http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/agnes_poirier en http://images.newstatesman.com/users/avatars/agnes-poirierr.jpg http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/agnes_poirier http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/07/france-wadham-british-life http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/07/france-wadham-british-life Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:18:45 GMT Agnes Poirier

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2009/02/france-french-sarkozy http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2009/02/france-french-sarkozy Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:09:52 GMT Agnes Poirier As two million demonstrators proved last month, the French are furious, and not only about losing their jobs

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2008/12/party-france-royal-aubry http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2008/12/party-france-royal-aubry Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:44:31 GMT Agnes Poirier Observations on France

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/09/positive-secularism-france http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/09/positive-secularism-france Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:23:36 GMT Agnes Poirier To speak of positive secularism is to imply that there are two kinds of secularism, one good, the other bad

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/08/russia-french-sarkozy http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/08/russia-french-sarkozy Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:28:48 GMT Agnes Poirier Swiftness is the French president's raison d'être

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/07/france-french-schools-sarkozy http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/07/france-french-schools-sarkozy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:18:50 GMT Agnes Poirier No French government has dared challenge a popular protest by millions of French people, especially when they take to the streets. Now they're taking to the schools...

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2008/04/discuss-sarkozy-british-carla http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2008/04/discuss-sarkozy-british-carla Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT Agnes Poirier On a morning news programme, I'm asked whether Kevin Costner is on the longlist of the first lady's ex-lovers. I'd naively thought we would discuss Sarkozy's politics

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/01/france-french-kerviel-trader http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/01/france-french-kerviel-trader Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT Agnes Poirier Abroad, Kerviel is called "history's biggest rogue trader". In France, he's the "five billion whizz-kid"

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2008/01/sarkozy-british-china-france http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2008/01/sarkozy-british-china-france Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:12 GMT Agnes Poirier Agnès Poirier on Sarkozy’s habit of getting there first

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/08/france-business-civil-ceo http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/08/france-business-civil-ceo Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT Agnes Poirier A business culture has overtaken the civil service ethos in France plc

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