French authorities are filing preliminary charges of “attempted murder with anti-Semitic motives” against three suspects charged with beating a Jewish teenager on June 21st in Paris, who later spent two days in a coma. Libération newspaper claims that such altercations are on the rise among youth gangs in the 19th district of Paris. The June…
The secretary of state for Urban Policies, Fad_la Amara, revealed that the country will aim to launch 45,000 new jobs for the country’s young people in the next three years, centred upon those most marginal in the country’s suburbs. President Sarkozy announced the plan Hope-Suburbs (Espoir-sBanlieues) in February. The project will concentrate on 215 neighbourhoods….
Turkey’s foreign minister requested that France should conduct EU entry talks with Turkey in a fair and impartial way. France will take over the EU’s six-month presidency in July, during which it will lead negotiations with Turkey. French President Sarkozy is against Turkey joining the 27-nation bloc
French European Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Jouyet has promised France will remain impartial during negotiations for the EU’s presidency, which it will assume July 1, 2008. President Sarkozy has publicly stated he is wary of admitting Muslim Turkey into the EU, suggesting a Mediterranean grouping as an alternative to full membership. Jouyet has assured the press…
French President Nicolas Sarkozy praised Tunisia for its fight against Islamic extremists adding that it is a laboratory for an open Arabo-Muslim society that respects its identity. Sarkozy’s comments received criticism from human rights groups like the Tunisan Association of Democratic Women. Its spokesperson, Khadija Cherif, explained she was disappointed Sarkozy had given priority to…
