Covid in France
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is asking the national government to avoid weekend lockdowns in the capital, saying it would be “inhumane.” She also called for a faster rollout of the vaccine (France has received 8 million doses but has only distributed 3 million). (The Guardian)
French politics
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been convicted and sentenced to three years in prison, with two suspended, but will he ever actually serve time? (France 24)
French scandals
France is finally having a real #MeToo (known here as #BalanceTonPorc here) moment as one literary and celebrity lion after another is accused of sexual malfeasance. Now it’s the turn of Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Poivre d’Arvor. (The Local)
A rundown of other sex scandals that are finally causing real outrage in France. (The Guardian)
Music in Monaco
Famed mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has been named the first female artistic director of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. (Euronews)
Jeff Koons, the ace of artistic appropriation, who in the past has won many court cases for taking “inspiration” from other artists’ work, has been shot down, along with the Centre Pompidou, by a French court. (Artnews)
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