But Paris city hall, alarmed that the garish knick-knacks are damaging Paris's "cultural landscape", has launched a battle to protect the literary soul of the Banks of the Seine.

但是，为谨防这些花哨的小玩意儿破坏巴黎的“文化气息”，巴黎市政厅发起了一场保护塞纳河岸文学灵魂的战役。

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Chirac is charged with embezzlement and breach of trust relating to allegations that 35 people were given fake jobs at Paris city hall between 1994 and 1995, when he was mayor.

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