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French press review 24 December 2011
http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20111224-french-press-review-24-december-2011
Article published the Saturday 24 December 2011 - Latest update :
Saturday 24 December 2011
By William Niba
It's Christmas Eve and the papers are all going in different ways,
like the last-minute holiday makers, hitting the roads in all
directions.
Aujourd'hui en France/Le Parisien examines the war of words waged by
Paris and Ankara following France's criminalisation of the Armenian
genocide denial.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacted by accusing Paris
of committing "genocide" in its former colony Algeria.
The Parisian newspaper runs excerpts of the vengeful captions that
littered Friday's Turkish press. It also picked out dissenting voices
within the ruling party which oppose the so-called parliamentary
initiative.
They include foreign minister Alain Juppé who, the paper says,
fore-warned President Nicolas Sarkozy about the political and
commercial consequences of honouring the promise he made during a
visit to Armenia.
Le Figaro says Sarkozy is keen on calming tensions, as he invited the
Turks to keep their calm and called for the mutual respect of views.
There are 500,000 French citizens of Armenian descent. Aujourd'hui en
France/Le Parisien says Turkey and many of Sarkozy's domestic
opponents accuse him of jeopardising relations with a key Nato ally
and trading partner to win Armenian votes in next year's election.
Just four months away from the 2012 presidential elections, Liberation
publishes an inventory of President Sarkozy's `flip flops'. These are
things the paper says he promised in 2007 which he has failed to
deliver on as he `keeps flirting with National Front rhetoric'.
These include the projected re-introduction of the double penalty for
foreign delinquents, a measure applauded by the so-called `Droite
Populaire' or Popular Right, Sarkozy's back-tracking on voting rights
for foreigners and the withdrawal of Interior Minister Claude Guéant's
order barring foreign students from working in France after their
studies, after a public outcry.
Libération also makes a spirited attempt to keep next year's crucial
presidential election under the glare of the camera during the festive
season.
The paper warns citizens that they have just seven days left to
register, if they want to vote in the 2012. `Very strange' says the
left-leaning newspaper that the administration hasn't yet launched any
campaign to get the vote out come May, like it did in 2007.
Le Figaro has some breaking news coming from the trenches in Syria -
Libyans coming to the rescue of Syrian rebels.
A reporter on special assignment for the right-wing newspaper,
infiltrated the ranks of ex-combatants dispatched by Tripoli on a
mission to advise and deliver military equipment to the Syrian
insurgents.
La Croix continues spreading the tidings of Christmas targeting Haiti
as its latest destination. The Caribbean Island nation was taken back
to the Stone Age by a devastating earthquake almost two years ago.
The Catholic daily comments that despite the hard conditions in their
makeshift homes, families are preparing for the feast of the Nativity.
Christmas markets are flourishing as ever and demonstrate a new
dimension to Haitian creativity and their survival instinct.
Aujourd'hui en France/Le Parisien, urges the French to let Christmas
bring some meaning to their lives as well as those of their
neighbours.
The paper underlines that well beyond the religious tradition, the
feast of Christmas has become an occasion to spread love and hope,
warming chilly hearts and cheering up the lonely and destitute.
The popular Parisian newspaper looks ahead to tonight's Christmas Eve
parties and spoke to celebrities and anonymous faces here in Paris and
distant places around the world about how they look forward to giving
a special touch to the feast this winter.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20111224-french-press-review-24-december-2011
Article published the Saturday 24 December 2011 - Latest update :
Saturday 24 December 2011
By William Niba
It's Christmas Eve and the papers are all going in different ways,
like the last-minute holiday makers, hitting the roads in all
directions.
Aujourd'hui en France/Le Parisien examines the war of words waged by
Paris and Ankara following France's criminalisation of the Armenian
genocide denial.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacted by accusing Paris
of committing "genocide" in its former colony Algeria.
The Parisian newspaper runs excerpts of the vengeful captions that
littered Friday's Turkish press. It also picked out dissenting voices
within the ruling party which oppose the so-called parliamentary
initiative.
They include foreign minister Alain Juppé who, the paper says,
fore-warned President Nicolas Sarkozy about the political and
commercial consequences of honouring the promise he made during a
visit to Armenia.
Le Figaro says Sarkozy is keen on calming tensions, as he invited the
Turks to keep their calm and called for the mutual respect of views.
There are 500,000 French citizens of Armenian descent. Aujourd'hui en
France/Le Parisien says Turkey and many of Sarkozy's domestic
opponents accuse him of jeopardising relations with a key Nato ally
and trading partner to win Armenian votes in next year's election.
Just four months away from the 2012 presidential elections, Liberation
publishes an inventory of President Sarkozy's `flip flops'. These are
things the paper says he promised in 2007 which he has failed to
deliver on as he `keeps flirting with National Front rhetoric'.
These include the projected re-introduction of the double penalty for
foreign delinquents, a measure applauded by the so-called `Droite
Populaire' or Popular Right, Sarkozy's back-tracking on voting rights
for foreigners and the withdrawal of Interior Minister Claude Guéant's
order barring foreign students from working in France after their
studies, after a public outcry.
Libération also makes a spirited attempt to keep next year's crucial
presidential election under the glare of the camera during the festive
season.
The paper warns citizens that they have just seven days left to
register, if they want to vote in the 2012. `Very strange' says the
left-leaning newspaper that the administration hasn't yet launched any
campaign to get the vote out come May, like it did in 2007.
Le Figaro has some breaking news coming from the trenches in Syria -
Libyans coming to the rescue of Syrian rebels.
A reporter on special assignment for the right-wing newspaper,
infiltrated the ranks of ex-combatants dispatched by Tripoli on a
mission to advise and deliver military equipment to the Syrian
insurgents.
La Croix continues spreading the tidings of Christmas targeting Haiti
as its latest destination. The Caribbean Island nation was taken back
to the Stone Age by a devastating earthquake almost two years ago.
The Catholic daily comments that despite the hard conditions in their
makeshift homes, families are preparing for the feast of the Nativity.
Christmas markets are flourishing as ever and demonstrate a new
dimension to Haitian creativity and their survival instinct.
Aujourd'hui en France/Le Parisien, urges the French to let Christmas
bring some meaning to their lives as well as those of their
neighbours.
The paper underlines that well beyond the religious tradition, the
feast of Christmas has become an occasion to spread love and hope,
warming chilly hearts and cheering up the lonely and destitute.
The popular Parisian newspaper looks ahead to tonight's Christmas Eve
parties and spoke to celebrities and anonymous faces here in Paris and
distant places around the world about how they look forward to giving
a special touch to the feast this winter.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress