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The new socialist president of France and his prime minister create a lefty government with plenty of estrogen and a dash of crunchy granola. Yes! See the full-size infographic.
via @pascalcardonna
In this poster (De Gaulle, 1965), la République (incarnated by a little girl version of Marianne) asks to be allowed to grow up. De Gaulle is represented by the starry cuff of his sleeve.
See the rest at Affiches électorales : la bataille de limage 1965-2012.
For a project named La Campagne à vélo, two journalists, Raphael Krafft and Alexis Monchovet, are biking around France in order to meet French voters directly in their workplaces and homes until the end of the French presidential campaign in May.
Their Facebook page is the main portal: the two journalists post pictures of [...]
A compelling, intimate portrait of the Bonapartes, delving into the conflicted relationship between Napoleon and his beloved brother Lucien, the most talented of the Bonaparte brothers, who not only can be credited for helping Napoleon seize power, but who had a promising political career of his own. He was a romantic, an idealist, and [...]
Just way too cool. Commune de Paris shop and blog. Fabulous items created from artists’ designs. Don’t know about the Commune?
The upcoming 2012 presidential elections in France are shaping up to be a pretty big farce, not helped by the fact that the major candidates all seem to have the same names… See the rest of the odd couples at Les couples des présidentielles – L’actu en patates on the Le Monde blog.
A silver-haired aristocrat thunders through the palatial offices of the French foreign ministry quoting Greek philosophers and demanding his speech-writers pepper their efforts with poetry. The fictional eccentric, Alexandre Taillard de Vorms, is France’s least likely comic-book hero.
via The Guardian
The Élysée (the French presidential palace) has its own iOS app (“Élysée“). It’s free and in French. Check it out if you’re interested in watching the Sarko Show on your iThingy.
via igeneration
The movie, which portrays his rise to power in the five years before he was elected, opens with Mr Sarkozy waking up alone at a hotel on the Champs-Elysees after celebrating his election victory.
via Metro.co.uk
A 93-year-old former French Resistance spy who was once tortured by the Nazis says his runaway best-seller is a call to action to protect human rights and combat the yawning gap between rich and poor.
Buy Indignez-vous on the Francophilia Amazon store.
via NPR, image le-mont-parnasse.fr
During his 13 years at the helm of the resource-rich African nation, Bokassa forged a reputation for ruthlessness and megalomania. In 1977, he had himself crowned “emperor” in a multimillion-dollar ceremony modeled on the coronation of France’s Napoleon Bonaparte.
Designed by the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel, it is one of the best examples of 18th-century royal architecture and its intact collection of furniture and decor is unrivalled, even by the palace of Versailles. But the state-owned building could be transformed into luxury boutiques, plush suites for billionaires or a hotel with swimming pool.
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Historians are rising up against the president’s grandiose plans to immortalise himself by founding a national history museum in his own image.
via The Guardian, image France In Photos
