He studied law in his home city, which he now represents as an MP, and pursued his studies in Paris.

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"He appears to have drifted into a parallel world where he picked and chose elements to build himself a new identity, " said Jean-Pierre Filiu, a professor in the Middle East department at the Paris Institute of Political Studies.

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His bohemian appearance, with a silk scarf perpetually round his neck, is a legacy of his studies at the Sorbonne in Paris.

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She returned to Paris, studied law at the University of Paris X and then political science at the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence.

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Students from the Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage (IIICH) World Heritage Studies MA met with the UK Ambassador to UNESCO, Matthew Sudders, on a university trip to its Paris Headquarters between the 16 and 19 February.

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