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But, as President of France, Macron knows better.
And the proposed designs?
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capitalists step into help notre dameThe forest of Notre-Dame cathedral was constructed from 1,300 oaks, representing 21 hectares of forest, were used in the timbers and woodwork. Groupama are donating 1,300 oaks from a forest they own in Normandy. The Pinault family of the LMVH group, luxury goods including St Laurent, have
pledged €100 million. The renovations that were already being done were expected to cost 150 million €. After stealing the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris from the Church of Rome during the French Revolution, the French State had only been able to fund part of the renovation, spending approximately €2 million per year currently, and up to €4 million in the next 10 years. With the responsible capitalists offering this sort of support, I think it would be better to set the fund up for the all of the church estates stolen during the revolution. related reading the web address for the article above is | ||||||
down the socialist memory hole, digging up franco's hole
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power and history - a modern psychological messFollowing the arrest of Carles Puigdemont, there have been large demonstrations in Spain yesterday. Other leaders are already held by Spain's central government. It's a godawful mess.
So much politics. Catalonia want to get free because it is richer than Spain. Spain wants handouts from northern Europe. Politicians want the means of bribing the less able among the electorate. Britain is strong enough to give the EUSSR the finger. Catalonia and Spain is about power and history. When two weak parties fight, they are likely to kill one another. They don't have the built-in inhibitions. You can see this with wolves, and you can see it with doves and hares. Catalonia was the centre of leftist anarchy - they lost. There remain bitter and romantic dreams. It's a bloody psychological mess. The Lefties around Europe share some of the romantic myths. Moscow backed Catalonia, and lost. Humanity remains only unstably sane at best. related material the web address for the article above is | ||||||
2017 french presidental posters now on display
Often those for unpopular candidates will be defaced or destroyed, so these have been photographed before this could happen. These posters are for the first round of the two stage presidential election, on 23 April. The second stage, on 7th May, is a run-off between the two leading after the first round. The two favourites at the moment are Le Pen and Macron (at about 24% of the vote each), with Fillon and Mélenchon snapping at their heels at about 18% each. At a forlorn fifth place is the socialist Hamon with about 10%. This leaves under 10% for the other six candidates. related material the web address for the article above is | ||||||
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