Archive for French parliement
What Just Happened in France Is Astounding [reposted]
Posted in Kids, pictures with tags abstention, cohabitation, diversity, Emmanuel Macron, far-right, French parliement, French politics, Frente Popular, Front National, inclusion, National Assembly, national unity, nationalism, NYT, opinion, populism, République, snap elections, snap vote, The New York Times on July 9, 2024 by xi'an
yes!!
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags abstention, cohabitation, cover, Emmanuel Macron, far-right, French parliement, French politics, Frente Popular, Front National, Libé, National Assembly, national unity, nationalism, populism, snap elections on July 8, 2024 by xi'an
No!
Posted in Kids with tags abstention, cohabitation, cover, Emmanuel Macron, far-right, French parliement, French politics, Front National, Libé, National Assembly, national unity, nationalism, populism, snap vote, Vichy régime on July 7, 2024 by xi'an
France is headed for disaster [reposted]
Posted in Books, Kids, Travel with tags abstention, cohabitation, Emmanuel Macron, far-right, French parliement, French politics, Front National, National Assembly, national unity, nationalism, NYT, opinion, populism, snap vote, The New York Times, University College London, Vichy régime on July 2, 2024 by xi'an
“À l’université, j’étais le matheux qui savait parler aux statisticiens.”
Posted in Books, pictures, University life with tags Cédric Villani, French elections, French parliement, interview, Le Monde, maths and stats, Paris-Match, weekend edition on February 19, 2018 by xi'an
This weekend edition of Le Monde had [most of] Cédric Villani as its cover story. Mostly about his new career as a representative of Orsay at the French Parliament. And a member of the presidential majority. But the weekend edition being the weekend edition, it cannot escape its glossy tendencies and rather than focussing on the political agenda and achievements of the député, including a radical restructuring of the maths curriculum in French high schools, or maybe even his position on the harsh stance of the Macron government on migrants and refugees, Le Monde spends most of the article on the extra-ordinary personality of Villani. Paris-Match-like. Which leads to quote as the one below, where I find myself at a loss on how to interpret this “ability to speak to statisticians”…! 
