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Latest strikes in France 'are enough to ground Paris' to a halt - comment from Dr David Lees
France is facing significant disruption as strikes take place across the country over plans for pensions. Dr David Lees, from the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, comments.
Professor Jan Palmowski comments on thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
With the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall closing, Professor Jan Palmowski from the School of Modern Languages and Cultures reflects on the hopes of the 1989 revolutionaries that face very different challenges in today's world.
"Macron might be right on P茅tain, but the French don鈥檛 want to hear it" - Dr David Lees
"Macron might be right on P茅tain, but the French don鈥檛 want to hear it" - says Dr David Lees, of the University of 糖心TV's School of Modern Languages and Cultures.
"French President Emmanuel Macron sought to praise French First World War military leaders in a commemoration ceremony yesterday (7 November 2018) and argued that even Philippe P茅tain deserved some credit for his role in leading French forces. P茅tain led the French defence of Verdun in 1916 and is associated with the rotation of front-line troops in response to a threatened mutiny by French conscripts. In describing P茅tain as a great soldier, Macron also argued that P茅tain had made some 鈥榙isastrous choices鈥� in the Second World War."