Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 |
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Europe,
Blockade,
Burning Paris,
David Brill,
Ethnic Minorities,
Fault Lines,
France,
Ghettos,
Immigrants,
Neighbourhood,
Outer Suburb,
Paris,
Paris City,
racism,
Resentment,
Riot Police,
Riots,
Sarkozy,
Scum,
Suspicion,
Tensions,
Two Boys,
Unemployment
Paris is a city divided. Tensions between police, immigrants and ethnic minorities in deprived ghettos have erupted in riots. David Brill investigates the social and racial fault lines of Paris.
The residents of Paris’ outer-suburb ghettos feel angry and disillusioned by a seemingly indifferent government. With unemployment at 40% in these areas, resentment runs deep. Sarkozy, [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 12th, 2008 |
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Europe,
Afghanistan,
Allies,
Deep Divisions,
European Union,
France,
Germany,
Identity Crisis,
Leo,
NATO,
Nato Summit,
Nato Troops,
Peace,
Rapprochement,
Relationship,
Resistance,
Sarkozy,
Third World War,
Trans Atlantic,
United States
President Sarkozy seeks a rapprochement with NATO while strengthening the European Union’s defense dimension. France’s allies, including the United States and Germany, have welcomed this. But Sarkozy faces strong domestic resistance to changing France’s relationship to NATO. By Leo Michel more…
The Third World War: Why NATO Troops Can’t Deliver Peace in Afghanistan
Trans-Atlantic Identity Crisis: NATO [...]
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Posted by Matt in August 4th, 2007 |
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Nicolas Sarkozy risked horrifying the historically anti-American French establishment yesterday by choosing to spend a two-week summer holiday in New Hampshire.
The French president, who has already drawn howls of protests for his unashamedly pro-Anglo-Saxon stance, spurned his homeland and the Francophone destinations favoured by his predecessors when he arrived yesterday in the select lakeside town [...]
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