There’s a stretch of land in northwestern France that’s spent the past six decades fighting prospects of total annihilation. Plans to build a new international airport began to hover above Notre-Dame-des-Landes, a rural commune a few miles from Nantes, as early as the 1960s. In the years since, evicted farmers refused to leave and joined forces to squat their old turf back. Thus began the Zad (Zone to Defend) as local residents and activists turned the reclaimed area into a self-sufficient community. “The airport will happen,” then-pm Jean-Marc Ayrault brayed in 2012. It didn’t. Governments from both left and right sought to remove the squatters, sometimes with astonishing force––during a large eviction campaign that spanned a couple of weeks in April 2018, the police fired an estimated 8000 tear gas canisters and 3000 stun grenades a day. Yet the Zad prevailed, cementing itself as a successful example of collective living––a 21st-century heterotopia,...
- 2/23/2024
- by Leonardo Goi
- The Film Stage
In a monumental decision last week, Britain voted to leave the European Union - and almost immediately came down with a case of buyer's remorse. Dubbed the Brexit, the referendum vote - 52 to 48 percent to exit - has sent the stock markets and the British pound's value crashing. The harsh pill of reality has left many wondering if they can turn back time - but is it a little too late? Is there a scenario where Britain can reverse course and remain in the EU? A parliamentary petition calling for a second referendum vote now has well over the necessary...
- 6/27/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
In a monumental decision last week, Britain voted to leave the European Union - and almost immediately came down with a case of buyer's remorse. Dubbed the Brexit, the referendum vote - 52 to 48 percent to exit - has sent the stock markets and the British pound's value crashing. The harsh pill of reality has left many wondering if they can turn back time - but is it a little too late? Is there a scenario where Britain can reverse course and remain in the EU? A parliamentary petition calling for a second referendum vote now has well over the necessary...
- 6/27/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Paris – Gerard Depardieu has added another citizenship to the growing roster of countries and cities he calls home, becoming an honorary citizen of the Belgian area of Estaimpuis, just across the border from his native France. Depardieu established residency in Belgium last year in an effort to escape France's now-scrapped supertax on the rich, a move that quickly escalated into a very public exchange of insults with French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault before Depardieu renounced his French passport. He was quickly granted Russian citizenship from President Vladimir Putin, in a move that caused controversy in both Russia and
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- 8/28/2013
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actor is charged with drink driving but failed to appear – for the second time – because he is filming in New York
Gerard Depardieu has failed to show up in a French court to face charges of drink-driving because he was filming a movie in New York. It was the second time Depardieu had not appeared for the case, after failing to answer a previous summons in January.
The Paris criminal court scheduled a new hearing for 24 May, according to Depardieu's lawyer, Eric de Caumont. The court agreed to the delay on Friday because investigators turned up new evidence about the incident in November, when Depardieu toppled over on his scooter in Paris and was charged with drink-driving, De Caumont said.
If convicted Depardieu could face up to two years in prison and a €4,500 ($3,800) fine, according to the Paris prosecutor's office.
The 64-year-old actor, who is in the Us to make...
Gerard Depardieu has failed to show up in a French court to face charges of drink-driving because he was filming a movie in New York. It was the second time Depardieu had not appeared for the case, after failing to answer a previous summons in January.
The Paris criminal court scheduled a new hearing for 24 May, according to Depardieu's lawyer, Eric de Caumont. The court agreed to the delay on Friday because investigators turned up new evidence about the incident in November, when Depardieu toppled over on his scooter in Paris and was charged with drink-driving, De Caumont said.
If convicted Depardieu could face up to two years in prison and a €4,500 ($3,800) fine, according to the Paris prosecutor's office.
The 64-year-old actor, who is in the Us to make...
- 4/5/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
It is important for social democracies to allow the accumulation of individual wealth. But how that wealth is spent matters too
Gérard Depardieu, one of the world's most famous Frenchmen, is now a Russian, after Vladimir Putin personally granted him citizenship on 3 January. It's fairly clear the main attraction of Depardieu's new domicile is its 13% flat income tax rate, since the actor has been flamboyantly fulminating for ages about French president François Hollande's plans to introduce a supertax. He announced that he intended to hand in his French passport in December, after buying a house in Belgium and taking up residency there.
But Depardieu is not the only one who isn't keen on Hollande's redistributive ideas. This week, France's constitutional council struck down Hollande's plan to impose a 75% tax on earnings over ¤1m as "confiscatory". It's not going to happen after all. Hollande is now seeking to put together...
Gérard Depardieu, one of the world's most famous Frenchmen, is now a Russian, after Vladimir Putin personally granted him citizenship on 3 January. It's fairly clear the main attraction of Depardieu's new domicile is its 13% flat income tax rate, since the actor has been flamboyantly fulminating for ages about French president François Hollande's plans to introduce a supertax. He announced that he intended to hand in his French passport in December, after buying a house in Belgium and taking up residency there.
But Depardieu is not the only one who isn't keen on Hollande's redistributive ideas. This week, France's constitutional council struck down Hollande's plan to impose a 75% tax on earnings over ¤1m as "confiscatory". It's not going to happen after all. Hollande is now seeking to put together...
- 1/12/2013
- by Deborah Orr
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor who received Russian passport on Sunday says if he wanted to leave to avoid tax rises he would have gone earlier
Film star Gérard Depardieu has denied that he is leaving his homeland for tax reasons, saying that he is still very much French, although he now has a Russian passport.
In an interview with sports channel L'Equipe 21 – his first since a row broke out in December over his decision to buy a house over the border in Belgium – Depardieu said that if he had wanted to leave to avoid tax rises, he would have gone earlier.
"I have a Russian passport, but I remain French and I will probably have dual Belgian nationality. But if I'd wanted to escape the taxman, as the French press say, I would have done it a long time ago," he said.
Depardieu was speaking in Zurich at the Ballon d'Or football awards...
Film star Gérard Depardieu has denied that he is leaving his homeland for tax reasons, saying that he is still very much French, although he now has a Russian passport.
In an interview with sports channel L'Equipe 21 – his first since a row broke out in December over his decision to buy a house over the border in Belgium – Depardieu said that if he had wanted to leave to avoid tax rises, he would have gone earlier.
"I have a Russian passport, but I remain French and I will probably have dual Belgian nationality. But if I'd wanted to escape the taxman, as the French press say, I would have done it a long time ago," he said.
Depardieu was speaking in Zurich at the Ballon d'Or football awards...
- 1/8/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Film star visits Russian president in Black Sea resort after leaving France to avoid François Hollande's millionaires' tax
Gérard Depardieu has met the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in the Black Sea town of Sochi and obtained his Russian passport, the Kremlin has said, after the French film star left his homeland to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires.
Putin signed a decree on Thursday granting Russian citizenship to Depardieu, who objected to plans by the French president, François Hollande, to impose a 75% tax rate on the super-rich. His decision to quit France had prompted accusations of national betrayal.
The Russian president and Depardieu were shown on state-run TV station Channel One shaking hands and hugging each other early on Sunday during what the Kremlin said was a private visit.
"A brief meeting between the president and Depardieu took place," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "On the occasion of his visit to Russia,...
Gérard Depardieu has met the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in the Black Sea town of Sochi and obtained his Russian passport, the Kremlin has said, after the French film star left his homeland to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires.
Putin signed a decree on Thursday granting Russian citizenship to Depardieu, who objected to plans by the French president, François Hollande, to impose a 75% tax rate on the super-rich. His decision to quit France had prompted accusations of national betrayal.
The Russian president and Depardieu were shown on state-run TV station Channel One shaking hands and hugging each other early on Sunday during what the Kremlin said was a private visit.
"A brief meeting between the president and Depardieu took place," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "On the occasion of his visit to Russia,...
- 1/6/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Gérard Depardieu Embraces Russia Citizenship Offer Actor Gérard Depardieu has hailed Russia’s decision to grant him citizenship following a tax spat with the government of his native France. In an open letter broadcast on Russian TV Depardieu said, “I filed a passport application and I am pleased that it was accepted. I love your country, Russia — its people, its history, its writers. I love your culture, your intelligence.” The actor said he had spoken to French President Francois Hollande and told him Russia was “a great democracy, and not a country where the prime minister calls one of its citizens shabby” — referring to how French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault described Depardieu’s decision to leave the country. Depardieu’s tax feud began last year after Hollande moved to raise taxes to 75% for those earning more than €1M ($1.6M). The actor accused the new socialist government of punishing “success, creation...
- 1/4/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Russian president's intervention in actor's tax row is yet another embarrassing blow for François Hollande
It was the sort of below-the-belt blow François Hollande could have done without. Still reeling from a series of political thumps at home and abroad, the French president received his first bloody nose of 2013 courtesy of a right hook from Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
The Kremlin's announcement that Putin had signed official papers granting Russian citizenship to French national hero Gérard "Gégé" Depardieu hit home. It also turned what had seemed a somewhat comic hissy fit between the actor and his government into an international spat.
Hollande should have seen it coming. Ever since Depardieu, 64, entered the political ring to spar with his country's leadership over taxes weeks ago, this was a punch waiting to be landed.
Enraged at having his decision to leave France for fiscal exile in neighbouring Belgium described by...
It was the sort of below-the-belt blow François Hollande could have done without. Still reeling from a series of political thumps at home and abroad, the French president received his first bloody nose of 2013 courtesy of a right hook from Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
The Kremlin's announcement that Putin had signed official papers granting Russian citizenship to French national hero Gérard "Gégé" Depardieu hit home. It also turned what had seemed a somewhat comic hissy fit between the actor and his government into an international spat.
Hollande should have seen it coming. Ever since Depardieu, 64, entered the political ring to spar with his country's leadership over taxes weeks ago, this was a punch waiting to be landed.
Enraged at having his decision to leave France for fiscal exile in neighbouring Belgium described by...
- 1/4/2013
- by Kim Willsher, Howard Amos
- The Guardian - Film News
Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who most recently appeared in the mega-blockbuster "Life of Pi" and who has waged a war against a proposed super-tax on millionaires in France, has won a small battle. Well, not really, but he has been granted Russian citizenship. Which has gotta be worth something.
An announcement on the Kremlin website revealed that President Vladimir Putin gave the A-ok on the wealthy actor's Russian citizenship grant following an application from Depardieu. This would give the thesp a means to avoid the hefty taxes being imposed his homeland. The Oscar nominee, who isn't known for being shy, has practically shouted from the Parisian rooftops his opposition to France's plans to raise the tax on earned income about 1 million euros to a whopping 75 percent from the current high of 41 percent. We have to admit, those are some pretty high figures.
But still… he's like, really rich, right?...
An announcement on the Kremlin website revealed that President Vladimir Putin gave the A-ok on the wealthy actor's Russian citizenship grant following an application from Depardieu. This would give the thesp a means to avoid the hefty taxes being imposed his homeland. The Oscar nominee, who isn't known for being shy, has practically shouted from the Parisian rooftops his opposition to France's plans to raise the tax on earned income about 1 million euros to a whopping 75 percent from the current high of 41 percent. We have to admit, those are some pretty high figures.
But still… he's like, really rich, right?...
- 1/3/2013
- by Elizabeth Durand
- NextMovie
Moscow (AP) — Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who has waged a battle against a proposed super-tax on millionaires in his native country, has been granted Russian citizenship.
A brief announcement on the Kremlin website on Thursday revealed that President Vladimir Putin signed the citizenship grant following an application from the actor.
The former Oscar nominee and star of the movie "Green Card" has been vocal in his opposition to French President Francois Hollande's plans to raise the tax on earned income above €1 million ($1.33 million) to 75 percent from the current high of 41 percent. Russia has a flat 13-percent tax rate.
"I have never killed anyone, I don't think I've been unworthy, I've paid €145 million in taxes over 45 years," Depardieu wrote in an open letter in mid-December to Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who had called the actor "pathetic."
"I will neither complain nor brag, but I refuse to be called 'pathetic,'...
A brief announcement on the Kremlin website on Thursday revealed that President Vladimir Putin signed the citizenship grant following an application from the actor.
The former Oscar nominee and star of the movie "Green Card" has been vocal in his opposition to French President Francois Hollande's plans to raise the tax on earned income above €1 million ($1.33 million) to 75 percent from the current high of 41 percent. Russia has a flat 13-percent tax rate.
"I have never killed anyone, I don't think I've been unworthy, I've paid €145 million in taxes over 45 years," Depardieu wrote in an open letter in mid-December to Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who had called the actor "pathetic."
"I will neither complain nor brag, but I refuse to be called 'pathetic,'...
- 1/3/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Moscow — Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who has waged a battle against a proposed super-tax on millionaires in his native country, has been granted Russian citizenship.
A brief announcement on the Kremlin website on Thursday revealed that President Vladimir Putin signed the citizenship grant following an application from the actor.
The former Oscar nominee and star of the movie "Green Card" has been vocal in his opposition to French President Francois Hollande's plans to raise the tax on earned income above (Euro)1 million ($1.33 million) to 75 percent from the current high of 41 percent. Russia has a flat 13-percent tax rate.
"I have never killed anyone, I don't think I've been unworthy, I've paid (Euro)145 million in taxes over 45 years," Depardieu wrote in an open letter in mid-December to Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who had called the actor "pathetic."
"I will neither complain nor brag, but I refuse to be called `pathetic,...
A brief announcement on the Kremlin website on Thursday revealed that President Vladimir Putin signed the citizenship grant following an application from the actor.
The former Oscar nominee and star of the movie "Green Card" has been vocal in his opposition to French President Francois Hollande's plans to raise the tax on earned income above (Euro)1 million ($1.33 million) to 75 percent from the current high of 41 percent. Russia has a flat 13-percent tax rate.
"I have never killed anyone, I don't think I've been unworthy, I've paid (Euro)145 million in taxes over 45 years," Depardieu wrote in an open letter in mid-December to Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who had called the actor "pathetic."
"I will neither complain nor brag, but I refuse to be called `pathetic,...
- 1/3/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Instead of tinkering with tax brackets, François Hollande should set about the task of reforming the whole fiscal structure
You call it a gaffe, we call it a couac (pronounced "quack"). It has even become the French right's favourite word to describe François Hollande's debut at the helm of the state. Every decision or new policy Hollande and his government has taken since the summerhas been presented by the opposition as "yet another couac". Most often than not groundless, this tactic is of course a way of undermining the presidency, trying to convince the French that the new government is a bunch of amateurs.
But to be fair, last Saturday's announcement by France's constitutional council that some of Hollande's fiscal measures had to be scrapped proved indeed a terrible blow and a deep embarrassment for the president. Among the measures deemed anti-constitutional is the now world-famous and highly symbolic...
You call it a gaffe, we call it a couac (pronounced "quack"). It has even become the French right's favourite word to describe François Hollande's debut at the helm of the state. Every decision or new policy Hollande and his government has taken since the summerhas been presented by the opposition as "yet another couac". Most often than not groundless, this tactic is of course a way of undermining the presidency, trying to convince the French that the new government is a bunch of amateurs.
But to be fair, last Saturday's announcement by France's constitutional council that some of Hollande's fiscal measures had to be scrapped proved indeed a terrible blow and a deep embarrassment for the president. Among the measures deemed anti-constitutional is the now world-famous and highly symbolic...
- 12/31/2012
- by Agnès Poirier
- The Guardian - Film News
Wealthy taxpayers' desire to flee tough fiscal policy has sparked a debate about patriotism and personal gain
Graphic: the high profile figures leaving France
France is discovering that, when it comes to wealthy taxpayers, you win some – and you lose some.
As the country's celebrities have lined up to defend or denigrate actor Gérard Depardieu following his self-imposed fiscal exile in neighbouring Belgium, the French have just welcomed back prize-winning author Michel Houellebecq after more than a decade living abroad.
The tax row sparked by Depardieu's departure has divided France – and not simply along traditional left-right, north-south or rich-poor lines. Fans and critics have spent the last week fretting over the morality of his decision and whether concepts of patriotism and solidarity outweigh those of personal gain and perceived greed.
Even after weeks of speculation, the announcement a fortnight ago that Depardieu, 63, was moving to Belgium to take refuge...
Graphic: the high profile figures leaving France
France is discovering that, when it comes to wealthy taxpayers, you win some – and you lose some.
As the country's celebrities have lined up to defend or denigrate actor Gérard Depardieu following his self-imposed fiscal exile in neighbouring Belgium, the French have just welcomed back prize-winning author Michel Houellebecq after more than a decade living abroad.
The tax row sparked by Depardieu's departure has divided France – and not simply along traditional left-right, north-south or rich-poor lines. Fans and critics have spent the last week fretting over the morality of his decision and whether concepts of patriotism and solidarity outweigh those of personal gain and perceived greed.
Even after weeks of speculation, the announcement a fortnight ago that Depardieu, 63, was moving to Belgium to take refuge...
- 12/23/2012
- by Kim Willsher
- The Guardian - Film News
You Ok, Gérard Depardieu? Shortly after renouncing his French citizenship over tax issues, the 63-year-old actor was snapped in Rome in a wheelchair Wednesday. Looking sullen and despondent, the Life of Pi star was pushed out of the airport by an assistant. Earlier in the day, Depardieu was spotted, looking distressed, riding a scooter. On Sunday, he penned an open letter in Le Journal du Dimanche explaining why he planned to move to Belgium. According to the actor, he is paying an 85 percent tax on his assets in France, and in Belgium he will no longer be required to do this. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called the actor "shabby," but Catherine Deneuve jumped to his...
- 12/21/2012
- E! Online
Just what is it about the waffle-loving low country that has caught the bon-vivant actor's eye?
Age: The Romans arrived around 100Bc. But fossilised waffle remains suggest inhabitation since 100,000Bc.
Appearance: Just above Luxembourg and covered in chocolate, beer and statues of boys weeing.
Honestly, foreigners [shakes head in bewilderment]. So why is it in the news? It can only be because someone's unearthed a new Poirot or Tintin story. Or Magritte painting.
Ah, I had – ironically – forgotten about the third famous Belgian. So, which one is it? None of them. Belgium is in the news because Gérard Depardieu, France's most famous and Frenchest actor, is joining the ranks of many super-wealthy French nationals and moving there.
Why? In response to tax hikes by France's Socialist government. President Francois Hollande –
The one who once said: "I don't like the rich"? The very same – has pledged to tax anyone earning over €1m a year at 75%. So Depardieu's outta there.
Age: The Romans arrived around 100Bc. But fossilised waffle remains suggest inhabitation since 100,000Bc.
Appearance: Just above Luxembourg and covered in chocolate, beer and statues of boys weeing.
Honestly, foreigners [shakes head in bewilderment]. So why is it in the news? It can only be because someone's unearthed a new Poirot or Tintin story. Or Magritte painting.
Ah, I had – ironically – forgotten about the third famous Belgian. So, which one is it? None of them. Belgium is in the news because Gérard Depardieu, France's most famous and Frenchest actor, is joining the ranks of many super-wealthy French nationals and moving there.
Why? In response to tax hikes by France's Socialist government. President Francois Hollande –
The one who once said: "I don't like the rich"? The very same – has pledged to tax anyone earning over €1m a year at 75%. So Depardieu's outta there.
- 12/18/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Mo' money, mo' problems, right, Gérard Depardieu? The actor renounced his French citizenship and slammed his home country's prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Sunday. In an open letter published in Le Journal du Dimanche, the Life of Pi star promised to hand over his passport and social security card. "We no longer have the same country," he wrote. "I'm a true European, a citizen of the world, as my father always taught me." Ayrault said the actor's move to Belgium was "shabby," adding that "paying a tax is an act of solidarity, a patriotic act." According to Depardieu, he is paying an 85 percent tax on his assets in France. In Belgium, he...
- 12/17/2012
- E! Online
Gerard Depardieu is selling his luxury Paris home for over £40 million because of France's new tax increase. The 63-year-old French actor has listed his 10-bedroom property for sale at the huge price (50 million Euros) and is quitting his home country because he is unhappy with French President Francois Hollande's new 75 per cent super-tax on the country's highest earners. The luxurious home is a renovated 19th century building which boasts 20,000 square-foot of space and has 20 separate rooms. Depardieu has also threatened to hand back his French passport in protest at the new legislation and has blasted French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault for derogatory comments he made about the 'Green Card' star over his decision to move...
- 12/17/2012
- Monsters and Critics
Gérard Depardieu is reportedly considering giving up his French citizenship. It was recently reported that the Cyrano de Bergerac star wants to move to Belgium for tax reasons following a change in French law. The new legislation states that anyone earning over €1 million (£813,935/$$1.32 million) will face a 75% rate of income tax, and French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault was said to have branded Depardieu "pathetic" for buying a property in the Belgian border town of Nelchin. A letter attributed to Depardieu in Le Journal du Dimanche (via Bloomberg) read: "I am leaving because you consider success, creativity, talent, anything different... grounds for sanction. "I don't expect to be pitied or praised, but I reject the word 'pathetic'." Depardieu said that (more)...
- 12/17/2012
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
Gérard Depardieu has made headlines for things other than his acting before, but his decision to move to Belgium has taken the media – and French political circles – by storm. Although it is unlikely to affect his career, the Oscar nominee, in a letter published in today’s Journal Du Dimanche, says he is returning his French passport after being called “pathetic” by French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. The new French government has imposed a controversial 75% income tax on individuals earning more than 1M euros and Depardieu recently purchased a property across the French border in Néchin, Belgium where taxes are lower. This prompted Ayrault to tell France 2 television last week, “I find it quite pathetic to go just over the border. All this in order to not pay taxes.” Depardieu has inqured about obtaining a Belgian passport, the mayor of Néchin said Sunday, which would normally allow him to continue...
- 12/17/2012
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Actor attacks French government for punishing talent as he moves to Belgium
Gérard Depardieu has said he is handing back his French passport and social security card, lambasting the French government for punishing "success, creation, talent" in his homeland.
A popular and colourful figure in France, the 63-year-old actor is the latest wealthy Frenchman to seek shelter outside his native country by buying a house just over the border in Belgium in response to tax increases by the Socialist president, François Hollande.
The prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, described Depardieu's behaviour as pathetic and unpatriotic at a time when the French are being asked to pay higher taxes to reduce a bloated national debt.
"Pathetic, you said pathetic? How pathetic is that?" Depardieu said in a letter to the weekly newspaper le Journal du Dimanche.
"I am leaving because you believe that success, creation, talent, anything different must be sanctioned,...
Gérard Depardieu has said he is handing back his French passport and social security card, lambasting the French government for punishing "success, creation, talent" in his homeland.
A popular and colourful figure in France, the 63-year-old actor is the latest wealthy Frenchman to seek shelter outside his native country by buying a house just over the border in Belgium in response to tax increases by the Socialist president, François Hollande.
The prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, described Depardieu's behaviour as pathetic and unpatriotic at a time when the French are being asked to pay higher taxes to reduce a bloated national debt.
"Pathetic, you said pathetic? How pathetic is that?" Depardieu said in a letter to the weekly newspaper le Journal du Dimanche.
"I am leaving because you believe that success, creation, talent, anything different must be sanctioned,...
- 12/17/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
If it's not one thing, it's another for Gérard Depardieu. Not long after being detained in Paris for crashing his scooter while allegedly driving it drunk (not to mention that incident of peeing on a plane), the French actor has come under fire again. The country's prime minister has called out Depardieu for—mon dieu!—deciding to move from France to Belgium in order to pay lower taxes. After Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault caught wind that Depardieu was moving to the neighboring country, he said on France 2 television, "I find this quite shabby... all that just to avoid paying tax. Paying a tax is an act of solidarity, a patriotic act." "Going just over the border, I...
- 12/13/2012
- E! Online
Security boosted at French outposts as Charlie Hebdo publishes cartoons mocking the prophet Muhammad
Security at French embassies around the world has been reinforced after the Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons mocking the prophet Muhammad.
Amid continuing protests by Muslims around the globe over a controversial anti-Islam film, French ministers and religious leaders called for restraint, and riot police were posted outside the magazine's offices.
French embassies and schools in 20 countries will be temporarily closed on Friday, as a precautionary measure in case of fresh protests after prayers, the foreign ministry said.
The offices of Charlie Hebdo were firebombed last November after it published an edition entitled Charia Hebdo, supposedly guest-edited by Muhammad.
France's prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, said in a statement: "In the current climate, the prime minister wishes to stress his disapproval of all excesses and calls on everyone to behave responsibly."
Questioned on Rtl radio,...
Security at French embassies around the world has been reinforced after the Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons mocking the prophet Muhammad.
Amid continuing protests by Muslims around the globe over a controversial anti-Islam film, French ministers and religious leaders called for restraint, and riot police were posted outside the magazine's offices.
French embassies and schools in 20 countries will be temporarily closed on Friday, as a precautionary measure in case of fresh protests after prayers, the foreign ministry said.
The offices of Charlie Hebdo were firebombed last November after it published an edition entitled Charia Hebdo, supposedly guest-edited by Muhammad.
France's prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, said in a statement: "In the current climate, the prime minister wishes to stress his disapproval of all excesses and calls on everyone to behave responsibly."
Questioned on Rtl radio,...
- 9/19/2012
- by Kim Willsher
- The Guardian - Film News
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