End of life

This is really tough.

Marine Le Pen arriverait en tête au premier tour en 2017, selon un sondage | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

This is frightening but not inevitable.

Letter From France | The Paris Hotel Scene Gets a Glitzy New Player

For those with the very big bucks.

Moustique tigre : la progression s'accélère | Medisite

A serious worry with no end in sight.

France Presses On With Deal To Sell Two Warships To Russia : Parallels : NPR

A big problem.

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Taxi Brooklyn - a Marseille taxi driver!

La France prête à accorder l'asile aux chrétiens d'Orient | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

Are non-Christian ineligible?

A la recherche du terroir perdu - Documentaire - L'essentiel - Télérama.fr

Made in North Carolina?

141 milliards d'euros: les dépenses des touristes en France métropolitaine en 2011

Compared with the US?

An Exclusive New Club in Paris With a No-Social-Media Rule

In the US?

La France, nouvel homme malade de l'Europe ?

Not good at all.

A Cagnes, elle "cultive" le moustiques Tigre et exaspère le voisinage | Cagnes-sur-Mer | Nice-Matin

Amazing.

VIDEO. Axel Kahn achève à Menton sa "rencontre avec la France" | Menton | Nice-Matin

Pretty interesting.

Évasion fiscale : l'accord France-USA ratifié au Sénat

Progress!

Europe en France, le portail des Fonds européens

Lots of projects.

Jury hits tobacco company R.J. Reynolds with $23B verdict

FR2, Telematin, this morning reports that this cannot happen in France. Good opportunity to explain why, if true.

Tiger mosquitoes spread despite extensive precautions - The Riviera Times Online

This is disquieting to say the least.

Chikungunya

Very useful.

Chikungunya News : toutes les informations sur le virus et l'épidémie

Potentially good resource.

A car is stolen in France every five minutes - This French Life

What is the frequency in the US? Report on TF1 tonight as well. How extraordinary.

The Benefits of Failing at French - NYTimes.com

Neat.

Bastille Day With a Philly Twist - Video - NYTimes.com

New to me.

Chikungunya Is Coming: Part I - Chapelboro.com

Great opportunity to compare France and the US.

France Is Not an Anti-Semitic Nation - NYTimes.com

Curious timing.

France Aims to Curb Potential Jihadis From Leaving Country - NYTimes.com

Hmm.

France Decapitated - NYTimes.com

Hmmm.

1939: French Tackle Birthrate Issue - NYTimes.com

Need to chart it since then....

Foreign Couples Heading to America for Surrogate Pregnancies - NYTimes.com

Bi issue.

Californians Keep Up With Joneses’ Water Use - NYTimes.com

And in France?

Nicolas Sarkozy déclassé et en sursis

Well put.

Etats-Unis: sécurité renforcée à l'aéroport de Nice - France 3 Côte d’Azur

On verra.

Teacher killed in front of young students in France - CNN.com

Beyond the unimaginable.

Localisez un bureau de poste et trouvez toutes les informations le concernant - La Poste

Nicely done! Very helpful.

Christian Estrosi "ne retire pas" l'arrêté anti-drapeaux étrangers à Nice | Mondial 2014 | Nice-Matin

This poses a serious problem of excess and ego overdosing.

World Cup 2014: France’s Didier Deschamps Prepares for Germany - NYTimes.com

Big, big deal.

In ‘Factory Man,’ a Struggle to Stay Competitive - NYTimes.com

Lots to compare.

Nicolas Sarkozy faces ten years amid lurid claims he took millions from Gaddafi | Mail Online

More seasoning!

Sarkozy dénonce : il y a eu une volonté de m’humilier - Europe1.fr - Politique

I cannot remember having seen as important an interview as this could have been -- instead, conducted in such a wimpy manner.
What a horrid reflection on the listeners to Europe 1:

Avez-vous été convaincu par les explications de Nicolas Sarkozy ?

• 66%
  Oui
• 31%
  Non
• 3%
  Sans opinion

"Nous sommes au courant du chantage américain sur la France" - 7SUR7.be

I feel so sorry for the Russian people. Imagine having elected PUTIN your leader!

BBC News - Former French President Sarkozy placed under investigation

This continues to look pretty serious.

European Court Upholds French Ban on Face Veils - NYTimes.com

This is a very troubling outcome, first on its merits and second because of the court that issued the opinion. A bad precedent.

Sarkozy Said to Be Questioned in Corruption Inquiry - NYTimes.com

This is likely to get worse; not sure if it will get better.

Despite Legal Challenges, Sale of Hopi Religious Artifacts Continues in France - NYTimes.com

Not sure why the US embassy is devoting quite so much attention to this.

Find Another Name, Belgian Court Tells DSK Sex Club - NYTimes.com

Seems like they are both in good company!

A Grieving Father Pulls a Thread That Unravels Illegal Bank Deals - NYTimes.com

This sounds like a great example of how our justice system can work so well. France sees the whole matter so differently, alas.