MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, 06/01/2012: French Minister Nadine Morano's Twitter use begs the question: can politicians and Twitter get along? Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's charity is under fire for alleged corruption. Christian-Democrat Party leader Christine Boutin threatens to vote for Sarkozy's rival François Bayrou if she doesn't get the signatures she needs to run for president. And Belgian fast food chain Quick has a Darth Vador burger out to celebrate Star Wars' return to the silver screen.
One of France's leading papers headlines on an investigation into the Air France Rio-Paris crash in 2009, only to get a rap on the knuckles from the investigating body for jumping to conclusions. Also, an exclusive interview with the father of Anders Behring Breivik, and a look at how McDonald's in France is bowing to the baguette. That's the focus for this French press review, Friday 29th July 2011.
Some of France's best known chefs combined forces to raise funds for Japanese oyster farmers whose livelihoods were swept away by the tsunami in March. It was the opportunity to return an old favour.
The Coca-Cola Co has dismissed a report aired by an American public radio station that it had discovered the secret formula behind the hugely popular beverage. The radio station stands by their claim and have provided photographic “evidence”.
Today on culture - Art that's making history - a glimpse at one of the most important art collections in the world. Plus, from being the absolute authority in the culinary universe to becoming the second largest outlet for McDonalds - the author Michael Steinberger is here to talk about where it all went wrong for French food.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick has warned that global food prices have reached “dangerous levels” and pushed an estimated 44 million people into poverty over the past year, an effect he says could contribute to political instability.
UNESCO has chosen the “gastronomic meal of the French” to feature on its list of the world’s intangible cultural treasures. But what exactly is French cuisine?
France’s traditional gastronomic meal, in which ritual is as important as the food itself, has been entered on the world’s "intangible" heritage list by a UNESCO committee meeting.
In Monday's international papers, the British press gives a cautious welcome to new Labour leader Ed Miliband, Haaretz says Netanyahu has something to hide, and the Times is bemoaning the decline of the French lunch.
