already has its own French language school, French consulate and French cultural institute, now South Kensington is to get its own representative in the French parliament after a law was passed in Paris meaning that French nationals living abroad will be able to elect their own MPs.In an attempt to give their two million expatriates more of a political voice, French MPs have created 11 new constituencies....
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can be something of a culture shock if you only speak French and are coming here for the first time. Ask Laurence Dubois who followed her husband, an executive with a private company, to Delhi around a year ago. “I had no idea where to buy furniture, or get fish,” she says in her heavily accented English.It is a group of around 205 French and French-speaking volunteers, mostly stay-at-home wives of...
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- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has stepped in to defuse a row over the abolition of tax breaks for French athletes which has divided his government.Faced with the fury of French rugby and football clubs and a backlash from his own party, the French president has pushed back by six months the abolition of the controversial ‘droit à l’image collective’ (DIC), a law which allows clubs to treat up...
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series of French diplomatic files have revealed that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher considered the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 as part of a German threat to peace and stability led by then German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.“France and Great Britain should pull together today in the face of the German threat,” The Telegraph quoted Thatcher as having told to the French ambassador...
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series of French diplomatic files have revealed that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher considered the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 as part of a German threat to peace and stability led by then German Chancellor Helmut Kohl."France and Great Britain should pull together today in the face of the German threat," The Telegraph quoted Thatcher as having told to the French ambassador...
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Irish style of speech has topped the poll of the 'World's Sexiest Accent' defeating the French.The poll of 5,000 women worldwide resulted in the Italian and the Scottish coming in the second and third position respectively.ourth in the list was the much-revered French.Actor Colin Farrell was credited for the Irish accent's success, while French president Nicolas Sarkozy was blamed for the French accent's...
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series of French diplomatic files have revealed that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher considered the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 as part of a German threat to peace and stability led by then German Chancellor Helmut Kohl."France and Great Britain should pull together today in the face of the German threat," The Telegraph quoted Thatcher as having told to the French ambassador...
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any Americans out there with a lingering distaste for all things French, a holdover from the Bush era perhaps, it may come as a surprise to discover France is rated a considerably better place to live than the United States.True, the French government and the US have had a history of political disagreements, but now it's time for the Americans to move on. The French already have.There is much to admire...
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has urged France to replay their World Cup qualifier with Ireland, saying the pride of his country was at stake.The Frenchman has asked the French Football Federation to make a special plea to FIFA, who rejected the FAI's appeal on Thursday to have the game played again.Wenger also wants French soccer chiefs to help Thierry Henry whose double handball led to France's decisive...
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French pride at stake if World Cup qualifier not replayed with Ireland: Wenger < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateArsenal boss Arsene Wenger has urged France to replay their World Cup qualifier with Ireland, saying the pride of his country was at stake.The Frenchman has asked the French Football Federation to make a special plea to FIFA, who rejected the FAI's appeal on Thursday to have the game played...
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