My ancestors hailed from Northern France, Huguenots. In the reign of Louis XIV, Louis de Belledame was a Officer of the Garde to the King, obtaining letters of Nobility. Whether that would amount to a hill of haricots is of question for claiming French citizenship. Then of course the fact that I am unilingual does not help.
I have learned quite a bit about current French politics and personalities in your writing.
It is similar there to North America with the far right and the right centre,except the right centre identifies as Liberal. In the end, Covid taught us many things including how easy it is to slide into Authoritarian regimes.
The truth is parsed and dissected so much that one has to subscribe to a number of substack s just to get a hint of what reality is.
I would, for example, love to know more about the banning of Les Soulèvements de la Terre. I heard that it had a lot to do with the powerful lobbying power of the French farmers' union...
Thanks for this great piece Chris! A quite perfect start to an old lady’s birthday. Kate is here from Glasgow and we are going to a C’s game this afternoon. Wish you and C were here!
Really? A blackout? The “foreign press” usually jumps all over these opportunities to take a few swings at the French. CNN is notorious for doing so, as are the yellow Brits.
My ancestors hailed from Northern France, Huguenots. In the reign of Louis XIV, Louis de Belledame was a Officer of the Garde to the King, obtaining letters of Nobility. Whether that would amount to a hill of haricots is of question for claiming French citizenship. Then of course the fact that I am unilingual does not help.
I have learned quite a bit about current French politics and personalities in your writing.
It is similar there to North America with the far right and the right centre,except the right centre identifies as Liberal. In the end, Covid taught us many things including how easy it is to slide into Authoritarian regimes.
The truth is parsed and dissected so much that one has to subscribe to a number of substack s just to get a hint of what reality is.
I would, for example, love to know more about the banning of Les Soulèvements de la Terre. I heard that it had a lot to do with the powerful lobbying power of the French farmers' union...
Good work here, Mr. Mooney. I'm counting on you to tell me what's going on in this country!!
Yikes. I have been averting my eyes from the news. I was unaware just how horrendous it is.
Thanks Chris. Another good read. Sunday is now off to a good start
Thanks for this great piece Chris! A quite perfect start to an old lady’s birthday. Kate is here from Glasgow and we are going to a C’s game this afternoon. Wish you and C were here!
Really? A blackout? The “foreign press” usually jumps all over these opportunities to take a few swings at the French. CNN is notorious for doing so, as are the yellow Brits.