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My other blogs about France in English
July 2018 - I am working on this blog
I have hard time with Blogger system!
Some links could not be working. Sorry!
3330 visits since January 2016
from Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Romania, Russia, U K, Ukraine, USA, etc.
Thank you - Danke - Grazie - Спасибо - Gracias - 谢谢 - ありがとう - شكرا
Obrigado - Multumesc - धन्यवाद - ευχαριστώ - cảm ơn bạn - Merci
My other blogs about France in English
Visit France --- Visit Paris and its region --- French Expressions & Vocabulary
Maps of France, Paris, Regions, Motorways, etc
French History, Geography, France today --- Everything French in the USA
900 French websites in many fields --- French Wines & French Cuisine
Direct Access & Summary
http://allmyfrenchblogs.blogspot.com
Maps of France, Paris, Regions, Motorways, etc
French History, Geography, France today --- Everything French in the USA
900 French websites in many fields --- French Wines & French Cuisine
Direct Access & Summary
http://allmyfrenchblogs.blogspot.com
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French Anthem La Marseillaise www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzTLqTnqadA
French Anthem La Marseillaise www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzTLqTnqadA
Reconstitution of a whole Paris street inside the Grand Palais (a 1897 Palace)
for a 2-hour Chanel fashion show (don't miss at 9:20)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqf-Kjy5yLA
Farmers celebrate the Tour de France in very special way: a lot of creativity!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABPcSIsNuS8
Dinner in white: thousands of people dressed in white dine on 6 of the Paris Bridges
An original idea from Francois Pasquier, now an international event.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D6Uv1Vcvus
Fete de la Musique (Celebrate Music) created in Paris in 1982, now worldwide
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd0UV2xxOpU
Wire walk between the WTC Twin Towers in 1974 - My Homage to 9/11 Victims!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQCUXNo5GI
w What did they say about France?
Theodore Zeldin (English Philosopher): "There's no nation, no democracy which can write its own History without acknowledging
a debt or a direct influence to France"
J. Fenby (American Author): "Since a dozen of centuries France occupies an exclusive place in the world and could not accept nothing less"
National Geographic: "Since UK gave back Hong-Kong, France with 14 overseas territories is now the only country where the sun never sets"
CIA Report: "France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader among European nations. It plays an influential global role as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, NATO, the G-8, the G-20, the EU
and other multilateral organizations".
Thomas Jefferson: "Every man has 2 countries: his own and France"
Josephine Baker: "J'ai 2 amours: mon pays et Paris" - I have 2 loves: my country and Paris
E. Hemingway: "You like Paris? Then you like the French: they made it the way it is"
BBC History Channel: "There have been 53 major wars in Europe. France had been a belligerent in 49 of them.
In 185 battles that France had fought over the past 800 years,
their armies had won 135 times, lost 40 times and drawn only 10,
giving the French military the best record of any country in the world"
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British / French / German / Indian / US Videos
for a 2-hour Chanel fashion show (don't miss at 9:20)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqf-Kjy5yLA
Farmers celebrate the Tour de France in very special way: a lot of creativity!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABPcSIsNuS8
Dinner in white: thousands of people dressed in white dine on 6 of the Paris Bridges
An original idea from Francois Pasquier, now an international event.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D6Uv1Vcvus
Fete de la Musique (Celebrate Music) created in Paris in 1982, now worldwide
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd0UV2xxOpU
Wire walk between the WTC Twin Towers in 1974 - My Homage to 9/11 Victims!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQCUXNo5GI
w What did they say about France?
Theodore Zeldin (English Philosopher): "There's no nation, no democracy which can write its own History without acknowledging
a debt or a direct influence to France"
J. Fenby (American Author): "Since a dozen of centuries France occupies an exclusive place in the world and could not accept nothing less"
National Geographic: "Since UK gave back Hong-Kong, France with 14 overseas territories is now the only country where the sun never sets"
CIA Report: "France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader among European nations. It plays an influential global role as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, NATO, the G-8, the G-20, the EU
and other multilateral organizations".
Thomas Jefferson: "Every man has 2 countries: his own and France"
Josephine Baker: "J'ai 2 amours: mon pays et Paris" - I have 2 loves: my country and Paris
E. Hemingway: "You like Paris? Then you like the French: they made it the way it is"
BBC History Channel: "There have been 53 major wars in Europe. France had been a belligerent in 49 of them.
In 185 battles that France had fought over the past 800 years,
their armies had won 135 times, lost 40 times and drawn only 10,
giving the French military the best record of any country in the world"
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British / French / German / Indian / US Videos
about France
1781 Naval Battle of Chesapeake Bay: French 1 - English 0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmDnIVK4lQ
1805 Battle of Austerlitz: France 1 - Others 0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AotbMs7BIhE
Let's not forget: French soldiers made Napoleon victorious!
Peugeot in Germany www.youtube.com/watch?v=5txPsFD-Bm4
Jay Leno: the revolutionary Citroen DS www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzW_ERSgFRY
French Low Fly By www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa_KrNNebzU
High Speed Train TGV Alstom is a French company www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfDWtbioEM
CNN: Lybian war www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdmzKEqYuE
Ariane Launcher World Number #1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMFotrkgF-w
Airbus A380 tests in Toulouse www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImSuZjvkATw
Nuclear: 75% of France Electricity www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-rKBrs7kYE
1941 Battle of Bir Hakeim www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDtVotgbbTI
1781 Naval Battle of Chesapeake Bay: French 1 - English 0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmDnIVK4lQ
1805 Battle of Austerlitz: France 1 - Others 0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AotbMs7BIhE
Let's not forget: French soldiers made Napoleon victorious!
Peugeot in Germany www.youtube.com/watch?v=5txPsFD-Bm4
Jay Leno: the revolutionary Citroen DS www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzW_ERSgFRY
French Low Fly By www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa_KrNNebzU
High Speed Train TGV Alstom is a French company www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfDWtbioEM
CNN: Lybian war www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdmzKEqYuE
Ariane Launcher World Number #1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMFotrkgF-w
Airbus A380 tests in Toulouse www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImSuZjvkATw
Nuclear: 75% of France Electricity www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-rKBrs7kYE
1941 Battle of Bir Hakeim www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDtVotgbbTI
Surprising truth
French pay less "taxes" than Americans (for what they get in return)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lueHW9EL7kc
Bill Maher: "About France ... "
French pay less "taxes" than Americans (for what they get in return)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lueHW9EL7kc
Bill Maher: "About France ... "
www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/automobiles/collectibles/french-ingenuity-on-four-wheels.html?hp&_r=0
FP Magazine : "Underestimate France (& French military) at your peril!"
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/02/01/vive_lempereur
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FP Magazine : "Underestimate France (& French military) at your peril!"
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/02/01/vive_lempereur
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Cheers from around the world to the French military
French Rafale Jet Fighters Bomb ISIS base in Iraq
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJYOefVXVKQ#t=27
Posted in Comment sections of various videos and newspapers worldwide:
- Bonne cance en Mali Grüße vom Nachbarn Germany
- Afgha .. Go French team! USA
French soldiers are honorable .. like Kamikazes! Japan
French are "cowards"? What ignorance!!! Vive la France! Respect from your Canadian allies
- Respect from Germany
The French are bad ass.. They take no shit! Love from Scotland
- Thank you French people for defending the Free world! India
"Aimons la France comme elle nous a tous aimé" (Let's love France as it loved us all) Serbia
- Merci les francais! Mali
Vodka for you French soldiers in Afghanistan Russia
- Respect to the french army from italy, kick ass in mali! Italy
- Respect to the French soldiers, the most badass worldwide ever England
- Bonne chance France in Libya. Que Dieu vous bénisse! Canada
- We got your back in Mali frog friends! Australia
- Good luck in Mali, hopefully everybody makes it home! USA
- Lybia: Vive la France! Spain
- Vive la France. Groeten uit Holland! The Netherlands
- Vive la France! Haiti
- I hope it will go well for the mali people, as well as the brave French troops Finland
But what is France, really?
French Rafale Jet Fighters Bomb ISIS base in Iraq
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJYOefVXVKQ#t=27
Posted in Comment sections of various videos and newspapers worldwide:
- Bonne cance en Mali Grüße vom Nachbarn Germany
- Afgha .. Go French team! USA
French soldiers are honorable .. like Kamikazes! Japan
French are "cowards"? What ignorance!!! Vive la France! Respect from your Canadian allies
- Respect from Germany
The French are bad ass.. They take no shit! Love from Scotland
- Thank you French people for defending the Free world! India
"Aimons la France comme elle nous a tous aimé" (Let's love France as it loved us all) Serbia
- Merci les francais! Mali
Vodka for you French soldiers in Afghanistan Russia
- Respect to the french army from italy, kick ass in mali! Italy
- Respect to the French soldiers, the most badass worldwide ever England
- Bonne chance France in Libya. Que Dieu vous bénisse! Canada
- We got your back in Mali frog friends! Australia
- Good luck in Mali, hopefully everybody makes it home! USA
- Lybia: Vive la France! Spain
- Vive la France. Groeten uit Holland! The Netherlands
- Vive la France! Haiti
- I hope it will go well for the mali people, as well as the brave French troops Finland
But what is France, really?
The Frank Country - Frankreich - Francia
Sorry dear Italian and Spanish friends, French are not "Latin".
"The Franks are coming!" Watch the story of the ancestors of the French:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA_SSpQDpl4&t=47s
Originally a Celt territory, it was invaded by the Romans in 45 BC and called Gallia.
Then Franks tribes took over the territory and made it their "Kingdom of the Franks"
Clovis became the 1st king of the Franks in 498. He made Lutetia - Paris his capital.
Charles Martel, Chief of the Franks, pushed back Muslim troops invading France in 732.
He founded the Capetian Dynasty but never officially became King.
Charlemagne or Karl der Große, born in today Germany, became King of the Franks in 768. He founded the Holly Roman Empire and became Emperor of the Franks.
It was the first French king of the Carolingian dynasty.
In 987, King Hugues Capet founded the Capetian Dynasty that lasted until Charles X in 1830.
More of the French history: http://frenchhist.blogspot.com/
Official Name: République Française
Nickname by the French: "L'Hexagone" (because of its shape).
The 1st French Republic was created in 1794 during the Revolution.
Motto: "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" (Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood)
Anthem La Marseillaise (in Eng. & Ger.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzTLqTnqadA
it was written as a war song in 1792 by Rouget de Lisle:
European Monarchies wanted to put back King Louis XVI on his throne
Austria and Prussia attacked France. French people were called to defend the new Republic.
Thousands of volunteers joined to fight and won the battle of Valmy in 1792
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWpN3fZ4xqo
Marseillaise Reggae by Serge Gainsbourg 1979
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLq7EcvRaf0
European Union Anthem
Sorry dear Italian and Spanish friends, French are not "Latin".
"The Franks are coming!" Watch the story of the ancestors of the French:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA_SSpQDpl4&t=47s
Originally a Celt territory, it was invaded by the Romans in 45 BC and called Gallia.
Then Franks tribes took over the territory and made it their "Kingdom of the Franks"
Clovis became the 1st king of the Franks in 498. He made Lutetia - Paris his capital.
Charles Martel, Chief of the Franks, pushed back Muslim troops invading France in 732.
He founded the Capetian Dynasty but never officially became King.
Charlemagne or Karl der Große, born in today Germany, became King of the Franks in 768. He founded the Holly Roman Empire and became Emperor of the Franks.
It was the first French king of the Carolingian dynasty.
In 987, King Hugues Capet founded the Capetian Dynasty that lasted until Charles X in 1830.
More of the French history: http://frenchhist.blogspot.com/
Official Name: République Française
Nickname by the French: "L'Hexagone" (because of its shape).
The 1st French Republic was created in 1794 during the Revolution.
Motto: "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" (Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood)
Anthem La Marseillaise (in Eng. & Ger.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzTLqTnqadA
it was written as a war song in 1792 by Rouget de Lisle:
European Monarchies wanted to put back King Louis XVI on his throne
Austria and Prussia attacked France. French people were called to defend the new Republic.
Thousands of volunteers joined to fight and won the battle of Valmy in 1792
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWpN3fZ4xqo
Marseillaise Reggae by Serge Gainsbourg 1979
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLq7EcvRaf0
European Union Anthem
France is Co-founder with Germany and BeNeLux
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm909ZgSCpw
Population: 66.2 millions (2018)
Germany 82 M., UK 66 M., Italy 65.7 M., USA 330 M., Japan 128 M., Russia 145 M., China 1,4 B.
Capital: Paris (since 506 AD) Metropolitan Area: 11 million inhabitants
Largest 6 cities: Marseille, Lyon, Nice, Nantes, Toulouse, Strasbourg
14 Overseas Territories on 5 continents
Not including the Corsican Island, 1 of the 13 main "Regions"
A True Democracy
Direct election by the people of the President, Representatives National Assembly, Region Governors, City Councils, and representatives to the European Parliament.
The Prime Minister, Chief of Government, is chosen by the National Assembly majority.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm909ZgSCpw
Population: 66.2 millions (2018)
Germany 82 M., UK 66 M., Italy 65.7 M., USA 330 M., Japan 128 M., Russia 145 M., China 1,4 B.
Capital: Paris (since 506 AD) Metropolitan Area: 11 million inhabitants
Largest 6 cities: Marseille, Lyon, Nice, Nantes, Toulouse, Strasbourg
14 Overseas Territories on 5 continents
Not including the Corsican Island, 1 of the 13 main "Regions"
A True Democracy
Direct election by the people of the President, Representatives National Assembly, Region Governors, City Councils, and representatives to the European Parliament.
The Prime Minister, Chief of Government, is chosen by the National Assembly majority.
Ethnicity & Religion
Mostly Frank, Gaelic & Celtic. Minorities: Asian, Latin, African, Slave.
Religions: 86% Catholic, 7% Muslim, 0.9% Jewish & Protestant, Orthodox, Buddhist, etc.
Literacy: 99%
Free public schools, Lycees (High schools) and most Universities
Average Life Expectancy:
Females 85.9, Males 81.8
1 female out of 10.000 born after the year 2000 will reach the age of 100 year
French Health Care System
Females 85.9, Males 81.8
1 female out of 10.000 born after the year 2000 will reach the age of 100 year
French Health Care System
95% of the French are covered by health insurance.
Hospitals are either public (Free) or private (Clinique).
Hospitals are either public (Free) or private (Clinique).
Doctors, Dentists, etc., are private entrepreneurs.
First Total Facial Transplant by French Team
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92FN1TXhDc8
Honoring French "civil servants" in free Assistance Publique hospitals
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-avZFsUI1A
US Talk-show host Charlie Rose preferred to get his Heart Surgery in France
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/charlie-roses-brush-death-12842786
SAMU: on site Emergency Care with Doctor & nurse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR_5DoPGySE
SOS Medecin: Emergency Doctors House Call born in Paris. Now over the world...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-IZzDjSnNw www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tczVmgWe-Y
First Total Facial Transplant by French Team
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92FN1TXhDc8
Honoring French "civil servants" in free Assistance Publique hospitals
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-avZFsUI1A
US Talk-show host Charlie Rose preferred to get his Heart Surgery in France
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/charlie-roses-brush-death-12842786
SAMU: on site Emergency Care with Doctor & nurse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR_5DoPGySE
SOS Medecin: Emergency Doctors House Call born in Paris. Now over the world...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-IZzDjSnNw www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tczVmgWe-Y
Doctors without Borders founded in France
World Ranking (2018)
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Data below are from IMF, OECD, UN, World Bank, etc. and accurate!
Data below are from IMF, OECD, UN, World Bank, etc. and accurate!
6th Economy equal to UK - 2nd in Europe
6th Exporting power
Made in France examples:
Made in France examples:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmM-Fm4T100
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJySx5_PXAs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AES6djDq61Q
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GpuTjbU5ak
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJySx5_PXAs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AES6djDq61Q
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GpuTjbU5ak
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYVm0hLXFo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPaYnxDUiPI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMCTpCuJEs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzwPMnMlXtw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPaYnxDUiPI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMCTpCuJEs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzwPMnMlXtw
1st Civilian Nuclear Power (with 54 plants)
4th Military Power - Never again 1940!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdmzKEqYuE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv4-UScIjSA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWMxih0so8c
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxPZPbAxcio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdmzKEqYuE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv4-UScIjSA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWMxih0so8c
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxPZPbAxcio
3rd Military Nuclear Power
3rd Air & Space Power
2nd less polluting of all industrialized countries
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-rKBrs7kYE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpGWvZtA-bM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFmgmZNod-o
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9wndqjLsjk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9MV3kKqPN4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-rKBrs7kYE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpGWvZtA-bM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFmgmZNod-o
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9wndqjLsjk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9MV3kKqPN4
1st in Culture (equal to US) and in Fashion (equal to Italy)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ2eidFdkao
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MploONnAKhI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFzViYkZAz4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEYCD5FSjVM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqf-Kjy5yLA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHXRTStPrUQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ2eidFdkao
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MploONnAKhI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFzViYkZAz4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEYCD5FSjVM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqf-Kjy5yLA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHXRTStPrUQ
1st World Tourist destination with 92 million visitors in 2017
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUyppy7c8Ig
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0tv9j2HxFQ
www.france-voyage.com/travel-photos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjvjQPdTtRU
www.monuments-nationaux.fr/en
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7VY6_ADAEw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUt1Y63K560&NR=1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESQcyETX66Q
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUyppy7c8Ig
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0tv9j2HxFQ
www.france-voyage.com/travel-photos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjvjQPdTtRU
www.monuments-nationaux.fr/en
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7VY6_ADAEw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUt1Y63K560&NR=1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESQcyETX66Q
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Other Data about the Country
Other Data about the Country
The European Parliament is located in Strasbourg, France.
Member co founder of the Eurozone with Germany; it includes 18 countries
France shelters the headquarters of International Federation of Human Rights, Interpol, OECD, Unesco,
as well as the European Parliament & Council of Europe.
Member co founder of the United Nations (former "Société des Nations") with Veto right;
The French is still the official diplomatic language.
Member co founder of the OECD
Member co founder of the OECD
Member founder of ESA (European Space Agency);
France created the CNES in 1950 (National Center For Space Studies) and
started the rocket launcher program Arianespace in 1962 (from program "Diamant").
Member co founder of the Francophonie Organization, a cultural & political organization with 71 member countries www.francophonie.org/English.html
(by the way, 60 % of the English language comes from the French)
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Let's talk about Clichés!
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French Technology?? Besides Cheeses? YES!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOdATLzRGHc www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMFotrkgF-w
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImSuZjvkATw www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6lJ_CKindU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT0yymT6v_w www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPaYnxDUiPI
French Atos, CapGemini, and Sopra among the world top 10 IT companies
http://atos.net www.capgemini.com www.sopra.com
DailyMotion, a French Alternative to Youtube www.dailymotion.com/fr
French Giant Video Game Maker Ubisoft www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWvJq-pLeko
Smart Card Inventor: Roland Moreno (RIP) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIp5U20oIEg
The Monge: the world largest spy ship can detect a coin 500 miles away
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKz9urVU10Y
French cars? They are lemons!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5txPsFD-Bm4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzW_ERSgFRY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pvOSLPxT7E
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu0QChbkSVs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsDLMyee9l4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fivRzE_G-mw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitjZRhq39Q
Somali Pirates attack a French ship ... Did the French surrender?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKA4OXm_IA
Rugby World Cup: Can one expect the French at the top?
the "15 de France" defeated the "All blacks", the Australians, the English, Irish, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEcK0Tf8s5g
The "Tank" Chabal: French Rugby Team Attacking Center Player, 6'3 - 270 lbs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxljHECox1M
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOdATLzRGHc www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMFotrkgF-w
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImSuZjvkATw www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6lJ_CKindU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT0yymT6v_w www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPaYnxDUiPI
French Atos, CapGemini, and Sopra among the world top 10 IT companies
http://atos.net www.capgemini.com www.sopra.com
DailyMotion, a French Alternative to Youtube www.dailymotion.com/fr
French Giant Video Game Maker Ubisoft www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWvJq-pLeko
Smart Card Inventor: Roland Moreno (RIP) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIp5U20oIEg
The Monge: the world largest spy ship can detect a coin 500 miles away
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKz9urVU10Y
French cars? They are lemons!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5txPsFD-Bm4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzW_ERSgFRY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pvOSLPxT7E
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu0QChbkSVs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsDLMyee9l4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fivRzE_G-mw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitjZRhq39Q
Somali Pirates attack a French ship ... Did the French surrender?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKA4OXm_IA
Rugby World Cup: Can one expect the French at the top?
the "15 de France" defeated the "All blacks", the Australians, the English, Irish, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEcK0Tf8s5g
The "Tank" Chabal: French Rugby Team Attacking Center Player, 6'3 - 270 lbs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxljHECox1M
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France & Germany celebrate 50 years of Friendship
"The union of France and Germany is the only possible future"
More than just friendship: the 40 000 soldiers "Eurocorps" includes 30 000 French & Germans.
French and German Economy ministers attend quarterly meetings at their counterpart office.
France and Germany are planning to create an industry and technology common agency.
Many judiciary and tax rules are now similar in both countries.
ARTE is a French German TV channel since 1992, etc ..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPvX5PwkSfQ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQy9Abx-1HI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7tjMitlDLI
France & Germany celebrate 50 years of Friendship
"The union of France and Germany is the only possible future"
More than just friendship: the 40 000 soldiers "Eurocorps" includes 30 000 French & Germans.
French and German Economy ministers attend quarterly meetings at their counterpart office.
France and Germany are planning to create an industry and technology common agency.
Many judiciary and tax rules are now similar in both countries.
ARTE is a French German TV channel since 1992, etc ..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPvX5PwkSfQ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQy9Abx-1HI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7tjMitlDLI
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The French Woman ... La Française ...
Brigitte Bardot: "Harley Davidson" - 1968
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai2As4XFZDY
Mylène Farmer: "Deshabillez-moi" (Undress me - 2008)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lf2RJDZl54
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I94dMkLtm1Y (Original 1967)
Rita Mitsoukos: "Le Petit Train" (French Bollywood Rock - 1989)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn5X4_JCJgg
Amel Bent: "Ma Philosophie" - 2004
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38EUIll1pM
Patricia Kaas: "Mon Mec à Moi" (My guy is mine - 1988)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zgB1Jfpjdw
France Gall: "Ella, Elle l'a" (Ella Fitzgerald Got it all - 1987)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgHGU8gqz9U
Laam Lââm: Sang Chaud (Hot Blood - 2006)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2gOQI8w9Jg
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French love Amour (Love), they really love it!
+ 18 year old
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Z7V9m7HU4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByR8hserVw0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7OBV4G6hH4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12nHp_Optn8
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The French Woman ... La Française ...
Brigitte Bardot: "Harley Davidson" - 1968
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai2As4XFZDY
Mylène Farmer: "Deshabillez-moi" (Undress me - 2008)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lf2RJDZl54
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I94dMkLtm1Y (Original 1967)
Rita Mitsoukos: "Le Petit Train" (French Bollywood Rock - 1989)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn5X4_JCJgg
Amel Bent: "Ma Philosophie" - 2004
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38EUIll1pM
Patricia Kaas: "Mon Mec à Moi" (My guy is mine - 1988)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zgB1Jfpjdw
France Gall: "Ella, Elle l'a" (Ella Fitzgerald Got it all - 1987)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgHGU8gqz9U
Laam Lââm: Sang Chaud (Hot Blood - 2006)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2gOQI8w9Jg
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French love Amour (Love), they really love it!
+ 18 year old
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Z7V9m7HU4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByR8hserVw0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7OBV4G6hH4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12nHp_Optn8
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French Humor Humour français
(No need to speak French)
French movie "The March of the Penguins"
titled in France: "March of the Emperor"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNd_hUqEEl4
Adultery excuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd3dIXXLcdE
Versailles story
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv006zThytQ
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Paris World Cultural and Fashion Center
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iPx7jM3v4w
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqf-Kjy5yLA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtFutCQ61fs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsUOTrFgaVQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBH0jqyPDCg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7nQ4b2o84A
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g4z1ispW2k
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2HXm-TerVs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqPPncfWOZE
Jean-Michel Jarre Electronic Concert in Beijing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ2eidFdkao
More coming soon
(No need to speak French)
French movie "The March of the Penguins"
titled in France: "March of the Emperor"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNd_hUqEEl4
Adultery excuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd3dIXXLcdE
Versailles story
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv006zThytQ
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Paris World Cultural and Fashion Center
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iPx7jM3v4w
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqf-Kjy5yLA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtFutCQ61fs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsUOTrFgaVQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBH0jqyPDCg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7nQ4b2o84A
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g4z1ispW2k
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2HXm-TerVs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqPPncfWOZE
Jean-Michel Jarre Electronic Concert in Beijing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ2eidFdkao
More coming soon
"Plutot mourir que reculer!"
(Rather to die than to give up!)
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, French Commander in Chief of Allies Forces WW1
From BBC : "There have been 53 major wars in Europe. France had been a belligerent in 49 of them.
In 185 battles that France had fought over the past 800 years, their armies had won
135 times, lost 40 times and drawn only 10,
giving the French military the best record of any country in the world."
From an American soldier who fought in Afghanistan along French soldiers
I am an American who lived on FOB Tora with Task Force Bison & Task Force Richelieu in '10 & '11. I spent plenty of time in the "Green Zone" and in northern Tagab so I understand how tough northern Tagab is. Proud to serve with my French brothers. Vive la France!
"La France fut faite à coups d'épée"
(France was built with swords)
Charles de Gaulle 1965w
"They lost Waterloo but the battle against the French
was the nearest run thing I ever saw in my life .. and the Emperor was sick that day!"
Duke of Wellington June 1815
(Rather to die than to give up!)
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, French Commander in Chief of Allies Forces WW1
From BBC : "There have been 53 major wars in Europe. France had been a belligerent in 49 of them.
In 185 battles that France had fought over the past 800 years, their armies had won
135 times, lost 40 times and drawn only 10,
giving the French military the best record of any country in the world."
From an American soldier who fought in Afghanistan along French soldiers
I am an American who lived on FOB Tora with Task Force Bison & Task Force Richelieu in '10 & '11. I spent plenty of time in the "Green Zone" and in northern Tagab so I understand how tough northern Tagab is. Proud to serve with my French brothers. Vive la France!
"La France fut faite à coups d'épée"
(France was built with swords)
Charles de Gaulle 1965w
"They lost Waterloo but the battle against the French
was the nearest run thing I ever saw in my life .. and the Emperor was sick that day!"
Duke of Wellington June 1815
SOME OF THE FRENCH BATTLES / VICTORIES IN THE LAST 12 CENTURIES
l 732: Frank Charles Martel stopped the Muslim Moors invading Europe www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoNqerMrd8
l 1096: 1st Crusade led by Adhemar de Monteil and Godefroy de Bouillon www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG3fCeI19IA
It explains why UK and English Sovereigns mottos are in French (still today).
l 1214: Victory in Bouvines: French troops defeated a European alliance led by England
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pK8SrkJUDs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pK8SrkJUDs
l 1643: Bloody Battle of Rocroi: French troops won against Spanish forces www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMEnBHef96c
l 1781: French fleet & troops victories against England during the American War of Independence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=62PNj8LVgZY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=62PNj8LVgZY
l 1792: French Revolutionary troops defeated Prussian army entering France
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA7-pebKjSo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA7-pebKjSo
l 1805: Napoléon Bonaparte: Austerlitz, the most impressive of his 44 victories
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsVNBj0snS8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsVNBj0snS8
l 1859: (Napoléon III) French won against Austrians in Solferino www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wBZ2cjkXKA
l 1914: WW1 - "Germans will NOT keep Alsace Lorraine!" See video above
l 1942: Bir Hakem, Free French soldiers resisted 3 weeks to Italian and German troops (Rommel) before to join English troops
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDtVotgbbTI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDtVotgbbTI
June 6, 1944: French Commandos captured Ouistreham in Normandy www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWC4KMnEXS8
l 1978: French Legion sent in Congo: 150 people Europeans & Americans killed by Katangase troops advised by USSR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxVYYW4aiXE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxVYYW4aiXE
l 1993: In Bosnia, a French General refused to leave the population in danger
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsi7EV0569M
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsi7EV0569M
l 2009, 2010, 2011, etc.: French Soldiers in Afghanistan
The 27th Alpine infantry Commandos with women on duty & 3rd Paratroopers Marine infantry
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgXK4leTPpI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgXK4leTPpI
l 2011: France in Libya: Total War or just training for future conflicts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWMxih0so8c
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWMxih0so8c
l 2013: French Army intervenes in Mali
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOdMN-HoKP8
l 2014: French Strike in Iraq
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhFym97_rW4
wwwww.youtube.com/watch?v=iOdMN-HoKP8
l 2014: French Strike in Iraq
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhFym97_rW4
France is finished? La France est finie?
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SOME OF THE WORLD SUCCESSFUL FRENCH COMPANIES
2014 world ranking in Forbes: 35 French companies among the top 500
Not mentioned below: dozens of smaller French companies with top worldwide ranking
Accor (#1 - 4000 Hotels & Resorts: Adagio, Mercure, Novotel, Pullman, Sofitel, SPA's, etc.)
Airbus ( #1 Alternates with US Boeing) headquarters in Toulouse - Airbus is now mostly French German
Air France KLM (#2 Airline & Cargo)
Airbus ( #1 Alternates with US Boeing) headquarters in Toulouse - Airbus is now mostly French German
Air France KLM (#2 Airline & Cargo)
Alcatel Lucent (#3 Electronic, I T, Telecommunication)
Alstom Atlantique (#1 - High-speed trains, Subways, Ships)
Areva (#1 Energy, Nuclear plants, Nuclear Security & Waste Treatment)
Alstom Atlantique (#1 - High-speed trains, Subways, Ships)
Areva (#1 Energy, Nuclear plants, Nuclear Security & Waste Treatment)
Arianespace (#1 Commercial rocket launchers, launched from Kourou base in Fr. Guyana)
AXA (#2 Insurances & Investments)
AXA (#2 Insurances & Investments)
BIC (#1 Disposable lighters, ball pens, razors, cell phones, etc.)
Biomérieux (#5 Cat scan, Medical instruments)
BNP Paribas (#3 per assets in Banking & Investments)
www.bankersaccuity.com/resources/bank-rankings
Bouygues Colas (#2 Bridges, Roads)
BNP Paribas (#3 per assets in Banking & Investments)
www.bankersaccuity.com/resources/bank-rankings
Bouygues Colas (#2 Bridges, Roads)
Cap Gemini (#7 Computers & software's)
Carrefour (#2 Supermarkets)
Cartier (#1 jeweler)
CMA CGM (#2 Global carrier fleet)
Colas (#5 Bridges, Roads, Buildings)
Crédit Agricole (#4 per assets in Banking & Investments)
Dassault (#5 Air & Space, Radars, Missiles, Electronics)
CMA CGM (#2 Global carrier fleet)
Colas (#5 Bridges, Roads, Buildings)
Crédit Agricole (#4 per assets in Banking & Investments)
Dassault (#5 Air & Space, Radars, Missiles, Electronics)
Dannon / Danone BSN (#1 even with US Nabisco - Dairy Products, Food, Water)
EDF (#6 Electricity, Energy, Electricity carrier)
Essilor (#2 Aluminum, Iron, etc.)
Eurocopter (#1 Helicopters) - Eurocopter is now mostly French German
Essilor (#2 Aluminum, Iron, etc.)
Eurocopter (#1 Helicopters) - Eurocopter is now mostly French German
France Telecom, now "Orange" (#6 Phone & Telecom Network)
Filipacchi (#3 Press and Publication)
Gaumont (#7 Movie Production & Distribution)
Gaumont (#7 Movie Production & Distribution)
GDF Suez (#3 Gaz, Electricity, Energy)
Groupama (#7 Any Insurances for individual & corporate)
Hachette (#4 Publication)
Groupama (#7 Any Insurances for individual & corporate)
Hachette (#4 Publication)
Havas (#5 Advertisement & Corporate Communication)
Beneteau Janneau (#3 Sailboats, Yachts)
Lafarge (#2 Cement, Tar, Fiberglass)
Legrand (#6 I T, Onboard electronics)
L'Oreal (#1 Beauty & Fashion)
LVMH - (#1 Luxurious Goods & Champagne) Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy
Matra (#4 Missiles, Radars, Satellites)
Michelin (#1 Tires, Maps, Guides)
Pernod Ricard (#1 Alcoholic Beverages & Liquors)
PRP (#2 Distribution, Department stores)
PSA (#6 Cars / Bikes / Buses / Trucks)
Publicis (#2 Advertisement)
Renault Nissan Véhicules (#4 Cars / Trucks / Buses / Tractors)
Beneteau Janneau (#3 Sailboats, Yachts)
Lafarge (#2 Cement, Tar, Fiberglass)
Legrand (#6 I T, Onboard electronics)
L'Oreal (#1 Beauty & Fashion)
LVMH - (#1 Luxurious Goods & Champagne) Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy
Matra (#4 Missiles, Radars, Satellites)
Michelin (#1 Tires, Maps, Guides)
Pernod Ricard (#1 Alcoholic Beverages & Liquors)
PRP (#2 Distribution, Department stores)
PSA (#6 Cars / Bikes / Buses / Trucks)
Publicis (#2 Advertisement)
Renault Nissan Véhicules (#4 Cars / Trucks / Buses / Tractors)
Saint Gobain (#2 Insulation, Glass, Solar protection, etc)
Safran (#6 Air & Space Electronic)
Safran (#6 Air & Space Electronic)
Sagem (#4 Electronic, Civil Radars, etc)
Sanofi (#6 Pharmaceutical)
Schneider (# 6 Automotive & Energy)
Sodexo (#2 Catering for Airlines, Corporate & University restaurants)
STmicroélectronics (#6 Microprocessors, Radios, Scanners, etc)
Technip (#5 Petroleum, petro chemistry, Mine Exploration, Lubricants)
Thales (#5 Telecommunications, Security Networks, Radars, Satellites)
Total Elf (#5 Petroleum & refineries)
Ubisoft (#2 Video Games creation and making)
Sanofi (#6 Pharmaceutical)
Schneider (# 6 Automotive & Energy)
Sodexo (#2 Catering for Airlines, Corporate & University restaurants)
STmicroélectronics (#6 Microprocessors, Radios, Scanners, etc)
Technip (#5 Petroleum, petro chemistry, Mine Exploration, Lubricants)
Thales (#5 Telecommunications, Security Networks, Radars, Satellites)
Total Elf (#5 Petroleum & refineries)
Ubisoft (#2 Video Games creation and making)
Valéo (#5 Vehicles equipment)
Véolia (#1 Energy, Environment, Waste & Water Treatment)
Vinci (#3 Construction, Parks creation, City planning & development)
Vivendi (#2 Communications & Entertainment)
Yoplait (#4 Dairy products)
FUNNY FRENCH TV COMMERCIALS FOR FRENCH PRODUCTS
Citroen www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOB1uBboSQ 1988
Evian www.youtube.com/watch?v=i94V__YWseI 2014
Danone (Dannon) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcLIZYs_38A 1986
Peugeot www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4yOLH9IpTE 1983
Epeda www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQiq6r9-ICg 1980
Chocolat Crunch www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEuO2O_D7dI 1980
Orangina www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwFkxNZrrgs 2007
Michelin www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jpc7rUs6a4 2008
Vedette www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbvMnq0ZeR8 1977
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Véolia (#1 Energy, Environment, Waste & Water Treatment)
Vinci (#3 Construction, Parks creation, City planning & development)
Vivendi (#2 Communications & Entertainment)
Yoplait (#4 Dairy products)
FUNNY FRENCH TV COMMERCIALS FOR FRENCH PRODUCTS
Citroen www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOB1uBboSQ 1988
Evian www.youtube.com/watch?v=i94V__YWseI 2014
Danone (Dannon) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcLIZYs_38A 1986
Peugeot www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4yOLH9IpTE 1983
Epeda www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQiq6r9-ICg 1980
Chocolat Crunch www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEuO2O_D7dI 1980
Orangina www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwFkxNZrrgs 2007
Michelin www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jpc7rUs6a4 2008
Vedette www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbvMnq0ZeR8 1977
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Some of the French Successes in Sport
l 2013 Hockey World Championship: France beats World Champion Russia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c90wxH0JCiU German comments
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c90wxH0JCiU German comments
l London Olympic Games Swimming Relay 4 x 100: France beats USA www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XI_XeoIFnI
l 13 times winner Bicycle World Championship: Jeannie Longo www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFOXccywk98
l Renault in Formula 1 = 8 World Championship victories since 1992 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwZpr2hKdrg
l Rugby World Cups (every 4 years): the "15 de France" defeated the "All blacks", the Australians , the English, the Irish, etc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEcK0Tf8s5g
l Sébastien Foucan, founder of the free running sport "Parkour", in 007 movie Casino Royale
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEcK0Tf8s5g
l Sébastien Foucan, founder of the free running sport "Parkour", in 007 movie Casino Royale
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu_qUn_90FE
l Alain Bombard deliberatly drifted across the Atlantic on a small boat without provision (1952)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4xd8nW3W2o
l Alain Bombard deliberatly drifted across the Atlantic on a small boat without provision (1952)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4xd8nW3W2o
l Twin Tower Tightrope Walk by Philippe Petit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQCUXNo5GI
This video is also an homage to all those who died on 9/11 (Le 11 Septembre)
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQCUXNo5GI
This video is also an homage to all those who died on 9/11 (Le 11 Septembre)
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French suck? Les Français ratent?
SOME OF THE GREAT FRENCH INVENTIONS, WORLD INITIATIVES, ETC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UepY3presEU=
SOME OF THE GREAT FRENCH INVENTIONS, WORLD INITIATIVES, ETC www.youtube.com/watch?v=UepY3presEU=
- The Denim Jean's is a French originated product: Denim comes from "De Nimes" (From Nimes), southern French city where the Serge textile was created (later called Denim textile).
- The First "Auto-mobile" was born in France: the Fardier was invented by Joseph Cugnot in 1770 and drove several times around Versailles; it was a steam powered 4-wheel vehicle.
- The First in flight was actually Clément Ader in 1890 aboard his Eole plane, flying for 4 minutes over a field near Paris. That was 13 years before the Wright bros ... sorry North Carolina! But the Eole was only human powered like a bicycle, without engine.
The Montgolfier brothers were 1st ever in the air in 1783 aboard their hot air balloon.
- The 1st "Encyclopedia" was French (yes, before the British): Pierre Bayle published a complete and illustrated "Dictionnaire Universel" in 1697. It was the first "book" including definitions in all fields with related images.
- The 1st theory of evolution was French (Yes, before Darwin): George Leclerc de Buffon wrote about his theories on natural evolution in the book "Etudes naturelles" in 1745.
- The Universal Declaration of the Human Rights comes from a French idea (yes, before the Americans): Jean-Jacques Rousseau described the idea of human "equality" in his "Contrat Social" in 1762.
- Other important French inventions (missing in the video above): ABS or Non blocking breaks, Alarm Clock, Air Level Instrument, Arch Vault, Bicycle (called Draisienne), Binocular, Bikini, Braille Reading Code, Digicode "Pascal", Dry Cleaning, Hieroglyphs decrypting, Club Med., Hydrofoil, mechanic Pomp, Microfilm, Mugshot, Non Sticking Pan, Phone Camera, Printed Newspaper, Radar, Raincoat, Roller Coaster (called "Montagne Russe" in 1811), Rubber Pipe, Smart Card, Sonar, Stethoscope, Tennis Game (Jeu de Paume 1650), Turbo Compressor, Transpac Connection (for Internet), videophone, Inflatable Boats (by Zodiac), etc.
- The French initiated: the Templars Order (born in Troyes, in today Champagne), the U N (Originally called "Société des Nations" or SDN founded in Paris in 1919, from an agreement between US President Wilson and French President Poincaré; but US Senate didn't vote US membership), the UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), the European Union (Jean Monnet, inspired from the BeNeLux organization), the Francophonie (Cultural / French speaking / Political organization including 71 member states), the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), the International Telecommunication Union (1916 in Paris), and several other international organizations.
- Also French: the design of Washington DC, the modern Olympic Games, the Soccer World Cup, the "Velib" (Free bike rental) and the "Autolib" (Automated electric car rental), Doctors without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres), the Cannes Film Festival (1st among all world film festivals), the Tour de France (3rd most watched sport event in the world), the Fête de la Musique (Music celebration day, now in 30 countries), the "Dinners in white", the Tricolor flag (design used by 25 countries), the 24-hour car Race (Le Mans), etc.
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SOME OF THE FAMOUS FRENCH PEOPLE / NAMES
Cadillac (Antoine Laumet de Cadillac, explorer founder of Detroit in 1694), André Ampère (Electric unit), Aznavour (Singer), Henri Bergson (Philosopher), Baron Bich (Bic company), Blaise Pascal (Philosopher & mathematician, invented the calculator), Brigitte Bardot (Actress), Charles Baudelaire (Poet Writer), Simone de Beauvoir (Philosopher, Writer), Emmanuelle Béart (Actress: Mission Impossible, Fille du Puisatier, etc), Hector Berlioz (Composer), Luc Besson (Director: Femme Nikita, 5th Element, Transporter, etc), Juliette Binoche (Actress), Georges Bizet (Composer: Carmen Opera), Carole Bouquet (Actress, Model), Pierre Boulle (wrote: Bridge on River Kwai; Planet of the Apes), Louis Braille (Blind reading), Albert Camus (Writer), Laetitia Casta (Model: Victoria's Secret, etc), Paul Cézanne, Coco Chanel, Jean Charcot (first treatment for Psychopathology), Fréderic Chopin, Guillaume Le Conquérant (William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy and King of England), Claudette Colbert (Hollywood star 1930 - 50), Marion Cotillard (Oscar Best Actress, La Vie en Rose), Pierre de Coubertin (initiated the modern Olympic Games), Jean-Yves Cousteau, Marie Curie, Joseph Cugnot (invented the 1st Auto-mobile in 1770), Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), D'Artagnan (He really existed: De Batz), Francois D'Assise (Priest, founder of 1st free hospital for the poors), Claude Debussy, Rouget Delisle (Marseillaise anthem), Alain Delon (Actor), Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, René Descartes (Philosopher: "I think, therefore I am"), Jean Dujardin (Oscar Best Actor, L'Artiste) Christian Dior, Alexandre Dumas, Gustave Eiffel, Fauchon, Charles de Gaulle, Eva Green (French British Actress, "James Bond"), Serge Haroche (Nobel Price in Physics 2012), Victor Hugo (Miserables, Notre Dame de Paris), Jean-Michel Jarre, Jean Claude Killy (60's Ski champion with 3 Gold medals, 2 Silver), Lafayette, Lancelot du Lac (Legendary knight), Pierre Charles Lenfant (designed Washington DC), Lenotre (Gardener of Louis XIV, designed the Champs Elysees), Gaston Leroux (wrote: Phantom of the Opera), Claude Levi-Strauss (Philosopher), Louis XIV, Edouard Manet, Mansard (Designed the 1st roof window "Mansarde" and Versailles Gallery of Mirors), Mongolfier brothers (First in the air aboard their balloon in 1783), Jean Monnet (initiated the Commun Market for the European Union), Michelin Brothers, Mime Marceau, Claude Monet, Professeur Luc Montagnier (Isolated the AIDS virus - Nobel Price), Moliere, Napoléon Bonaparte, Tony Parker (NBA champion & French!), Louis Pasteur, Edith Piaf, Marcel Proust, Robespierre, Rodin, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (All Men are Equal), Marquis de Sade, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Sartre, Saint Exupéry (wrote Le Petit Prince), Audrey Tautou (Actress: Amélie), François Truffaut (New Wave Movie Director), Urbain II (Pope; called for the 1st Crusade), Vauban (Military Engineer, designed the 1st fortress with angle walls) Jules Vernes, Louis Vuitton, Marguerite Yourcenar, Nicolas Sarkozy, Simone Signoret (actress), Zinédine Zidane (Soccer: World champion), Emile Zola.
Famous Non-French people fluent in French
According to a 2013 study by Forbes, NY Times, and Laval University (Canada),
450 million people worldwide will use French as a first language in 2040.
I do NOT mention people from French-speaking countries in the list below.
Art & Literature: Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Luciano Pavarotti, Niccolo Paganini, Emmanuel Kant, Douglas Kennedy, Moise Kisling, John Singer Sargent, Max Ernst, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Modigliani, Salvador Dali, Poliakoff, Cicero Diaz, Alberto Giacometti, Fernando Botero, Man Ray, Friedrich Nietzsche, Anton Dvorak, Vivaldi, etc.
Politics: Elizabeth II Queen of England, Queen Silvia of Sweden, Michelle Obama, Tony Blair (Former British PM), John Kerry (US Secretary of State), Perez de Cuelar & Boutros Boutros Gali & Ban Ki Moon & Kofi Anan (all: Secretary General of UN), Thomas Jefferson, Jackie Kennedy, Madeleine Albright (Former US Secretary of State), Shimon Peres (President of Israel), Prince William (Duke of Cambridge), Yasser Arafat (Palestinian Stateman), Konrad Adenauer (German Chancellor),
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, José Manuel Barroso (President of the European Commission), etc
Show Bizz Females: Audrey Hepburn, Jodie Foster, Grace Jones, Madonna, Diane Kruger, Brooke Shields, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Emma Thompson, Tina Turner, Liza Minelli, Jane Fonda, Shania Twain, Ashley Judd, Uma Thurman, Sandra Oh, Leelee Sobieski, Lauren Bacall, Jean Seberg, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jacqueline Bisset, Natalie Portman, Nastassja Kinski, Charlotte Rampling,
Kylie Minogue, Lisa Kudrow, Victoria Abril, etc
Show Bizz males: Louis Amstrong, Bradley Cooper, Charlie Chaplin, Robin Williams, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Woody Allen, Morgan Freeman, Mike Jaegger, Mel Brooks, Marlon Brando, Tommy Lee Jones, John Malkovich, Arnold Swarzenegger, Hugh Grant, Kirk Douglas, Robert De Niro, Julio Iglesias, John Travolta, Sting, Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman, Bredan Fraser, Hugh Laurie, Matt Leblanc, Bradley Cooper, Christoph Waltz, Robert Pattinson, Oliver Stone, Ugo Tognazzi, Antonio Banderras,
William Shatner, Alan Aldan, etc.
Business & Industry: Rudolf Miele (German), Enzo Ferrari (Italy), Ferdinand Porsche (German), Shoishiro Honda (Jap.), etc. More coming soon
Sports: Lance Amstrong, Greg Lemon, Raphael Nadal, Jim Courier, Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Edson Pelé, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Manuel Fanzio, Fernando Alonzo, Ilie Nastase, Boris Becker, etc More coming soon
Other Fields: General Patton, Julia Child (Chef), Popes Paul VI, John Paul II & Benedict XVI, Cristiane Amanpour (Reporter), Claudia Schiffer (Model), Chris de Burgh (Musician), Elle Mac Pherson (Model), Linda Evangelista (Model), Pina Baush (choreographer), Sigmund Freud, etc.
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According to a 2013 study by Forbes, NY Times, and Laval University (Canada),
450 million people worldwide will use French as a first language in 2040.
I do NOT mention people from French-speaking countries in the list below.
Art & Literature: Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Luciano Pavarotti, Niccolo Paganini, Emmanuel Kant, Douglas Kennedy, Moise Kisling, John Singer Sargent, Max Ernst, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Modigliani, Salvador Dali, Poliakoff, Cicero Diaz, Alberto Giacometti, Fernando Botero, Man Ray, Friedrich Nietzsche, Anton Dvorak, Vivaldi, etc.
Politics: Elizabeth II Queen of England, Queen Silvia of Sweden, Michelle Obama, Tony Blair (Former British PM), John Kerry (US Secretary of State), Perez de Cuelar & Boutros Boutros Gali & Ban Ki Moon & Kofi Anan (all: Secretary General of UN), Thomas Jefferson, Jackie Kennedy, Madeleine Albright (Former US Secretary of State), Shimon Peres (President of Israel), Prince William (Duke of Cambridge), Yasser Arafat (Palestinian Stateman), Konrad Adenauer (German Chancellor),
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, José Manuel Barroso (President of the European Commission), etc
Show Bizz Females: Audrey Hepburn, Jodie Foster, Grace Jones, Madonna, Diane Kruger, Brooke Shields, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Emma Thompson, Tina Turner, Liza Minelli, Jane Fonda, Shania Twain, Ashley Judd, Uma Thurman, Sandra Oh, Leelee Sobieski, Lauren Bacall, Jean Seberg, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jacqueline Bisset, Natalie Portman, Nastassja Kinski, Charlotte Rampling,
Kylie Minogue, Lisa Kudrow, Victoria Abril, etc
Show Bizz males: Louis Amstrong, Bradley Cooper, Charlie Chaplin, Robin Williams, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Woody Allen, Morgan Freeman, Mike Jaegger, Mel Brooks, Marlon Brando, Tommy Lee Jones, John Malkovich, Arnold Swarzenegger, Hugh Grant, Kirk Douglas, Robert De Niro, Julio Iglesias, John Travolta, Sting, Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman, Bredan Fraser, Hugh Laurie, Matt Leblanc, Bradley Cooper, Christoph Waltz, Robert Pattinson, Oliver Stone, Ugo Tognazzi, Antonio Banderras,
William Shatner, Alan Aldan, etc.
Business & Industry: Rudolf Miele (German), Enzo Ferrari (Italy), Ferdinand Porsche (German), Shoishiro Honda (Jap.), etc. More coming soon
Sports: Lance Amstrong, Greg Lemon, Raphael Nadal, Jim Courier, Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Edson Pelé, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Manuel Fanzio, Fernando Alonzo, Ilie Nastase, Boris Becker, etc More coming soon
Other Fields: General Patton, Julia Child (Chef), Popes Paul VI, John Paul II & Benedict XVI, Cristiane Amanpour (Reporter), Claudia Schiffer (Model), Chris de Burgh (Musician), Elle Mac Pherson (Model), Linda Evangelista (Model), Pina Baush (choreographer), Sigmund Freud, etc.
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Made in France: Movies, Novels, Plays, etc
Pur français: Films, Romans, Pièces, etc
Pur français: Films, Romans, Pièces, etc
Some world famous French creations
- The Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) written by Jeanne-Marie de Beaumont
- Cinderella (Cendrillon) - The Little Red Riding Hood (Le Petit Chaperon Rouge) - The Sleeping Beauty (La Belle au Bois Dormant);
- The Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) written by Jeanne-Marie de Beaumont
- Cinderella (Cendrillon) - The Little Red Riding Hood (Le Petit Chaperon Rouge) - The Sleeping Beauty (La Belle au Bois Dormant);
all were written by Charles Perrault. The Grimm Bros illustrated them later.
- The 3 Musketeers (3 Mousquetaires) - The Man with Iron Mask - Comte de Monte Cristo; all written by Alexandre Dumas
- 20 000 Leagues under the Sea written by Jules Vernes
- The 3 Musketeers (3 Mousquetaires) - The Man with Iron Mask - Comte de Monte Cristo; all written by Alexandre Dumas
- 20 000 Leagues under the Sea written by Jules Vernes
- Bridge on River Kwai - Planet of the Apes; both written by Pierre Boule
- The Phantom of the Opera written by Gaston Leroux
- Oh Holy Night Christmas carol: "Cantique de Noël" by Adolphe Adam
- Le Petit Prince written by Antoine de Saint Exupery
- Les Misérables - The Hunchback of Notre Dame; both written by Victor Hugo
Some of the World Known French Movies
- Les Misérables - The Hunchback of Notre Dame; both written by Victor Hugo
Some of the World Known French Movies
- Barbarella written by Jean Claude Forrest and Movie by Roger Vadim
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xo6FaypcpY
- Papillon written by the ex convict Henri Charriere
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xo6FaypcpY
- Papillon written by the ex convict Henri Charriere
- L'Artiste: 3 Golden Globes, 5 Academy Awards
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK7pfLlsUQM
- The March of the Penguins
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7tWNwhSocE
- Nikita: original movie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=167URLa-On0
- Cousteau's Undersea World
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrCCnDmcaKk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC6rvbxdywg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK7pfLlsUQM
- The March of the Penguins
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7tWNwhSocE
- Nikita: original movie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=167URLa-On0
- Cousteau's Undersea World
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrCCnDmcaKk
- Pagnol's World famous Jean de Florette
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V44E_YanQsg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V44E_YanQsg
- Amélie: several Awards worldwide www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIYrpyt6rbk
- The world famous & original Taxi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BRlKRkZZAo
- Carmen, Opera by George Bizet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=djsuP0uta7s
- Frere Jacques world famous nursery melody www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BRlKRkZZAo
- Carmen, Opera by George Bizet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=djsuP0uta7s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC6rvbxdywg
- Undress me: Explosive Mylene www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wTPb5-Lf40
- Iron Sy "Resistant", from movie Banlieue 13 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2ObTNsg4aM
- Mocking the Rap music? Fatal Bazooka www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud_-AuBmp6Q
- French Hard Rock? Globalized! (Salut = Hey) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPaDgBPbTqA
- Jean Michel Jarre Electronic Concert in Beijing www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ2eidFdkao
- French Rap with Ecolo Cars: Sexion d'Assault www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jm-OujiGYk
- "Telephone" in concert in Germany www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwthgoaqbmU
- French singers rock NYC www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqydx6zfOg
- MC Solar does "Clic Clac" rap www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgPCyFGauqQ
- Rockeuse de Diamants, Catherine Lara www.youtube.com/watch?v=cveA-4k6iVc
- Shakira sings 1 of the most beautiful French songs in both Spanish and French www.youtube.com/watch?v=92tkZQB-Uj4
original by Francis Cabrel www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wVymRUew6U
- Singer Mireille Mathieu still adored in Russia www.youtube.com/watch?v=et9tPWPyp6E
Some of the French Movies & Series
- Singer Mireille Mathieu still adored in Russia www.youtube.com/watch?v=et9tPWPyp6E
Some of the French Movies & Series
- A Flic Story: 1947 actual cop story www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZJk_0Jq4Mk
- The Valet (comedy) www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_4KXH-AUGY
- The Valet (comedy) www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_4KXH-AUGY
- The Comte de Monté Cristo www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDC_jmcnYfM
- Napoléon www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKtCVblxDRc
- Joyeux Noel: from WW1 actual event www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMl5V2igHzA
- AngelA www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaoYTgbUmdc
- AngelA www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaoYTgbUmdc
Wasabi www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJqaTHn9s54
Surprise!! .. the French too can do great action movies!
L'Assaut (Actual event) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZPiTVIRwsw
L'Assaut (Actual event) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZPiTVIRwsw
Taken 2 (by Luc Besson) www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpaT8NzkLgE
5th Element (by Luc Besson) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoKssDjs64o
5th Element (by Luc Besson) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoKssDjs64o
La Femme Nikita (the original) www.youtube.com/watch?v=167URLa-On0
Carlos le Chacal (Actual event) www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3QkM7uyF10
Banlieue 13 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2ObTNsg4aM
Transporter www.youtube.com/watch?v=0poXFSvX0_4
Mesrine Ennemi Public 1 (Actual event) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSNfBKyRLEE
Carlos le Chacal (Actual event) www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3QkM7uyF10
Banlieue 13 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2ObTNsg4aM
Transporter www.youtube.com/watch?v=0poXFSvX0_4
Mesrine Ennemi Public 1 (Actual event) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSNfBKyRLEE
Nid de Guêpes (Wasps Nest) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FtP7A_QwSs
Capitaine Conan (Actual event) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlu2YgXBjis
Chevaliers du Ciel (Sky Knights) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY8k2Ztlpjs
Léon (by Luc Besson) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc1KzpMnuX0
Even in the 60's, 70's, 80's
Le Samourai www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs0XYssIlbo
La Légion saute sur Kolwezi (Actual event) www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4hocS9CQo
The Sicilian Clan www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtx6Y1L1hO8
Flic ou Voyou www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZaPKltyBf0
Le Marginal www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLejv4CCli8
Peur sur la Ville www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7DWdLkPgYk
Armée des Ombres www.youtube.com/watch?v=on38oTESbHU
La Scoumoune www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lef2SibX7As
Le Casse www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVs5rVf8hB0
Le Gitan www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCXCnxmR0G8
Chevaliers du Ciel (Sky Knights) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY8k2Ztlpjs
Léon (by Luc Besson) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc1KzpMnuX0
Even in the 60's, 70's, 80's
Le Samourai www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs0XYssIlbo
La Légion saute sur Kolwezi (Actual event) www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4hocS9CQo
The Sicilian Clan www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtx6Y1L1hO8
Flic ou Voyou www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZaPKltyBf0
Le Marginal www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLejv4CCli8
Peur sur la Ville www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7DWdLkPgYk
Armée des Ombres www.youtube.com/watch?v=on38oTESbHU
La Scoumoune www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lef2SibX7As
Le Casse www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVs5rVf8hB0
Le Gitan www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCXCnxmR0G8
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There is a French Dream for Immigrates!
Il y a un rêve français pour les Immigrés!
Il y a un rêve français pour les Immigrés!
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SOME OF THE SUCCESSFUL FRENCH PEOPLE WITH FOREIGN ORIGINS
- Charlemagne (Karl der Große), born in Frank Austrasia (Germany):
Emperor of the Franks, founder of the French Carolingian dynasty of Kings.
- Louis Chevrolet, Swiss born, lived in Burgundy before to move to Detroit
Emperor of the Franks, founder of the French Carolingian dynasty of Kings.
- Louis Chevrolet, Swiss born, lived in Burgundy before to move to Detroit
- Fréderic Chopin (Fryderyk Szopen), born in Poland - Composer
- Jean Baptiste Lully (Giano Lulli), born in Italy - Composer
- Emile Zola, Italian origins - Writer
- Gustave Eiffel (Bönickhausen), German origins - Engineer: Eiffel Tower; Statue of Liberty, etc.
- Guillaume Apollinaire (Wilhelm Apolinary de Kostowicki), Polish origins - Writer, Poet
- Marie Curie (Salomea Skłodowska), born in Poland - Scientist, 1903 & 1911 Nobel prices
- Alain (O'Kacha) Mimoun, Algerian origins - Runner: 1956 Olympic Gold medal, 3 Silver medals, 2 Bronze. World Champion.
- Eugène Ionesco, born in Romania - Writer Dramastist
- Michel Jazy, Polish origins - Runner: 1965 & 1966 World records, Olympic Silver medal
- Charles Aznavour (Chahnourh Varinag Aznavourian), born in Armenia - Singer, Actor
- Yves Montand (Ivo Livi), born in Italy - Comedian, Singer, Actor
- Serge Gainsbourg, Russian origins - Singer, Songwriter, Comedian, Composer
- Odile Versois (Tania Poliakoff-Baïdaroff), Russian origins - Actress, Singer
- Agnès Varda, born in Belgium - Movie Director, Photographer
- Pierre Cardin (Pietro Cardini), born in Italy - Fashion designer
- Louis de Funes, Spanish origins - Actor
- Vera Clouzot (Amado), born in Brazil, Actress
Dalida, born in Italy, Egyptian origins - Singer
- Vera Clouzot (Amado), born in Brazil, Actress
Dalida, born in Italy, Egyptian origins - Singer
- Claude François, Egyptian origins - Singer
- Marguerite Yourcenar, born in Belgium - Writer
Simone Signoret (Kaminker), born in Germany - Actress, Oscar Best Actress 1960
Simone Signoret (Kaminker), born in Germany - Actress, Oscar Best Actress 1960
- Lino Ventura, born in Italy - Actor
- Jean Luc Goddard, Swiss origins - Movie Director "Nouvelle vague" (New Wave)
- Julio Florencio Cortázar Descotte, Argentina & French citizenships - Writer
- Jean Paul Belmondo, Italian origins - Comedian, Actor
- Marina Vlady (Marina Poliakoff-Baïdaroff), Russian origins - Comedian, Actress, Singer
Romy Schneider, born in Austria - Actress
Volker Schlöndorff, born in Germany - Movie Director
Romy Schneider, born in Austria - Actress
Volker Schlöndorff, born in Germany - Movie Director
- Karl Lagarfeld, German & French citizenships - Fashion Designer
- Yannick Noah (Noah Bikie), Cameroun origins - Tennis player, Singer
- Jean Reno, Moroccan Spanish origins - Actor
- Zinedine Zidane, born in Algeria - Soccer player, 1998 World Cup, 2000 European Cup
- Rachid Bouchareb, Algerian origins - Movie Director Oscar nominated 2007 (Indigenes)
- Bernard Kouchner, Lettonian origins - Co founder of Medecins Sans Frontiere, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Samy (Said) Naceri, Algerian origins - Comedian, Actor
- Roschdy Zem, Moroccan origins - Comedian, Director
- Rama Yade, born in Senegal - Minister of Human Rights 2007, UNESCO Ambassador
- Jamel Debbouze, Moroccan origins - Comedian, Actor
- Rachida Dati (M'Barek Dati), Moroccan origins - Minister of Justice 2007
- Nicolas Sarkozy (Sarközy Nagy-Bocsa), Hungarian & Greek origins - President of France
- Manuel Walls, Born in Barcelona - Prime Minister of France 2014
Anne Hidalgo, Born in Spain - Mayor of Paris 2014
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Not everything is perfect in France!
Tout n'est pas parfait en France!
- As De Gaulle said once: "Hard to manage a country with 400 different cheeses!":
French are always arguing or protesting about laws or state decisions...
- French Trade Unions are making a confusion between Democracy and Strikes:
they go on strike for any reason, even futile, and annoy the heck out of everyone!
- French people are depressed: in 2013, following a world survey, French were equally ranked with the Afghans and Syrians for pessimism. Not enough vacation? Not enough Comfort? Not enough Joie de Vivre? Come on!!!
- The French "Administration" (civil servants) has a bad reputation: it is slow and it drowns everyone with tons of un-useful forms. Everyone wants to change that since centuries but nobody does it!
- Seriously: although WW2 was a French military failure, the real shame was the Vichy collaboration with the Nazis to deport French people. Most French still don't understand how could all that have happened in the country of "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité"!
- French were ranked the worst tourists in the world by a 2005 international survey: they always complain and get upset if they can't find French food in a foreign country. Worst than the Americans!
- Too many French still think that rich people are either bad or crooks, that they should be taxed at the maximum rate, etc.
(jealousy or stupidity?)
- Social Democracy: ok! Socialism: outdated and inefficient!
- Racism is still alive in France .. or is it Nationalism? Anyway, it's absurd and "unfrance"!
- Some emigrates complain that they have no real chance of success in France;
Well, when you want you can! Just look at the section "French Dream" above!
But it is true that too many struggle to find a job because of their ethnic origins or religion!
- France, the Fashion country? Not in the street anymore! There still are some elegant French people though...
- French are bad advertisers: many people think that Airbus & Alstom are German, Bic & Dannon are American, Babybell & Michelin are English, Areva is Brazilian, Evian is Swiss, French cars are lemons... If you read all data above, you know the truth!
Learn to promote your talents worldwide, French businessmen!
- For many years, we said to the French they should speak English. Now many of them do and when a foreigner makes the effort to talk to them in French, they answer in English!
- Manuel Walls, Born in Barcelona - Prime Minister of France 2014
Anne Hidalgo, Born in Spain - Mayor of Paris 2014
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Not everything is perfect in France!
Tout n'est pas parfait en France!
- As De Gaulle said once: "Hard to manage a country with 400 different cheeses!":
French are always arguing or protesting about laws or state decisions...
- French Trade Unions are making a confusion between Democracy and Strikes:
they go on strike for any reason, even futile, and annoy the heck out of everyone!
- French people are depressed: in 2013, following a world survey, French were equally ranked with the Afghans and Syrians for pessimism. Not enough vacation? Not enough Comfort? Not enough Joie de Vivre? Come on!!!
- The French "Administration" (civil servants) has a bad reputation: it is slow and it drowns everyone with tons of un-useful forms. Everyone wants to change that since centuries but nobody does it!
- Seriously: although WW2 was a French military failure, the real shame was the Vichy collaboration with the Nazis to deport French people. Most French still don't understand how could all that have happened in the country of "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité"!
- French were ranked the worst tourists in the world by a 2005 international survey: they always complain and get upset if they can't find French food in a foreign country. Worst than the Americans!
- Too many French still think that rich people are either bad or crooks, that they should be taxed at the maximum rate, etc.
(jealousy or stupidity?)
- Social Democracy: ok! Socialism: outdated and inefficient!
- Racism is still alive in France .. or is it Nationalism? Anyway, it's absurd and "unfrance"!
- Some emigrates complain that they have no real chance of success in France;
Well, when you want you can! Just look at the section "French Dream" above!
But it is true that too many struggle to find a job because of their ethnic origins or religion!
- France, the Fashion country? Not in the street anymore! There still are some elegant French people though...
- French are bad advertisers: many people think that Airbus & Alstom are German, Bic & Dannon are American, Babybell & Michelin are English, Areva is Brazilian, Evian is Swiss, French cars are lemons... If you read all data above, you know the truth!
Learn to promote your talents worldwide, French businessmen!
- For many years, we said to the French they should speak English. Now many of them do and when a foreigner makes the effort to talk to them in French, they answer in English!
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