elections websites in Microsoft Word

LES ELECTIONS 2002 SUR LE WEB
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Audio/video:
“La Radio des Elections” (Radio France)
EXCELLENT SITE!
http://www.radio_france.fr/divers/thematiques/elections/accueil/
TF1 Vidéos
Especially: click and follow links to “Rétro Phrases choc” videos to see Jospin’s speech “Je me retire de la vie
politique”, “Les larmes d’Arlette”, Chirac’s speech “J’appelle à la responsabilité et à la tolérance”, etc..
http://www.tf1.fr/video/news/elysee_2002/
Government sites:
The Presidency (click on the coin marked “RF” for information on the elections and the roles of the president):
http://www.elysee.fr/
The Prime Minister’s office:
http://www.premier_ministre.gouv.fr/
Official sites of candidates:
Le Pen: http://www.lepen.tv/
Chirac: http://www.2002pourlafrance.net/
[Jospin: http://www.lioneljospin.net/]
French sites on the elections:
Yahoo! France Dossier (good starting point):
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/presidentielle/
Le Monde “Elysées 2002" (Tiscali, “Expert Européen des Services Internet” )
http://elections.lemonde.fr/
La Libération “Présidentielle 2002" (in particular see the editorial by Serge JULY, April 24, 2002)
http://www.libe.com/presidentielle/index.php
Les Echos “Présidentielle 2002"
http://www.lesechos.fr/evenement/presidentielle2002/accueil.htm
Le Figaro “Présidentielle”
http://presidentielles.figaro.net/
See also:
http://www.presidentielles.org/
***For very detailed analysis, see the Sciences Po site: http://elections2002.sciences-po.fr/
Articles and sites in English on the elections:
Expatica.com (News and Community for the Expatriate) “French Election Special”
Contains lots of easy-to-read info (e.g. “The French Elections Explained”, “What happens next?”, etc...)
http://www.expatica.com/france.asp?s=0
Philip H. Gordon “The Jolt in a Victory on the Right”
The New York Times, April 23, 2002
http://www.brook.edu/views/op_ed/gordon/20020423.htm
Articles and sites in English on the elections (cont.):
Thierry Leterre “The French Presidential Elections: An Assessment”
US-France Analysis, March 1, 2002
http://www.brook.edu/fp/cusf/analysis/lettere_20020301.htm
BBC’s dossier “France at the Polls”
Includes: Profiles on Chirac, Le Pen and Jospin; graphs and statistics of election results; Q & A “What
happened?”; “Where they stand (Chirac vs. Le Pen), etc...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/europe/2002/french_elections_2002/default.stm
“The words and policies of Jean-Marie Le Pen” (and other articles) - see verso
The Independent (UK), 23 April 2002
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=287898
Simon Jefrey “Elections in France (the Issues Explained)”
The Guardian Unlimited, April 22, 2002
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theissues/article/0,6512,685438,00.html
POUR RIRE:
Dancing Chirac http://www.e1789.com/dancingchirac.php
[Jospin Aerobic: http://www.jospinaerobic.com/]
Les Guignols de l’Info http://www.canalplus.fr/evenements/presidentielles/index.asp
From The Independent - “The words and policies of Jean-Marie Le Pen”:
* "In a book of 1,000 pages on the Second World War the gas chambers take up 10 to 15 lines. That is a detail" 1987
* "It's artificial to bring foreign [football] players here and baptise them the French team, though I could think of other names for
them. They put an Algerian in to please the Arabs, a Kanak who can't even sing the National Anthem, blacks to satisfy the Antillais.
None of them has any place in a French team" (just after France's defeat in Euro 96)
* "When immigrants generate unemployment, crime, disorder and unbalance, the French have a right to fear for their lives" 1997
* "To say that different races are unequal is not racism. The world is naturally made up of hierarchies" 1996
* "[Immigration] is the biggest problem facing France, Europe and probably the world. We risk being submerged" 2002
* Abolition of the European Commission and the Maastricht, Schengen and Amsterdam treaties.
* Revival of the franc, to operate alongside the euro. * Re-creation of trade barriers with EU countries.
* Abolition of the 35-hour working week.
* Creation of new family and education allowances for French families only.
* National preference for French farm produce.
* Separation of French people's health funds from those for foreigners.
* Ban on building of mosques in France.
* Reintroduction of the death penalty.
* Places for 200,000 new prisoners to be created.
* Foreigners convicted of a crime to be deported.
* Juvenile delinquent repeat offenders to be put in
special centres.
* Referendum on state of emergency to combat crime,
giving the President power to rule by decree.