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The Battle Continues for UMP President: Neither Copé Nor Fillon Have Decisive Victory
November 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
PARIS — Saturday November 17th was the 10th anniversary of the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, the moderate right-wing party in France. However, this year, the day was not one of celebration. The race for head of the party has been raging on for the past several weeks, and on Sunday turned into a complete […]
Exclusive Interview with Nathalie Arthaud
November 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PARIS — LJP’s Anne-Sophie Raujol and Marc Goetzmann interview Leader of Lutte Ouvrière Party, Nathalie Arthaud. LJP: Could you tell us a little more about your party, especially what Lutte Ouvrière stands for? Nathalie Arthaud: Well, we are a communist, revolutionary party: we are Marxists, Leninists, and Trotskyists. That means that we, as a party, believe that with […]
Jean-Marc Ayrault Comments on 35-hour Workweek
November 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault is again under enemy fire. In an interview Tuesday, October 30 with Le Parisien Magazine, he stated that opening a discussion about going back to a 39-hour workweek was not “a taboo subject.” He did not know then that he had made a blunder that would be used against him. The […]
French State Insurance May Cover All Abortions and Contraception for Minors
October 29, 2012 By 2 Comments
Co-written by Clea Kolster and Olga Symeonoglou On Friday October 26, the Social Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly adopted a bill that will cover contraception –including the birth control pill- for minors ages 15-18 as well as reimburse 100% of abortions under health insurance. The committee reported that this measure would amount to […]
Corsica: The Region Left Behind by Politicians
October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For the past few days, the rate of violence in Corsica has entered into the discussion alongside talk about gangs in Marseille and terrorists in Nice. Unlike the cities in mainland France, however, no one came to the island for the funerals, and no politicians seem eager to give their point of view about the […]
Paris Rally Against the Death Penalty in the United States
October 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
by Rukmini Mahurkar Co-written by Catherine Laserwitz PARIS. —Who would have thought that a small but dedicated group of Parisians would gather together on a chilly, Wednesday night to rally from the freedom of an imprisoned American? Mumia Abu-Jamal, a political activist and radio journalist from Philadelphia, was involved in African-American civil rights in the 1970s […]
Legislative Elections 2012: The Second Tour Live Blog
June 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Live Blog is in full effect. Please follow us both on Twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/ljpolitique, and watch this page for regular and up to the minute updates from our French and American correspondents. Final Results: (Courtesy of Liberation.fr) 7:40pm: In this second round of legislative elections, around 5pm, voter participation was 46.42%, less than the 2007 election and than […]
