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Vichy laws still endure in modern-day France
Legislation introduced by the Vichy regime in World War Two is still being applied in France today, a historian who specialises in the period has pointed out
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Women given right to vote in France 80 years ago
It came a full 96 years after suffrage was extended to all men in France - and 51 years after New Zealand offered the vote to its women
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Four types of words that English adopted from French
Try looking up the etymology of English words and you will find that a lot originate from old French
Mark May ’68 with real talk
I would like to see President Macron commemorate May 1968 with open debates across all French universities, on the themes which became the main focus of the 1968 uprising.
The future of the industrial society, the consumer society, and growing social alienation, which not only relate to France but the world. It is the young who will face the next 50 years and need to find solutions.
Charles Simpson-Mariott, Haute-Vienne