France news

[mikeyredk]

I know there are a bunch of people reading this forum that are from france. I was wondering if you guys would tell me what is the most controversial topic there besides the no headwear ban. I would appreciate a french persons opinion.

[mikeyredk]

no one has any controversial news from france?

[Chappers]

They are probably wondering what the point of the thread is.

[saabmp3]

I actually bet there are not many people reading this forum from france. Maybe one or two, but considering this is in english, not french......

BEN

[Palad1]

Today's french controversial news :

- Arrafat's health status.
- The situation in Cote d'ivoire, how french corporations handle security there, will Air-France eventually send more planes there for the evacuation of the french expats. What will the army do next there?
- Internal politics: the ratification of the European constitution, no party can define a clear policy.
- Internal politics 2: will the prime minister last 6 more months
- Internal politics 3: how will the actual finance minister handle the 2005 elections
- Internal politics ad nauseum. Hey, that's France after all :)
- Road security: The ministery of transportation launched a campaign inciting car-drivers to turn their crossing lights on all the time. Big upheaval from the bikers, they fear no one will notice them in traffic anymore.
- Justice: contaminated blood scandal from 1991 resurfaces
- Society: a protester died after being run over by a nuclear train.

hope that helps :)
Palad1

[mikeyredk]

Thank you i really appreciate it now to find those articles in french. This is for a french class so I wanted a french persons opinion since I want an A.

[Palad1]

Here are some sources (in French)
- http://www.lemonde.fr : left wing bias
- http://www.lefigaro.fr : right wing bias

You also can get a good feel of the french opinion by using google news:
- http://news.google.com/news?meta=ned%3Dfr%26hl%3Dfr

Good luck!

[Chappers]

Thank you i really appreciate it now to find those articles in french. This is for a french class so I wanted a french persons opinion since I want an A.

Maybe you'd like a French person to write it for you. Yes that is Frech with a capital F - probably the mark you'll end up with.

[Lyle]

Yes that is Frech with a capital F - probably the mark you'll end up with.Especially if he leaves the "n" out of "French".

[mkrishnan]

Especially if he leaves the "n" out of "French".

Ahhh, we love trying to push posts into the wasteland, don't we? :D

I like to read Le Monde every once in a while...I need to work on my French more though. I watched a spate of Eric Rohmer and Kieslowski's Red and White and Blue, and then I haven't been doing much in French recently... :(

[Chappers]

Especially if he leaves the "n" out of "French".
Obviously I did that to see if mikeyredk would notice
That'll teach me.

[mikeyredk]

Hey its an oral presentation which i am going to do 100% of the research but i don't want to do on a crummy topic that no french person cares about. Plus its against academic integrity for someone else to do your work. :rolleyes:

thank you Palad1 for those links will use em

don't know why this wasn't in my subscribed threads

edit: plus if a french person did my thing its a dead giveaway ;)

[skunk]

edit: plus if a french person did my thing its a dead giveaway ;)
Évidemment...

I'd go with the Côte d'Ivoire and the European Constitution. Those two topics get to the heart of how the French see themselves.

[mikeyredk]

I went with something dear to the teachers heart and mine iPods. apple and virginmega deal thing i should get mega suck up points :D

[skunk]

Relevance? :confused:

[mikeyredk]

well… it was decided by french courts the article must be in french i was looking for this topic but in french but unable to find it