The French Senate began debate Tuesday on a law that would mark a significant cultural shift — allowing many more shops across the country to open on Sundays.
French debate relaxing Sunday shopping ban
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France set to relax Sunday shopping ban
The French are in for a significant cultural shift next week if the Senate approves a new law from President Nicolas Sarkozy to allow more shops to open on Sundays. What seems routine in much of the Western world has been fiercely resisted in France, where Sundays have officially been set aside as a day of rest for more than a century and where a 35-hour workweek remains the norm.
French president: Burkas not welcome here
French President Nicolas Sarkozy condemned the wearing of burkas on Monday, saying the traditional Muslim garment that covers women from head to toe was a "sign of subservience" and was not "welcome in France." In a speech before a joint session of parliament, Sarkozy said, “The problem of the burka is not a religious problem. This is an issue of a woman’s freedom and dignity
Asian-American merchants being targeted by extortionists
Hundreds of Asian-American business owners have been threatened with death if they don’t send money to extortionists phoning from China. He, dressed in an immaculate suit and with a folder under his arm, tells her he is hot and sweaty after working out — she wipes the sweat away from his face and pats his bottom, saying how lovely it is to see him
Bruni pats Sarkozy’s derrière during love-in
It’s the perfect romantic scene. A dashing world leader drops in on his model wife, she touches him affectionately as their dogs play at their feet. He, dressed in an immaculate suit and with a folder under his arm, tells her he is hot and sweaty after working out — she wipes the sweat away from his face and pats his bottom, saying how lovely it is to see him.
Mon Dieu! Chirac More Popular Than Sarkozy
Call it Chirac’s Revenge. Less than two years after he left office with nearly record low approval ratings, former French President Jacques Chirac finds himself atop polls again as the nation’s most popular politician
Sarkozy wins French NATO re-entry vote
Opposition lawmakers Tuesday ridiculed President Nicolas Sarkozy for taking France back into NATO’s military command after more than 40 years, but were unable to stop the move when it came to a vote. The National Assembly voted in favor of Sarkozy’s plan, 329-238. Socialist Laurent Fabius, a former prime minister, told Prime Minister Francois Fillon: “You tell us this would mean more independence and more influence.
Sarkozy to announce French return to NATO
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will Wednesday make one of the largest foreign policy gestures of his tenure when he announces France’s return to NATO’s high command. Sarkozy is expected to say that he wants France to rejoin the military alliance as a full member at its 60th anniversary summit next month. Charles de Gaulle took France out of NATO more than 40 years ago in protest at U.S
France pledges $730M to head off Caribbean riots
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is pledging $730 million (? 580 million) in economic aid to France’s Caribbean territories in an effort to head off escalating protests, his office said Friday.
Amid Crisis, Cars Start to Drive Europe Apart
When carmakers outsource most of their components, assemble their products in different countries around the globe, are majority-owned by foreign shareholders and sell mainly overseas, does it still make sense to promote them as national champions? Nicolas Sarkozy thinks so, albeit with some controversial conditions. Just before unveiling an $8 billion loan for French carmakers Renault and PSA Peugeot Citroen last week, the French President suggested the aid should be conditional on them packing up their plants elsewhere in the E.U.