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The French Senate has passed legislation that will allow for same-sex marriage, with a vote of 179 to 159. The vote solidifes one of the main campaign promises made by the French Socialist President François Hollande,
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In a judgement issued yesterday the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has over-ruled an earlier decision of a French court which resulted in a man who had mocked former French President Nicolas Sarkozy being given a suspended fine of €30.
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François Hollande hasn’t even been President of France for ten months but according to a weekend poll in Le Parisien newspaper, French voters are deserting the Socialist president in droves.
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After a marathon election which made the 2008 Florida Presidential vote wrangle look like an exercise in electoral efficiency, France’s opposition UMP have elected 48 year old Jean-François Copé as its leader.
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On Sunday, France’s Socialist Minister of Education, Vincent Peillon, spoke in favour of the decriminalization of cannabis, principally as a means of combating drug trafficking in French cities.
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French police have cracked a huge money laundering network linked to drug dealing. Seventeen people have been indicted and will appear in court later. One of the accused is Florence Lamblin, a Paris Deputy Mayor and leading member of France's Green Party.
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At the French Senate’s Judicial Committee hearing on Wednesday July 24, France’s new Interior Minister Manuel Valls signalled that the new Socialist government of President François Hollande intended making changes in French immigration law.
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The failure of Socialism to adapt to the modern world and the real prospect of its eventual disappearance would be of no importance if it weren’t for the fact that there is nothing to replace it as an effective fail-safe against political extremism.
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‘Nazi’, ‘son of a bitch’, flunky’, ‘fascist’, French politicians use these terms often to insult each other, but citizens are punished by the law for insulting teachers, the police and, of course, politicians. Double standards? You bet.
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Former French prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, confused The Beatles with The Rolling Stones during a prime time television show.
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This has got to be one of the most insanely dumb law projects drawn up in France in many a year. Here are the facts,...
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