dress for schoolchildren. In a good, well-functioning establishment dedicated to the education of children, difference should be minimised. This goes for children of different religious- as well as children of different socio-economic backgrounds. Children need to be well-socialised. Well-socialised children grow up to be well-socialised in the community, too. Fostering difference, by contrast, leads to disharmony and even strife in society.
Regarding the wearing of hijabs, abayas and other types of headscarves, headcoverings and body coverings, even for the strictest and most devout of Muslim families, they are totally unnecessary before puberty. One should always ask oneself WHY headcoverings and other such garments become mandatory for Muslim women. (Please note that I use here the word 'women' not 'girls'. A clear distinction should, and must, be made here.) It is because of hair and the figure having the potential to arouse and excite the senses. For this reason, it is customary in Islamic societies to insist on long, loose clothing and full head coverings in order to hide the potential cause of sexual arousal. In actual fact, the very word hijab means curtain! Therefore, the wearing of a hijab is tantamount to hiding one’s adornment, beautiful hair behind a curtain, as is the wearing of long, loose abayas. A pre-pubescent girl is not, and should not be, troubled by such matters, exactly because they are pre-pubescent. Therefore, in conclusion, anyone who insists on the wearing of a hijab or abaya in a school environment is quite possibly making a political, rather than a religious, statement. Even in Saudi Arabia, the home of Islam, when I was there, it was not customary to dress young girls up in such clothing. Children should be allowed to be children. It belongs to a healthy development in childhood. – © Mark Alexander
The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September.
France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws. Wearing a headscarf has been banned since 2004 in state-run schools.
Verwandter Artikel auf Deutsch.
Schoolchildren are more usually and more correctly referred to as pupils rather than students. Is, perhaps, the word 'students' being used here by the BBC to obfuscate the issue?
In regard to the banning of abayas and hijabs, the French are right to ban these modes of dress for schoolchildren. In a good, well-functioning establishment dedicated to the education of children, difference should be minimised. This goes for children of different religious- as well as children of different socio-economic backgrounds. Children need to be well-socialised. Well-socialised children grow up to be well-socialised in the community, too. Fostering difference, by contrast, leads to disharmony and even strife in society.
Regarding the wearing of hijabs, abayas and other types of headscarves, headcoverings and body coverings, even for the strictest and most devout of Muslim families, they are totally unnecessary before puberty. One should always ask oneself WHY headcoverings and other such garments become mandatory for Muslim women. (Please note that I use here the word 'women' not 'girls'. A clear distinction should, and must, be made here.) It is because of hair and the figure having the potential to arouse and excite the senses. For this reason, it is customary in Islamic societies to insist on long, loose clothing and full head coverings in order to hide the potential cause of sexual arousal. In actual fact, the very word hijab means curtain! Therefore, the wearing of a hijab is tantamount to hiding one’s adornment, beautiful hair behind a curtain, as is the wearing of long, loose abayas. A pre-pubescent girl is not, and should not be, troubled by such matters, exactly because they are pre-pubescent. Therefore, in conclusion, anyone who insists on the wearing of a hijab or abaya in a school environment is quite possibly making a political, rather than a religious, statement. Even in Saudi Arabia, the home of Islam, when I was there, it was not customary to dress young girls up in such clothing. Children should be allowed to be children. It belongs to a healthy development in childhood. – © Mark Alexander
A Former French President Gives a Voice to Obstinate Russian Sympathies
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Remarks by Nicolas Sarkozy have raised fears that Europe’s pro-Putin chorus may grow louder as Ukraine’s plodding counteroffensive puts pressure on Western resolve.
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France arriving for a meeting on the Russian attack of Ukraine in Paris in February 2022. | Ludovic Marin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
PARIS — Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, was once known as “Sarko the American” for his love of free markets, freewheeling debate and Elvis. Of late, however, he has appeared more like “Sarko the Russian,” even as President Vladimir V. Putin’s ruthlessness appears more evident than ever.
In interviews coinciding with the publication of a memoir, Mr. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, said that reversing Russia’s annexation of Crimea was “illusory,” ruled out Ukraine joining the European Union or NATO because it must remain “neutral,” and insisted that Russia and France “need each other.”
“People tell me Vladimir Putin isn’t the same man that I met. I don’t find that convincing. I’ve had tens of conversations with him. He is not irrational,” he told Le Figaro. “European interests aren’t aligned with American interests this time,” he added.
His statements, to the newspaper as well as the TF1 television network, were unusual for a former president in that they are profoundly at odds with official French policy. They provoked outrage from the Ukrainian ambassador to France and condemnation from several French politicians, including President Emmanuel Macron. » | Roger Cohen | Sunday, August 27, 2023
PARIS — Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, was once known as “Sarko the American” for his love of free markets, freewheeling debate and Elvis. Of late, however, he has appeared more like “Sarko the Russian,” even as President Vladimir V. Putin’s ruthlessness appears more evident than ever.
In interviews coinciding with the publication of a memoir, Mr. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, said that reversing Russia’s annexation of Crimea was “illusory,” ruled out Ukraine joining the European Union or NATO because it must remain “neutral,” and insisted that Russia and France “need each other.”
“People tell me Vladimir Putin isn’t the same man that I met. I don’t find that convincing. I’ve had tens of conversations with him. He is not irrational,” he told Le Figaro. “European interests aren’t aligned with American interests this time,” he added.
His statements, to the newspaper as well as the TF1 television network, were unusual for a former president in that they are profoundly at odds with official French policy. They provoked outrage from the Ukrainian ambassador to France and condemnation from several French politicians, including President Emmanuel Macron. » | Roger Cohen | Sunday, August 27, 2023
France's Position in Niger Precarious as Deadline to Leave Passes | DW News
Aug 28, 2023 | France's position in Niger has become even more precarious, with the passing of a deadline for the French ambassador to leave. Niger's military leaders had given the French envoy until Sunday to leave. But Paris has refused to withdraw its personnel, saying it doesn't recognize the junta's authority.
Demonstrators gathered outside the French military base in Niger's capital Niamey on Sunday, calling for the soldiers to leave. Some were waving Russian flags. Niger is a former colony of France, which still has some 1,500 troops based there. It's now been more than a month since Niger's military overthrew the democratically elected president.
Crise diplomatique au Niger, «risque d'affaiblissement» de l'Europe... Ce qu’a dit Macron aux ambassadeurs français : Le président de la République a exposé aux ambassadeurs français réunis à Paris ses priorités pour la politique étrangère de la France dans un contexte international difficile. »
Demonstrators gathered outside the French military base in Niger's capital Niamey on Sunday, calling for the soldiers to leave. Some were waving Russian flags. Niger is a former colony of France, which still has some 1,500 troops based there. It's now been more than a month since Niger's military overthrew the democratically elected president.
Crise diplomatique au Niger, «risque d'affaiblissement» de l'Europe... Ce qu’a dit Macron aux ambassadeurs français : Le président de la République a exposé aux ambassadeurs français réunis à Paris ses priorités pour la politique étrangère de la France dans un contexte international difficile. »
Sunday, August 27, 2023
France Refuses Junta's Demand to Pull Ambassador Out of Niger | DW News
Aug 27, 2023 | In Niger, a deadline is looming for the French ambassador to leave the country. The military junta has demanded the envoy leave by today. France has refused, saying it doesn't recognize the military-installed government.
Tens of thousands of people have rallied in the capital Niamey in support of the coup leaders. It's now one month since the democratically elected president was deposed. The junta has defied crippling international sanctions, and a threat by regional body ECOWAS to forcefully intervene.
Tens of thousands of people have rallied in the capital Niamey in support of the coup leaders. It's now one month since the democratically elected president was deposed. The junta has defied crippling international sanctions, and a threat by regional body ECOWAS to forcefully intervene.
Saturday, August 26, 2023
Junta Orders French Ambassador to Leave the Country within 48 Hours
Aug 26, 2023 | It has been one month since the military detained President Mohamed Bazoum and overthrew the democratically elected government.
The coup leaders have defied growing international pressure to release him and return the country to civilian rule.
Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris joins us live from Niamey with the latest developments.
Marie-Roger Biloa is the President of Africa International Media Group. She joins us live on Skype from the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde.
The coup leaders have defied growing international pressure to release him and return the country to civilian rule.
Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris joins us live from Niamey with the latest developments.
Marie-Roger Biloa is the President of Africa International Media Group. She joins us live on Skype from the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde.
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Canicule en France : des températures record attendues jeudi, 19 départements en vigilance rouge et alerte aux orages dans plusieurs autres
LE MONDE : Des températures comprises entre 39 et 42 °C sont prévues dans les départements sur une diagonale allant du Gers jusqu’à l’Ain. Un épisode caniculaire qualifié par Météo-France d’« intense » et de « durable », voire d’« exceptionnel » dans certaines localités.
Des températures inédites sont encore attendues pour jeudi en France, où la chaleur s’intensifie, selon Météo-France. Dix-neuf départements sont maintenus en vigilance rouge canicule sur une diagonale allant du Gers à l’Ain.
Beaucoup de températures seront comprises entre 39 et 42 °C sur les départements placés en vigilance rouge. Les températures dépasseront les niveaux les plus hauts jamais enregistrés à Narbonne et à Carcassonne, où 42 °C sont attendus, et à Toulouse-Blagnac, où il fera 41 °C. A Moulés-et-Baucels, dans l’Hérault, il fera 43 °C. Cet épisode de chaleur est qualifié par Météo-France d’« intense » et de « durable », voire d’« exceptionnel » dans certaines localités. » | Le Monde avec AFP | mercredi 23 août 2023
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Des températures inédites sont encore attendues pour jeudi en France, où la chaleur s’intensifie, selon Météo-France. Dix-neuf départements sont maintenus en vigilance rouge canicule sur une diagonale allant du Gers à l’Ain.
Beaucoup de températures seront comprises entre 39 et 42 °C sur les départements placés en vigilance rouge. Les températures dépasseront les niveaux les plus hauts jamais enregistrés à Narbonne et à Carcassonne, où 42 °C sont attendus, et à Toulouse-Blagnac, où il fera 41 °C. A Moulés-et-Baucels, dans l’Hérault, il fera 43 °C. Cet épisode de chaleur est qualifié par Météo-France d’« intense » et de « durable », voire d’« exceptionnel » dans certaines localités. » | Le Monde avec AFP | mercredi 23 août 2023
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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
French Resort Renames Airport after Queen Elizabeth II
THE TELEGRAPH: Le Touquet pays homage to late Queen who, as a girl, used to visit seaside town with her uncle for horseback riding [horse riding] and sand yachting
Le Touquet made the proposal to change the name of its airport just six days after Elizabeth II died | CREDIT: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP
The French seaside town of Le Touquet, described as “the most British of French resorts”, will rename its airport after Elizabeth II.
On Monday, Daniel Fasquelle, Le Touquet mayor, announced that the town had received the royal blessing of King Charles to rename the local airport the Elizabeth II Le Touquet-Paris-Plage International Airport after his mother, and called the agreement a historic turning point for the town.
“This is a tribute to a great queen and her uncle who had a fondness for France, as well as a recognition of the ‘most British of French resorts’”, read a statement posted by the town hall. » | Vivian Song | Tuesday, August 22, 2023
The golden age of Le Touquet – and why the late Queen adored it: Take a trip back in time to the heyday of this most British of French resorts, which has named its airport in honour of Queen Elizabeth II »
The French seaside town of Le Touquet, described as “the most British of French resorts”, will rename its airport after Elizabeth II.
On Monday, Daniel Fasquelle, Le Touquet mayor, announced that the town had received the royal blessing of King Charles to rename the local airport the Elizabeth II Le Touquet-Paris-Plage International Airport after his mother, and called the agreement a historic turning point for the town.
“This is a tribute to a great queen and her uncle who had a fondness for France, as well as a recognition of the ‘most British of French resorts’”, read a statement posted by the town hall. » | Vivian Song | Tuesday, August 22, 2023
The golden age of Le Touquet – and why the late Queen adored it: Take a trip back in time to the heyday of this most British of French resorts, which has named its airport in honour of Queen Elizabeth II »
Monday, August 21, 2023
Canicule en France : quatre départements seront en vigilance rouge mardi
LE MONDE : Le niveau maximal de vigilance vise les départements du Rhône, de la Drôme, de l’Ardèche et de la Haute-Loire. Par ailleurs, 49 départements seront en vigilance orange, et 13 en vigilance jaune.
Météo-France a placé lundi 21 août quatre départements en alerte rouge à la canicule, le plus haut niveau, à partir de mardi midi, alors que des températures avoisinant 40 °C sont attendues dans le Sud-Ouest, le Midi et la vallée du Rhône notamment. » | Le Monde avec AFP | lundi 21 août 2023
Météo-France a placé lundi 21 août quatre départements en alerte rouge à la canicule, le plus haut niveau, à partir de mardi midi, alors que des températures avoisinant 40 °C sont attendues dans le Sud-Ouest, le Midi et la vallée du Rhône notamment. » | Le Monde avec AFP | lundi 21 août 2023
Monday, August 07, 2023
‘We Fight On’: Fears for France’s Sunday Paper over Editor with Far-right Ties
THE OBSERVER: Bitter strike at Journal du Dimanche ends with staff exodus – and arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune, a supporter of leading xenophobe Eric Zemmour
France’s only standalone Sunday newspaper Journal du Dimanche. Photograph: Blondet Eliot/ABACA/Shutterstock
More than half the journalists at France’s only standalone Sunday newspaper have resigned after failing to prevent the arrival of an editor with far-right ties in a bitter dispute that has fanned fears of a further US-style polarisation of the country’s media.
“We didn’t win,” said Antoine Malo, a roving foreign correspondent at the Journal du Dimanche (JDD) and member of its editorial association. “We didn’t stop him, and now there’s a mass exodus. But the bigger fight will go on – from outside.”
The mainstream paper’s 100-odd journalists ended a 40-day strike – the longest media strike in France since the 1970s – on Tuesday after Geoffroy Lejeune, previously editor of the far-right weekly Valeurs Actuelles, took up his post as editor-in-chief.
The 34-year-old is a leading supporter of the xenophobic polemicist Eric Zemmour, who ran for the French presidency in 2022, promotes the racist “great replacement” theory, and has been investigated 16 times – and convicted on three occasions – for hate speech.
Lejeune is also a close friend of Marion Maréchal, the niece of far-right leader Marine Le Pen and another Zemmour ally. Under his editorship, Valeurs Actuelles was fined for racist insults after depicting the black MP Danièle Obono as a slave in chains. » | Jon Henley | Sunday, August 6, 2023
More than half the journalists at France’s only standalone Sunday newspaper have resigned after failing to prevent the arrival of an editor with far-right ties in a bitter dispute that has fanned fears of a further US-style polarisation of the country’s media.
“We didn’t win,” said Antoine Malo, a roving foreign correspondent at the Journal du Dimanche (JDD) and member of its editorial association. “We didn’t stop him, and now there’s a mass exodus. But the bigger fight will go on – from outside.”
The mainstream paper’s 100-odd journalists ended a 40-day strike – the longest media strike in France since the 1970s – on Tuesday after Geoffroy Lejeune, previously editor of the far-right weekly Valeurs Actuelles, took up his post as editor-in-chief.
The 34-year-old is a leading supporter of the xenophobic polemicist Eric Zemmour, who ran for the French presidency in 2022, promotes the racist “great replacement” theory, and has been investigated 16 times – and convicted on three occasions – for hate speech.
Lejeune is also a close friend of Marion Maréchal, the niece of far-right leader Marine Le Pen and another Zemmour ally. Under his editorship, Valeurs Actuelles was fined for racist insults after depicting the black MP Danièle Obono as a slave in chains. » | Jon Henley | Sunday, August 6, 2023
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