Johnny Summerton
Johnny Summerton is a broadcaster, writer and journalist based in Paris. Visit his site for a look at some the stories making the headlines here in France <a href="http://www.persiflagefrance.com" title="http://www.persiflagefrance.com" target="_blank">http://www.persiflagefrance.com</a> or for his travel pieces log on to <a href="http://www.urlswurld.blogspot.com" title="http://www.urlswurld.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://www.urlswurld.blogspot.com</a>
Articles by this Author
Sarkozy Sees Sense On Blair Presidency
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- Published 05/22/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
It has not been made official yet but it’s already doing the rounds of the media both here in France and across the channel in Britain The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is apparently not going to back former British prime minister, Tony Blair, as a candidate to become the first president of the European Union
The Holiday That Was, Then Wasn’t And Now Is
- By N/A
- Published 05/22/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
This is the rather muddled tale of the public holiday that disappeared from the French calendar four years ago when it became a quasi-working day But lo and behold, and hallelujah, everything’s back to normal at last and lundi Pentecôte, or Whit Monday, is once again a day off
The Knives Are Out
- By N/A
- Published 05/31/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
The big guns within the Socialist party here in France are warming up for battle ahead of an election to choose a new leader even though that’s still over six months away
Segolene Royal officially announced her intention to stand last Friday
The First Lady Sings
- By N/A
- Published 05/31/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
For some it will be a date to note in their diaries and one on which they will undoubtedly rush out in anticipation to the record stores For others it will quite possibly be time to clap their hands over their ears in an attempt to protect their hearing
A Taxing Day As Sarkozy Goes Walkabout Among The Fruit And Veg
- By N/A
- Published 06/4/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
What a start to the day for the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy He was up and about before dawned cracked rubbing shoulders and pressing flesh with the hoi polloi at Rungis, France’s largest wholesale food and flower market just south of Paris
A Nouvel Skyscraper For Paris
- By N/A
- Published 06/5/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
The French capital is to get just what it needs to set it apart from the rest of the globe’s major cities - a new 300-metre skyscraper set to challenge the world-famous Eiffel tower’s domination of the city’s skyline
France’s very own Jean Nouvel fought off competition from four other world class architects to be awarded the commission to construct the new Signal tower
France's "Virgin Obsessed" Serial Killer Gets Life
- By N/A
- Published 06/6/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
After a high profile trial lasting two months, a court in northeastern France on Wednesday found Michel Fourniret, the country’s most notorious serial killer in decades, guilty on seven counts of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment
His wife, Monique Olivier, was also sentenced to 28 years behind bars for complicity
Martine Aubry – The Lady In Waiting.
- By N/A
- Published 06/10/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
She might have been absent from national politics for the past eight years, but now a one-time leading light of the Socialist party, Martine Aubry, appears to be back in favour
Aubry is being touted – not least by herself – as a figure behind which activists could unite in the tussle for the leadership of the party due in November