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Politics
BLOWN AWAY - Chirac, Muroroa and Nuclear Tests
“President Chirac's decision to resume nuclear testing in French Polynesia disregarded the interests of its people, its neighbours and the international community.”
THE COHABITEE - Edith Cresson, "She's not really corrupt"
“The career of ex-Prime Minister and ex-European Commissioner Cresson says a lot about the state of French politics and its influence in Europe.”
STINKING FROM THE TOP - Corruption in the Botswana of Europe
“In the past decade over five hundred French politicians and businessmen have been investigated or convicted for corruption. In France, officially the most corrupt country in Western Europe, many of them still walk free while the magistrates investigating them face death threats, press hostility and political interference.”
O-CHIRAC - Too Close To Iraq?
“What connects a "dear friend" of Jacques Chirac, €1.44 billion ($1.78 billion) in bribes and the Total Elf Fina oil company? Why, France's opposition to the invasion of Iraq.”
THE CAVALRY OF SODOM VS THE PORNOGRAPHIC PIG - The Dreyfus Affair
“Sentenced for a crime his superiors knew he did not commit, the case of Captain Dreyfus tore France apart and left it with a stain still not eradicated a century later.”
TICK TICK TICK - Countdown to Murder in the South Pacific
“In the mid-'80s, the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior, was interfering in nuclear tests in French Polynesia. France's solution was simple: terrorism, murder and blackmail.”
THE CRUCIFIXION OF ALAIN HERTOGHE - France's Unfree Press
“During the war in Iraq, the French press revealed its ugly anti-Americanism. What one reporter discovered, to his cost, was that it also exposed its corruption, incompetence and blatant disregard for the truth.”
THE HOLOCAUST TO LIBERTY - The French Revolution and "The Terror"
“The French are proud of their Revolution, claiming it to be the prime example of a people seizing and protecting liberty for itself. In reality, it was a frenzied, paranoid bloodbath.”
ENARQUES - Masters of le Grand Oral
“For years, France's political institutions, civil service and leading businesses have been run by specially trained, super-intelligent Enarques. Who are they? What do they do? And why are so many facing criminal charges?”
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