Tag: France
Beginning of the popular Primary vote: “It is an unprecedented showdown”
Launched this Thursday, the vote of the popular Primary which must designate a single candidate on the left will deliver its results on Sunday. But most of the presidential candidates…
Death of René de Obaldia, the French Academy loses its dean
Poet, playwright, novelist, René de Obaldia died this Thursday, January 27, at the age of 103. He is a discreet author of great humor that disappears, biting and caustic at…
At the November 13 trial, Mohamed Bakkali makes use of his right to silence
Mohamed Bakkali, suspected of being one of the logisticians of the attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis on November 13, refused on Wednesday to answer questions from the court. His interrogation…
“Promises” in the cinema or how to do politics differently?
Power, the relationship to decisions, to citizenship, this arena is still little exploited in French cinema. What is happening at the level closest to the citizens, the cities? A rarity…
4th dose of Covid vaccine: no generalization in France
VACCINE REMINDER. In France, immunocompromised patients must take a 4th dose of vaccine against Covid. For the rest of the population, the Vaccine Strategy Orientation Council rejected the idea of…
an election campaign without a real debate on the climate emergency
The environment is the subject we were supposed to talk about, but we don’t talk about it in the French presidential campaign. And the presence of the environmental candidate Yannick…
Organic and local products in school canteens: Lyon’s ambition
It is one of these French metropolises which have switched to environmentalists in the last municipal elections of 2020. Two months before the first round of the presidential election, RFI…
Death of Monique Blin, legendary co-founder of the Francophonies in Limoges
French-speaking and especially African theater owes him a lot. For sixteen years, Monique Blin was artistic director of the great Festival of Francophone Theaters in Limoges, France. Many famous authors,…
a sign of de-escalation during the Paris talks
This Wednesday at the Élysée, the Russian and Ukrainian diplomatic advisers tried to iron out their differences on the question of the settlement of the conflict in the Donbass, under…
Emmanuel Macron expresses the recognition of the French State to the returnees from Algeria
Emmanuel Macron sent a strong gesture this Wednesday to the French who had to leave Algeria at the time of its independence. The French president has acknowledged that two massacres…