The French language had been used to keep the population as a whole at a distance.
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Anything touching on the French language is always sure to raise temperatures in France.
For more than a decade France has imposed quotas of about 40% French language songs on radio.
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In architecture and in the use of the French language, German courts paid it the compliment of imitation.
It is not the first time Mr Chirac has made a point of defending the French language in the international arena.
The second is the decline of the French language, which has lost the importance it had at the height of great French literature.
He is a cultivated man who lives within the French language.
As for the opposing party, the Parti Quebecois led by Pauline Marois, Kelley said it has only thrown insults towards Native Groups by imposing French language requirements.
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It is almost certainly because of this strong display of nationalism that Mr Chirac decided to have a showdown with his prime minister over the French language.
His fluency in the French language may stand him in good stead in the corridors of Brussels although his command of English is said to be less sure.
The government's attempts to protect the French language have failed miserably, as have the vast sums it has spent on the arts, which Fumaroli explained in an earlier book, L'Etat culturel.
When he himself was interior minister, Mr de Villepin began the policy of expelling foreign imams suspected of preaching violence, and launched plans to train the rest in French language and history.
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In a letter to the CIRA Board (I was a member of the board at the time), it delivered an official request for multilingual domains to allow for the use of French language characters.
For example, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), which manages the dot-ca domain, should pass one million domain name registrations by early 2008, yet implementation of French language characters is only likely to take place in the next few years.
The intelligence services noted that many families of immigrant origin were rejecting French values and even the French language, following instead more traditional ways of life associated with their ethnic origin - including an increasing religious radicalisation among young Muslims, and a backlash against young Muslim women who wore Western clothing.
Then the lights dimmed and St-Pierre followed, bouncing up and down in his traditional karate garb to pulsating French-language rap.
"The terrorist threat has moved to a higher level, " Jebali said in a recent interview with the French-language daily La Presse.
French-language drama Amour and cult-inspired film The Master were the main recipients of this year's Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
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Salim Tamani, writing in the French-language Liberte , sees a distinct possibility of Algeria being dragged into a new cycle of violence.
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With concerts of local fiddle bands, French Canadian acts from Quebec, fireworks displays and a French-language Acadian poetry contest, the shindig attracts thousands every year.
Canadian independent authors and publishers can utilize the English- or French-language KDP website to make their books available in Canada and more than 175 countries worldwide.
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Michael Haneke's French-language "Amour, " a perfect film about intertwined lives, proceeds at its own pace, and breathes so deeply that it takes your own breath away.
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The Canada Kindle Store has over 1.5 million Kindle books, including over 250, 000 exclusive books customers won't find anywhere else, over 35, 000 free books, and over 50, 000 French-language titles.
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Jack Layton, the NDP's leader, promised to make French the language of work in federal institutions in the province and to require justices of Canada's Supreme Court to be bilingual.
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Commentators in Algeria's French-language press are strongly supportive of the operation, but criticise what they regard as the failure of authorities, and especially the president, to inform the public about the crisis.
Pierre Lescure, a former head of Canal Plus, the television channel, was commissioned by Mr Hollande to make recommendations on how France should adapt its commitment to preserving French-language culture in the fast-changing digital era.
This French-language workshop follows on from an English-language workshop that took place from 22 to 26 October 2012 in Cape town, South Africa, which was carried out in partnership with the African Arts Institute (AFAI).
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