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Johnny Summerton is a Paris-based broadcaster, writer and journalist specialising in politics and sport. Visit his site for a look at some the stories making the headlines here in France http://www.persiflagefrance.com
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 How Could Parents Forget?It's a question that has preoccupied many here in France over the past month, and sadly made the headlines far too often. It's also one to which it's difficult to provide an answer.
Over the past four weeks there have been three separate incidents of young children or babies - being... Sarkozy Set For a Constitutional ShowdownHardly the sexiest headline by any stretch of the imagination. But there again when it comes to institutional reform and changes to the constitution, the subject matter is hardly guaranteed to instill much enthusiasm.
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy is fighting constitutional reform on two fronts. There is of course the... Adieu PPDAThere was an end of a television era here yesterday as Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, affectionately known in this country as PPDA, made his final broadcast as anchorman on TF1's prime time news slot.
Think of a news anchor in your own country, someone who has been around for donkeys years and... Sarkozy's Union-bashing BarbFrench president, Nicolas Sarkozy, does a bit of union bashing in front to his party faithful. Ingrid Betancourt - a Heroine's HomecomingFreed hostage, Ingrid Betancourt, expected to land to heroine's welcome in France. Twice an Orphan - Barmy Bureaucracy or Welfare of the Child? You Judge.Last weekend here in France an 11-year-old boy, Joris, found himself effectively orphaned for the second time. He was taken into care after his father, 34-year-old Aboubakar Coulibaly, was deported back to his native Côte d'Ivoire.
Coulibaly had been granted sole custody of Joris back in March 2006 after the child's... Public Prosecutor Recommends Dropping (Jean) Sarkozy ChargesThe mysterious if somewhat exhausting case of the hit-and-run scooter and the role of the French president's son, Jean Sarkozy, could be nearing its conclusion.
A Paris prosecutor has recommended dropping charges against him, but a final decision won't be handed down until September.
The incident dates back to October 2005, when... One Woman's French FolyFrench singer, Liane Foly, wows the audiences with a host of guest appearances at the opening run of her one-woman show. Trash Tv's Secret StoryFrench television gets summer underway with the second series of the reality TV show, Secret Story. Sarkozy Muscles in on EU ReformIt's just under a fortnight until France takes over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union and already the rest of Europe is getting a taste of what it can expect.
At a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday, Sarkozy said the Union would not be able to...
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