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What does it mean to be French today?

Marc Perelman interviews Christophe Bertossi (IFRI), Massimo Nava (Corriere della Sera), Stefan De Vries (RTL4, Dutch TV) and Peter Gaskell (freelance journalist).

POLITICS

Click here to watch part 2 with Christophe Bertossi, Massimo Nava, Stefan De Vries, and Peter Gaskell.

Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

23/05/2012 - POLITICS

Parliamentary Elections: A cakewalk for the left?

We're barely out of a bruising presidential battle and already plunged into another campaign for the parliamentary elections, with 77 constituencies up for grabs. The Socialists are hoping to obtain a clear majority, while the right is hoping to pull off an upset, with the far-right National Front once again playing kingmaker.

17/05/2012 - POLITICS

French Presidency: A break with the past?

It was a week of handovers. On Tuesday, France's first Socialist president in 17 years made his way up the red carpet and into the history books, becoming only the second Socialist since 1958 to take up residence at the Élysée palace.

09/05/2012 - POLITICS

François Hollande: A 'normal' president?

François Hollande is France's new leader; only the second Socialist president since 1958. But while Hollande has won the mother of all French political battles, he has not won the war. Both the Socialists and Conservatives are gearing up for crucial parliamentary elections in June. They will shape the Hollande presidency by deciding whether he will have a majority to implement his policies or not.

26/04/2012 - POLITICS

French Presidential Runoff: Dear far-right voters...

We are now 10 days away from the second round run-off of the French presidential election. As expected, the ballot will feature François Hollande versus Nicolas Sarkozy. But the wild card will be Marine Le Pen and her 6.4 million voters in the first round. Both candidates want her voters, but how far can they go? And will it work?

18/04/2012 - POLITICS

Presidential Election: Sarkozy and Hollande in pole position

There are now only a few days left before we will know the verdict of the first round of France's presidential election. So who is likely to win the most votes in this first round, and in the run-off two weeks later?

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french national identity

by Anonyme - 05/01/2010 - 15:40

It was well established even before the president Sako lunch the debate on national identities issues that the french people were gradually moving towards that very same matters.It's not political question,the french religious organism is christianity and since the abolishing of religions of any kinds in france the islam took that as an advantage to pent french culture,french identity,french unity to muslimnism.It not a matter of racial or whatever language you put it to be,the president ideas on debating these weary matter is highly well come.I am a foreigner myself from africa but any one who want to settle down in france should adopt to the french culture.As anyone being to the muslim countries or muslim world?You will notice that the french people are basically tolerance ragard immigrations issues;The war fought in world war should not be an excuse to destroy an existing culture in france.I PRAISE THE PRESIDENT for his un-compared wisdom to bring the nation together.

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