Latest update: 30/04/2012 

- French elections 2012 - French politics - Islam - Jacques Chirac


Game of tug of war... as presidential candidates seek out support

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Taking sides in the French election - Tariq Ramadan finds himself caught in the middle but says he's against both candidates. Bernadette Chirac, however, is firmly behind President Sarkozy - she lets us in on her predictions for the second round.

MEDIAWATCH
By Olivia Salazar-Winspear
First girlfriend? First journalist?
08/06/2012 - MEDIAWATCH

First girlfriend? First journalist?

Britain's Daily Mail savages France's first lady Valérie Trierweiler, calling her The Rottweiler. That paper and much of the French press is looking at her return to work at Paris Match magazine this week. Some of the pieces focus on the dilemma of just what to call her - First girlfriend? First journalist? That's the focus for Friday, 8th June 2012.
Why does it always rain on me?
06/06/2012 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

Why does it always rain on me?

After a deluge on the day of his inauguration, François Hollande got drenched again today in Normandy! Also, did Nicolas Sarkozy have Hollande's mail shredded after the election and before he moved into the Elysée Palace?
Is anything private online?!
05/06/2012 - MEDIAWATCH

Is anything private online?!

Dating profiles, deleted tweets, and romantic emails sent from work... what do they have in common? All are liable to be rendered public and indeed today's news highlights examples of where they have been.
François Hollande and the flying cat
04/06/2012 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

François Hollande and the flying cat

It's official photograph time for François Hollande! The snapshot that will appear in town halls across France - staring down at newly-weds - has been taken and instantly given the "meme" treatment online. Also, a cat-turned-helicopter (with a surprise link to the French president!) We start though with some reaction to the arrest of porn star-killer-cannibal Luka Magnotta in Berlin.
Marine v Madonna
01/06/2012 - MEDIA WATCH FRANCE

Marine v Madonna

French police may have to issue a receipt when they ask for ID: the French government is trying to stamp out what some call "racial profiling", as Human Rights Watch say French police officers target ethnic minorities for spot checks. And Marine Le Pen's back in the headlines, as she has a run-in with a leftist supporter in Hénin-Beaumont. The Front National leader pops up at a Madonna concert too, much to the audience's surprise.
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