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British bromance
There have been a variety of critical matters mentioned on the assembly between Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak on Friday, however for a lot of the French media this was about an opportunity to return to regular relations between neighbours and historic allies after the chaotic and tense relationship through the Boris Johnson years and the Liz Truss weeks.
I significantly loved the entrance web page of leftwing each day Libération forward of the go to. My gran had some very comparable memento mugs from the weddings of Prince Charles and Diana and Prince Andrew and Sarah again within the Eighties – I hope that’s not a nasty omen for the Macron-Sunak relationship
A la une de @Libe ce vendredi :
Sommet Franco-britannique : contents de vous revoirLire : https://t.co/nj2k4mQp7h #Brexit pic.twitter.com/hHs8YaJQeL
— Libération (@libe) March 9, 2023
Protest
I’m afraid I needed to snigger this week when a Parisian informed me, with a very straight face, that: “Since Macron, no-one can protest in France any extra or you can be shot within the again. It’s unlucky however that’s the best way it’s.”
On Tuesday an estimated 1.2 million folks protested towards the pension reform, so I believe that assertion will not be fairly true (though there’s actually a critical dialog available about police violence in France).
The pension reform invoice continues to make its method by the parliamentary course of, coming again to the Assemblée nationale subsequent week forward of a closing vote on March twenty sixth. It’s broadly anticipated that strikes will attain a crescendo over the subsequent two weeks with official actions equivalent to walk-outs on the railways and unofficial ones just like the rogue Edf staff chopping off the ability to cities that elected ministers who again the reforms.
Music of the week
Because the nation of my delivery takes on the nation of my residence this weekend within the Six Nations rugby match often called Le Crunch, I’ll have the chance to listen to La Marseillaise correctly sung – bellowed by barely drunk sports activities followers.
The French anthem is undoubtedly a cracking tune, a lot in order that I additionally heard it sung by teams of distinctly convivial farmers within the wine tent on the closing at France’s greatest farm present final weekend. Can’t fairly think about that taking place with God Save the King . . .
Thread of the week
We’ve written about this earlier than at The Native, however French variations of English-language movie titles are sometimes a bit . . . bizarre. Particularly with regards to intercourse, because the under thread demonstrates.
for some *ridiculous* motive the french like to translate film titles from english to… english
this is a thread with my all-time favorites, beginning with “the hangover”
…i imply VERY BAD TRIP pic.twitter.com/YoPzIb0pq1
— juan (@juanbuis) March 8, 2023
Though the city fable that The Matrix movies appeared in France as Les jeunes qui traversent des dimensions en portant des lunettes de soleil (younger individuals who journey in dimensions whereas sporting sun shades) is unfortunately not true. In France it was merely Matrix, whereas in Quebec it was La Matrice.
Puns, intercourse and concrete legends: How French movie titles are translated into English
Birthday cake
And the Speaking France podcast is again with a particular first birthday version.
Sure, it’s one yr since we mentioned ‘Let’s launch a podcast to cowl the presidential elections, we’ll in all probability simply do it for a few months’. We’ve branched out since then from politics to cowl all elements of French information and life in France – this week’s episode covers; strikes (in fact), drought, Olympics tickets, France’s privateness legal guidelines and three French islands you actually ought to go to.
Pay attention right here or on the hyperlink under.
And if you wish to hear much more of me speaking, this week I’m a visitor on the Navigating the French podcast, discussing maybe essentially the most French phrase of all of them – la grève (strikes).
Inside France is our weekly have a look at among the information, speaking factors and gossip in France that you just won’t have heard about. It’s printed every Saturday and members can obtain it on to their inbox, by going to their publication preferences or including their electronic mail to the sign-up field on this article.
