Articles tagged ‘News’
Festival Month in France - June
By Parisgirl | June 3rd, 2007 |
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Musee du Landau, St. Aubin de Scellon (Eure) Fete de la Peinture
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
There are possibly two reasons why June has become a month jam-packed with festivals. The first is obvious - the days are longer - and hopefully more pleasant than the past few weeks of May. Fete de [...]
First Hundred Days Whirlwind
By Parisgirl | May 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Can you keep up with this whirlwind? Berlin, Brussels, here and there in the provinces. Still jogging. Visits to hospitals, homeless shelters. All this in the first two weeks in office. And next Tuesday? Normandy. Yes, France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy will pay a visit (a public [...]
Francois Fillon Blogs
By Parisgirl | May 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Yesterday, France’s prime minister wrote on his blog site www.blog-fillon.com: he wasn’t sure that with his new responsibilities as prime minister that he’d have the time to keep writing his blog on a daily basis. It’s a job that he doesn’t want to delegate. Over 40 people posted comments to his [...]
Day 3 of the First 100 Days
By Parisgirl | May 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So, yes, this is just to confirm yesterday’s post (Day 2), Nicolas Sarkozy’s Defense Minister, Herve Morin, did stop by for an aperatif and un tres gentil ‘bonjour’ a tout le monde at the Musee du Landau stand (or the Baby Carriage Museum of St. Aubin-de-Scellon) yesterday in Bernay, Dept. de l’Eure. Minisiter Morin [...]
First Hundred Days: A Strike, already?
By Parisgirl | May 16th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
An English neighbor suggested today that I should begin writing about the first 100 days of Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidency (from an American perspective). The first hundred days begins today, May 16th. Although it was nice of him to imagine I would have anything useful to add to the plethora of news reports (in particular [...]
Sarkozy wins
By Parisgirl | May 6th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A friend called to tell us that Sarkozy had won with 53% of the vote today. We dont’ have a television here and because it’s Sunday, I’ve given the computer screen a day of rest.
Does this means we should expect to see strikes this summer in France? Some observers have [...]
The Great Debate: Sarko, Sego Showdown at the Last Chance Salon
By Parisgirl | May 3rd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Last night, May 2nd, most of France was glued to the television set to watch the much anticipated debate between presidential candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal.
Because the margin between the candidates is already close, many felt that one false remark or sign of weakness, lack of confidence or coherence from either candidate could make [...]
Freedom to Choose
By Parisgirl | April 26th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The ‘centriste’ candidate Francois Bayrou hasn’t officially tipped his hat to either candidate. Rather, he suggests that those who voted for him are free to make their own choice…this is the first time since 1974 that the centristes have not officially supported the right-wing candidate. This move may signal the formation of a [...]
Up for Grabs: Sarko-Sego 51 to 49
By Parisgirl | April 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
According to today’s Figaro, the latest TNS-Sofres-Unilog polling puts the latest number of poll results as 51 percent for Nicolas Sarkozy and 49 percent for Segolene Royal. That’s after divvying up the spoils from the first round. TNS-Sofres-Unilog is predicting a very close vote - which Paris Loguers have already expected! “Even [...]
Let the Battle begin! Sarkozy 31,06% - Royal 25.74%
By Parisgirl | April 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’ve read my past posts, the outcome of Round 1 at the voting booths was no surprise . . . but how do the French rate their new voting machines?
According to Le Parisien newspaper, the new voting machines were not a big hit with everyone. Marisa Faion, Elodie Soulie and Thomas Segissement report [...]
