+++ Turkish President Erdoğan accused France of “
getting in bed with terrorists”, after reports that France could start
supporting Kurdish militia.
+++ Nicolas Sarkozy will have to stand trial on
charges of corruption and influencing peddling.
Only two weeks ago, the former French President was arrested, questioned and charged in another, unrelated case.
+++ President Emmanuel Macron announced that school will become
obligatory for all children from age three, instead of six. In
most European countries compulsory education starts at five (
NL, England) or six years of age (
BE, DL, DK and others).
+++ A
Paris Appeals Court upheld Jean-Marie Le Pen’s conviction for antisemitism. The MEP and founder of the Front national must pay a €30,000 fine for commenting that the gas chambers of World War Two were
“just a detail in history”.
+++ The
French were shocked when they learned that the best camembert doesn’t come from Normandy, but from Québec of all places.
+++ Spring break: many French services and companies will be on strike over the next couple of weeks. Railway company SNCF will be on strike next Sunday and Monday. Air France will go on strike on the 7th, 10th and 11th of April. Other strikes are planned at gas and electricity providers (until June), among municipal refuse collectors and at public broadcaster
France Télévisions.
+++ A Canadian restaurant fired a French waiter because he was
“aggressive, rude and disrespectful”. Guillaume Rey has defended himself saying it is not his fault,
he is just French. He is now suing his former employer for
‘discrimination against his culture’. Garçon !
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