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What is your favorite French hotel?
When you stay in France, which hotel is the one you dream about? Is it a little inn out in the country or a big city hotel? Does is have a great restaurant . . . or is it just the wonderfully French ambiance?
Gay marriage spreads to France
France is set to have its first same-sex wedding this year, after a local Mayor took exception to the lack of access to marriage for lesbian and gay couples.
Noel Mamere, mayor of the town of Begles in south west France, has said he will conduct the ceremony for the two men in June, after finding no laws in the country that could block it. Although not marriage, France has offered civil union ceremonies, similar in the rights and responsibilities to our currently debated Civil Partnerships bill, since 2000.
Villepin targets non-French imams
Speaking a day after he deported an Algerian imam for saying Islam let husbands beat adulterous wives, Villepin urged the country’s prefects Thursday to expel any foreign preacher who advocated violence, hate, racism or abuses of human rights.
Only about 10 percent of imams in France are citizens and about half of all imams in the country speak French, experts say.
Most are imported from Arab countries, where some have been trained in radical Islamist views that clash with France’s secular laws.
looking for French penpal:)
Hello everyone!
I’m 24, from Poland I have been learning French for some years and looking for a French penpal. My dream is to improve my French and also to meet e-friend.Please,please, please write to me : hoiko@wp.pl.
Alicja
82% of the people voting should be fantastic . . . not outdated.
Why in the world would anyone feel that a system that gets 82% of the people to vote is an outdated system?
McDonald's in France
Ikorrellim posted on a different forum the following comment:
"Well, I thought this thread was about Boycotting French products…however, I heard an interesting remark on the news the other night…It stated that the French are the biggest consumers of McDonald’s products in all of Europe…that was very interesting to me…I thought the French were quite particular about their food and wine…anyone care to comment? "
This is indeed a very interesting topic, feel free to comment/answer ikorrellim.
Chirac undecided on EU constitution referendum for France
President Jacques Chirac has not yet decided whether he will hold a referendum in France on a proposed EU constitution, as Britain has declared it will do, a government spokesman said.
“As far as France is concerned, two paths are possible and provided for by the constitution,” spokesman Jean-Francois Cope told journalists.
The two options for ratification he was referring to were a plebiscite and parliamentary approval.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday announced a U-turn on his previous plans to say his country would hold a referendum.
Want to learn French?
Hi. This is a commercial site, but they have some fun resources if you’re learning French. On the left side of the screen, scroll down to Language and there is a "word of the day" and various games and quizzes that you can use without buying anything. You can subscribe to the word of the day and they e-mail a different word to you each day. Once you learn all the words, just unsubscribe. I made my own little dictionary when I first tried it, just copied and pasted into a word processing document.
http://www.transparent.com/
Have fun.
Seeking a Mature French Male Penpal
Hello,
I am looking for a mature French male penpal; maybe good friends.
I am a professional black woman and lives in the U.S.A. I enjoy reading, aerobics, antiques, travel, and meeting people of all cultures.
I plan to vist Paris in autumn and would like to learn more about your culture. I am challenging myself to a class of the French language over the summer. Wish me Luck!
Please respond by e-mail: eyvonne_rice2000@yahoo.com