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Brussels, ma belle[1]
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Recently, Jean Quatremer non-deliberately provoked a controversy on the last week. The French daily “Liberation” newspaper correspondent in Belgium and the European Union wrote on his blog an article on Brussels, the city he has lived for...
“Le pouvoir” (or the Elysée told by Hollande)
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Let’s talk about cinema (in relation with politics, of course) Recently, I went and watched “Le Pouvoir” (Power), a Patrick Rotman documentary focused on the first seven months of François Hollande’s five-year-mandate,...
François Fillon’s audacious and hazardous strategy
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“I will be candidate for the 2017 presidential election, whatever happens”. That François Fillon said during an official visit in Japan on the last Thursday, putting forward his future political ambitions more. The former MP of Sar...
Keep calm and carry on, monsieur le Président!
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On 1939, British authorities, to ensure population just after the beginning of WWII, created a propaganda poster, “Keep calm and carry on”. This very famous motto might be perfectly used for François Hollande, vis-à-vis the...
Claude Bartolone, next François Hollande’s PM?
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For the moment, this is a rumour the concerned person smoothly denied some days ago, reminding he felt comfortable at the Hôtel de Lassay, the French National Assembly Speaker residence. Nonetheless, Claude Bartolone, former Lionel Jospin&rsquo...
France, EU and energy development challenge
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France: dunce country in the framework of energy development and fight against climate change? This is the provocative issue the participants to a conference organized by European Commission and L’Express, a French weekly, the 30th of April, ab...
French Socialist Party’s German phobia temptation?
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A text was enough to create polemic and cacophony again. In the framework of their future conference about Europe and looking forward the 2014 European elections, the French Socialist Party adopted a resolution which firmly criticizes Angela Merkel a...
And it’s time for equality!
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“Equality! Equality!” the French MPs of the majority screamed just after the solemn vote on the same-sex marriage. On the last Tuesday, the French Parliament largely adopted the law. France becomes the 14th country in the world to open ma...
Hollande – Jospin, same destiny?
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Surfing on the Le Monde website, I begun to read the following article. Philippe Bas, former secretary general of the French Republic Presidency, former minister and current UMP senator, deals with the François Hollande’s current strateg...
Miss Maggie
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I’ve just heard the death of Margaret Thatcher, Tories leader from 1975 to 1990 and UK Prime minister from 1979 to 1990, first political woman being at this position. To be honest, I’ve to confess I feel nothing special even if my thought...
A cabinet reshuffle: for what?
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Cahuzac Scandal is still making waves and important damages in France. Thus, Radio-Television Suisse (RTS) broadcaster revealed former Budget minister would have attempted to transfer not 600,000 euro but 15 million in a Geneva bank, a scoop immediat...
“Europe is talking”, College of Europe’s blog
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College of Europe is now on the blogosphere. Indeed, this institution of excellence I’m graduated has just launched its blog named “Europe is talking” a bilingual platform (French and English) made by the CoE Bruges and Natolin comm...
Jérôme Cahuzac’s confessions
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Coup de theatre regarding the Cahuzac affair! French former minister for Budget finally admitted he had an offshore account in Switzerland during a judicial hearing. Judge Van Ruymbeke, inquiring on the case, immediately put him under investigation p...
45 minutes to convince French citizens? François Hollande TV interview, on this Thursday.
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François Hollande, French President, is the France 2 TV News Channel special guest on this Thursday. This is the occasion for the French leader to explain his economic and social strategy at the moment more and more French people seem to be mo...
Melenchon’s hateful and fanatic drifting?
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On the last week-end, the Parti de Gauche (PG, Left Party, one of the Front de gauche movement component), led by Martine Billard and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, held its third congress in Bordeaux (South-east of France). A congress in which the main...
Political manoeuvre?
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On the last Thursday, Nicolas Sarkozy was under investigation procedure in the framework of the Bettencourt Affair, accused for enjoying the Oréal’s heir weakness. Just after this announcement, the UMP party main executives – as Gu...
Jérôme Cahuzac’s (useful) sacrifice
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Jérôme Cahuzac resigned as French minister for Budget, just after the opening of a judicial inquiry for tax fraud laundering regarding the presumed existence of a non-declared bank account in Switzerland than Singapore in the 2010’...
Geert Bourgeois’s full autonomy
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Geert Bourgeois made waves on the last week-end in the – already complicated – French and Dutch speaking relations in Belgium. The regional Flemish government and very separatist vice-president stated in De Staandard and Het Nieuwsblad Fl...
MEPs’ (silent and unnoticed) revolt
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While Europe – and the whole world – was looking at the conclave which elected Jorge Bergoglio, new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution rejecting the Multiannual Financial Framework h...
Habemus Papam!
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Habemus Papam! We have Pope! Jorge Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, has been elected as 266th pope, succeeding Benedict XIV who resigned on the last February. This is a big surprise for two reasons: firstly, the Argentinean archbishop was not s...
