France’s beleaguered wine industry is giving the government a headache.
Paris is torn between promoting public health and supporting French wine, which has been hit hard by competition from “New World” rivals such as Australia and South Africa and become less fashionable at home.
Less than a week after deputies from the National Assembly lower house proposed wine adverts should be more colourful to boost sales, senators from the upper house say they want bottles to have labels warning pregnant women of the dangers of alcohol.
Opposition Socialist deputy Jean-Marie Le Guen said the conservative government’s policies were incoherent.
After many hours over the pond (Atlantic Ocean), I arrived at the CDG airport and the ParisShuttle swirled me to the Hotel de Louvre in the center of Paris. I was welcomed by Madame, Sophie and the staff members with great hosipitality and kindness. My room sits over the courtyard and a nice breeze from the Seine River greeted me day and night.
Day 1 – I took the "Historic Core of Paris" Walk, beginning at Notre-Dame Cathedal where I studied its sculpture and windows, took in a Mass.
Across the river to the Ile St. Louis took me to some interesting shops and the ice cream parlor was a die for before looping thru the Latin Quarter neighborhood St. Michel and St. Germain. From the St.
i will be moving from the USA to Paris this summer, but i haven’t found a job yet. i know that i need a work permit in order to get a job, but i don’t know how hard it is to get one or how i would even go about getting it. at this point i need all the info i can get so a reply would be greatly appreciated!!! thanks!
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me and my boyfriend intend to go camping in europe next summer. the problem is that we can’t find any decent web-pages on camping areas! we’d like to know the about-costs and so on, nothing luxury, just a cheap, nice place to spend the night. if anyone has any tips of websites or price ratings or whatever, it’d be nice to hear.
Could you help me to find a guide in Paris who speaks Russian.
Best regards
Veronika
We’ll come to Paris soon. Can you help us to find a guide in Paris who speaks Russian. We’d like to learn his/her tel. number.
We are coming in Paris soon. Can you help us to find a guide in Paris who speaks Russian.
Best regards
Veronika.
I cannot believe that the socialist party accepted millions in oil vouchers from Saddam Husan. What were you thinking? You and your narrow minded culture really messed with the wrong country this time.
It was bad enough in 1982 you continued to supply the Argentine government with weapons to use against the British, but now you stab American in the back!
It’s time you took a good hard look at the beaches in Normandy. How long until you spit on their graves. Shameon you France, shame on all of you. Iraqi, British, and American blood is on your hands. I will never forget that. I will never welcome a frenchman to this country.
Dear friends,
If you are a native of France, please tell me the name of Post Office which have the delivery area of MARTIGNE – FERCHAUD