Why are the European election panels empty of posters?
The European Election is the second biggest election in the world in terms of number of voters, only India has more. The objective is to elect the 751 members of the European parliament, thus it concerns 28 countries. There are 2686 candidates in France alone. Each list from all of the 34 parties presenting candidates must have 79 members alternating strictly ...
Made in France, My 2019 Diary
For 2019 I decided to try to find Made in France products each time I made a purchase and keep a Made in France Diary. Skip the intro and jump right to the latest entry. The idea sprang from my exercise diary. I write down on my calendar each time I get some exercise, riding my bike, taking a walk for errands or fun or taking a class. Keeping a diary ...
Paris/France and Body Parts
Welcome to a new series, which we’re calling “Paris/France and…” –the “and” being categories (such as colors, food groups, the classical elements, and more) whose subcategories we are going to link to the city/country we know and love. And given their reputation for gratification (physical and intellectual), where better to start than with…Paris/France ...
French Economics: an industrial rebirth ?
Factories are timidly returning to the French landscape. In the first six months of 2018 thirty five of them cropped up! While this doesn’t constitute a full-fledged dawning of a bold new day it does offers a few encouraging rays of light. The Hexagon (that’s France to the French) lost more than 600 factories in the past ten years. In 2009 alone 224 were ...
Get out of Town: The Somme
The Somme department in the region of Picardy just two hours north of Paris, is not on the usual tourist circuit, but nevertheless has a ton of places to visit from natural sites to chateaux and the Somme battlefields of WWI. ALBERT You can put down temporary roots in the little burg of Albert with its picturesque park surrounded by typical brick houses. Albert ...
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Exhibition: Doisneau and Music
Visit the French National Assembly
ABCs of life in France – Q to Z
Black History Month in Paris
