was that it must be preserved, it must be looked after, it must not have too much franglais and english words. it won t come as a surprise to you, as being somebody who s half french, half british, having been steeped in that from the word go in my life, that i actually think and i know having worked for the bbc, world service, bbc world, france 24 and reaching out to across the planet, the more we can communicate between each other s cultures, look at our politics in those countries that have free speech because, of course, that isn t true and free news and free reporting, that is not true. and if ever the internet has shown that or indeed real time reporting on ukraine or whether it s partygate as i was again this morning, yes, there was a hesitancy because some people thought that they should be custodians and the best way of keeping the culture and the language was that way. when president chirac decided to have the french elise website not just in french but also in english, quite
the culture and the language was that way. when president chirac decided to have the french elise website notjust in french but also in english, quite a lot of people were not happy, whether that was in the establishment or elsewhere, the academie francaise, possibly, or elsewhere. he pushed for there to be a global news channel. he understood that a country like france, that has a un security council permanent seat, it was essential that that voice be heard. so, ted turner, when he created cnn, the cable news network, if we cast our minds back that far, was thought to be bonkers, frankly. then bbc world then decides to do the same thing in the 90s, and we can see that as the world has become more globalized, it is essential, as one of the other guests was saying, i think it was dominic, whether it s about brexit or partygate, there is huge interest. a change of prime minister in the uk, for example,
because some people thought that they should be custodians and the best way of keeping the culture and the language was that way. when president chirac decided to have the french elise website notjust in french but also in english, quite a lot of people were not happy, whether that was in the establishment or elsewhere, the academie francaise, possibly, or elsewhere. he pushed for there to be a global news channel. he understood that a country like france, that has a un security council permanent seat, it was essential that that voice be heard. so, ted turner, when he created cnn, the cable news network, if we cast our minds back that far, was thought to be bonkers, frankly. then bbc world then decides to do the same thing in the 90s, and we can see that as the world has become more globalized, it is essential, as one of the other guests was saying, i think it was dominic, whether it s about brexit or partygate, there is huge interest. a change of prime minister
people thought that they should be custodians and the best way of keeping the culture and the language was that way. when president chirac decided to have the french elise website notjust in french but also in english, quite a lot of people were not happy, whether that was in the establishment or elsewhere, the academie francaise, possibly, or elsewhere. he pushed for there to be a global news channel. he understood that a country like france that has a un security council permanent seat, it was essential that that voice be heard. so ted turner, when he created cnn, the cable news network, if we cast our minds back that far, was thought to be bonkers, frankly. then bbc world then decides to do the same thing in the 90s, and we can see that as the world has become more globalized, it is essential, as one of the other guests was saying, i think it was dominic, whether it s about brexit or partygate, there is huge interest. a change of prime minister in the uk, for example, would mean a d
and then in chirac was against lapel and then in 2017 when you had the beaver situation. we 2017 when you had the beaver situation. ~ . , . ., ., situation. we are expecting to hear from emmanuel situation. we are expecting to hear from emmanuel macron situation. we are expecting to hear from emmanuel macron in - situation. we are expecting to hear from emmanuel macron in a - situation. we are expecting to hear. from emmanuel macron in a moment. you are watching bbc news. i m tim willcox live in paris. we have special coverage of the first round of the french presidential elections. in the past hour, exit polls have been published in france suggesting that emmanuel macron will face a run off against marine le pen in the second round of the presidential election. if that is confirmed by the actual results, it will be the same two candidates in the run off as in the last presidential election in 2017. the incumbent president, emmanuel macron, is projected to get 28.1 per cent of the f