11 May 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: Emmanuel Macron is to be the new president of France. He won 66.06% of the vote in the second round of the election, beating Marine le Pen of the National Front. But the turnout of 74% was a record low, and the number ballot papers… Continue reading Issue 104;2017 05 11: Week in Brief International
Tag: En marche
Issue 103:2017 05 04:Et après? (Richard Pooley)
04 May 2017 Et Après? Is France ready for a messiah? By Richard Pooley I was wallowing in French nostalgia last Saturday night. My wife and I were in a church in Queyssac-les-Vignes, a village ten minutes’ drive from us which sits on a saddle of land rising out from the northern rim of the… Continue reading Issue 103:2017 05 04:Et après? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 012:2017 04 27: Week in brief International
27 April 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe ESTONIA: Over 1000 British and French troops have been deployed to defend the Balkan state on NATO’s eastern border. The troops are supported by tanks and artillery. The most expensive and sophisticated fighter jet, the US’s F-35A jet, will be based in Suffolk in order to… Continue reading Issue 012:2017 04 27: Week in brief International
Issue 102: 2017 04 27: It’s not in the bag, Emmanuel (Richard Pooley)
27 April 2017 It’s not in the bag, Emmanuel What will the Mélenchon supporters do on May 07? By Richard Pooley Exciting, wasn’t it? Actually, no. Despite the warning by pollsters that the first round of the French presidential election was too close to call and hence reliable exit polls would not be published at… Continue reading Issue 102: 2017 04 27: It’s not in the bag, Emmanuel (Richard Pooley)
Issue 100:2016 04 13:The French election (Richard Pooley)
13 April 2017 The French election What can the literature teach us about the candidates and their policies? by Richard Pooley The election pamphlets have started appearing in my letter box, marking the official opening of the campaign to elect the next Président(e) de la République. Unofficially, of course, the campaign has been going on… Continue reading Issue 100:2016 04 13:The French election (Richard Pooley)
Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Erdogan’s Anger (Neil Tidmarsh)
16 March 2017 Erdogan’s Anger Europe stumbles in Cologne, Hamburg and Rotterdam. by Neil Tidmarsh Last month Emmanuel Macron came to England to address the ex-pat French community in London. He was rallying support for his En Marche! movement and his candidacy in the forthcoming French presidential election. Nobody thought that this was odd or… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Erdogan’s Anger (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 92:2017 02 16:Week in brief International
16 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: Rioting has spread through the Paris districts of Bobigny, Argeteuil and Ulis (and to the towns of Nantes, Toulouse and Rouen) since the arrest of a young black man in Aulnay-sous-Bois ten days ago. The manager of the En Marche! movement claimed that Russia has… Continue reading Issue 92:2017 02 16:Week in brief International
Issue 91 :2017 02 09: A small cultural revolution (Richard Pooley)
09 February 2017 A small cultural revolution Can Macron revive France? by Richard Pooley Margot, the 22-year old daughter of our village potter came to get some advice from me the weekend before last. Recently graduated in Marketing and Communication, she is going to London at the end of this month. She has never… Continue reading Issue 91 :2017 02 09: A small cultural revolution (Richard Pooley)
Issue 88:2017 01 19:Week in Brief International
19 January 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The far-right Austrian Freedom Party is trying to distance itself from its traditional anti-semitism by inviting Israeli politicians to seminars on anti-semitism, in what appears to be a tactic to emphasise its anti-Islamic immigration policy. President Rivlin of Israel has condemned the exercise. CYPRUS: The… Continue reading Issue 88:2017 01 19:Week in Brief International
Issue86:2017 01 05:Ignore the Pronos (Richard Pooley).
05 January 2017 Ignore the Pronos Nobody knows by Richard Pooley On 10 June last year I sent the following email from France to friends and family in the UK: “We voted last week. I bumped into the mayor as I was posting the envelopes: “Deux votes pour Europe,” I told him. He seemed pleased.… Continue reading Issue86:2017 01 05:Ignore the Pronos (Richard Pooley).
Issue83:2016 12 08:Eurexit(Neil Tidmarsh)
08 December 2016 Eurexit Change and renewal? Non, merci. Stagnation and decline? Si, per favore. by Neil Tidmarsh Goodbye Hollande, goodbye Renzi; and goodbye to Europe’s prosperity and global influence? Both leaders came to grief by proposing change and reform which their citizens roundly rejected; but without those changes and reforms, the possibility of Eurexit… Continue reading Issue83:2016 12 08:Eurexit(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 75: 2016 10 13: Juppe? Qui est-il? (Richard Pooley)
13 October 2016 Juppé? Qui est-il? The Republican party primary this side of the Atlantic. by Richard Pooley The Trump-Clinton battle is not the only important presidential election going on at present. The French version has started in earnest, with the first two-round primary to choose the right-of-centre Republican Party candidate only two months away. … Continue reading Issue 75: 2016 10 13: Juppe? Qui est-il? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Week in Brief International
01 September 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe EU: Negotiations for a trade deal between the EU and the USA have failed, according to Germany’s vice-chancellor. The French minister for foreign trade said that he will be calling for an end to the TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) talks which have been going on… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Week in Brief International
