{"id":35967,"date":"2012-11-09T19:30:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T08:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/?p=35967"},"modified":"2013-06-21T14:09:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T04:09:18","slug":"le-buzz-beyond-the-french-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2012\/11\/09\/le-buzz-beyond-the-french-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Buzz : Beyond the French news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>This article is in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2012\/11\/09\/le-buzz-beyond-the-french-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to read it in French.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8146314529_4f9e537548_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-49915\" alt=\"8146314529_4f9e537548_o\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8146314529_4f9e537548_o.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8146314529_4f9e537548_o.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27576%27%20height%3D%27576%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20576%20576%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27576%27%20height%3D%27576%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8146314529_4f9e537548_o-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8146314529_4f9e537548_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8146314529_4f9e537548_o-220x220.jpg 220w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8146314529_4f9e537548_o.jpg 576w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Confessions of Carla Bruni in ELLE magazine, the Rolling Stones hold a private concert in Paris and the cover of &#8216;le Parisien&#8217; magazine features the French minister Arnaud Montebourg and his\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Made in France&#8217; campaign<\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is how you can stay informed: what you shouldn\u2019t miss from the last few days in the French press!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Confessions of Carla Bruni in French magazine ELLE<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Emmanuelle 02\/11\/12 by maviefrancaise, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maviefrancaise\/8146314529\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a>He will come back, he won&#8217;t come back? This is the question in the press referring to\u00a0<strong>a political comeback<\/strong> for\u00a0Nicolas Sarkozy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8140769184_545fa2ae2d_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-full wp-image-49911\" alt=\"8140769184_545fa2ae2d_o\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27198%27%20height%3D%27255%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20198%20255%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27198%27%20height%3D%27255%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8140769184_545fa2ae2d_o.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the fashion magazine ELLE, the former French first lady\u00a0says the return\/comeback of her husband to politics is <strong>&#8220;unlikely&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Do you think the former French president has turned the page on his political career?\u00a0 \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/maviefrancaise\">@MaVieFrancaise<\/a> #CarlaBruni)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Other secrets from Carla Bruni:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Alison Eastaway, journalist for Ma Vie Fran\u00e7aise\u2122 wrote in one of her articles, &#8216;<a title=\"Dangerous liaisons:the secret live of French poliricians\" href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2012\/10\/23\/dangerous-liaisons-the-secret-lives-of-french-politicians\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dangerous liaisons: the secret lives of French politicians&#8217;<\/a>:<br \/>\n&#8220;The French claim not to care about the private lives of their politicians; rather they profess to judge them only on their leadership ability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In her interview with Elle magazine, Carla Bruni talked about\u00a0<strong>the marital status\u00a0<\/strong>of President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande and his partner. She said:<br \/>\n&#8220;I do not allow myself to give advice but I think it\u2019s easier to be the wife of the leader of France than to be his partner. Maybe I am wrong and their choice is modern, but for myself I felt a real calm [&#8230;] when I married Nicolas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the marital status of the person who runs the country important?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Do you think that a President or Prime Minister should be married? (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/maviefrancaise\" target=\"_blank\">@MaVieFrancaise<\/a>\u00a0#CarlaBruni #ValerieTrierweiler)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8140737389_3e4f98d159_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-49910\" alt=\"8140737389_3e4f98d159_o\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27620%27%20height%3D%27430%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20620%20430%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27620%27%20height%3D%27430%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8140737389_3e4f98d159_o.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Rolling Stones surprise\u00a0concert\u00a0at Trabendo in Paris<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8140769300_4ced1c911f_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-49912\" alt=\"8140769300_4ced1c911f_b\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27648%27%20height%3D%27325%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20648%20325%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27648%27%20height%3D%27325%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8140769300_4ced1c911f_b.jpg\" width=\"648\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Rolling Stones<\/strong> were in <strong>Paris<\/strong> for<strong> a surprise concert<\/strong>. On 25 October, the legendary rock band performed at Trabendo, a small concert hall located in the 14th\u00a0<em>arrondissement<\/em>. The group announced the event on their Twitter account\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RollingStones\" target=\"_blank\">@RollingStones<\/a>). 350 concert tickets were sold at the Champs-Elys\u00e9e Virgin Megastore for a price of<strong> 15 euros<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8146299665_2e95005e94_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-49914\" alt=\"8146299665_2e95005e94_o\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27540%27%20height%3D%27192%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20540%20192%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27540%27%20height%3D%27192%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8146299665_2e95005e94_o.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are not one of the lucky few who saw the Rolling Stones&#8217; private concert, below is a video of their performance.<\/p>\n<p>The Rolling Stones plan to play in more small venues prior to four larger concerts celebrating their<strong>\u00a0fifty years<\/strong>! The first of these concerts is 25 November, 2012, so don&#8217;t miss out again.\u00a0Please send us a Twitter message\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/maviefrancaise\" target=\"_blank\">@MaVieFrancaise<\/a>\u00a0if you hear about any other private concerts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"The Rolling Stones - Live at La Trabendo Paris\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xNoerg38gjo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Minister asks the French people to support &#8216;Made in France&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8140955440_ecec9019ef_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-49913\" alt=\"8140955440_ecec9019ef_b\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27538%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20538%20720%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27538%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8140955440_ecec9019ef_b.jpg\" width=\"538\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>The French minister<\/strong>\u00a0<em>&#8216;du redressement productif&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0posed on the cover of the magazine<strong> &#8216;le Parisien&#8217;<\/strong> wearing an Armor Lux<em>\u00a0marini\u00e8re<\/em> and holding a Moulinex blender &#8211; both of them made in France. In this period of economic crisis and factories closing, the minister calls French people to consume products manufactured in France &#8220;by matching the two lobes of the brain: the citizen brain and the consumer brain&#8221;. The minister hopes that French supermakets will create &#8216;<strong>Made in France<\/strong>&#8216; shelves. He regrets that the <strong>European Union<\/strong> <strong>banned<\/strong> the labelling of products with their geographic origins.<\/p>\n<p>The photo shoot of the minister has been well received: Laurence Parisot, the leader of the MEDEF (<em>Mouvement des entreprises de France<\/em>) thought that the minister was &#8220;sexy&#8221; in his <em>marini\u00e8re<\/em>. However, a surprise came from the Internet with the amazing reaction of Benoit Hamon, the delegate minister &#8216;<em>de l&#8217;\u00e9conomie solidaire&#8217;<\/em>. After seeing the cover of &#8216;le Parisien&#8217;, he thought it was a<strong> joke<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; watch\u00a0the video below. To consume without moderation is the essence of &#8216;Made in France&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div><object id=\"canal750442\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"param=cplus&amp;videoId=750442\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/player.canalplus.fr\/embed\/flash\/player.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed id=\"canal750442\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/player.canalplus.fr\/embed\/flash\/player.swf\" flashvars=\"param=cplus&amp;videoId=750442\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/>Veuillez installer Flash Player pour lire la vid\u00e9o<\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 472px; font-size: 11px; background: #EBEBEB; border: 1px solid #D6D6D6; margin-top: 5px; padding: 4px 0 4px 6px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #666;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.canalplus.fr\/c-infos-documentaires\/pid2438-le-boucan-du-jour.html?vid=750442&amp;sc_cmpid=SharePlayerEmbed\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000; font-weight: bold;\">Le Boucan du 19\/10<\/span> &#8211; Le Made in France, c&#8217;est important<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<address><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Image Credits:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\">1. Carla Bruni via topnews.in, elle.fr and gala.fr<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\">2. Rolling Stone via Mybandmarket.com<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\">3. 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