PARIS -Robert Badinter, a former Justice minister best known for abolishing the guillotine in France in 1981, died on Friday at age 95.. -February 09, 2024 at 06:21 am EST
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The legislative elections in France this Sunday have largely flown under the global “radar,” yet their outcome could have as great an effect on the nation’s future as Emmanuel Macron’s more widely watched re-election as president in May. A key reason for the lower profile of the latest vote is the commonly held view that French legislative elections are designed to hand the
The optimists went to the gas chambers (or so it’s been said). The pessimists went to America. The collabos went to Maxim’s (for steak). The orphans went to the country (for safekeeping). De Gaulle went to London. Pétain went to Vichy. Some (not that many) joined the Resistance. When the Allies landed, crowds flooded the […]