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 Tuesday February 11, 2003 13:08 by iosaf/ainriali/ipsiphi barcelona new europe. just like ireland.
 being a reflection on the Republic. on the 5th of May 2002 Chirac was re-elected as President of France. The first football match he attended was the following Saturday in Parisīs Stade de France. Like the forthcoming Derry v. Barcelona match the match Chirac went to see was a between slightly mismatched sides. They were Corsicaīs Bastia and Brittanyīs Lorient. But is was no friendly match it was the final of the French Cup. At Chiracīs final between Corsica and Britanny the Corsican fans booed La Marseilles. Chirac reacted very differently to how Jospin formerly had. He did not sit in stonyfaced silence. He did not cast a frowning eye. He threw a great wobbly instead. He refused to go to the pitch to greet the players. He demanded and got an apology to the nation from the boss of French Soccer. He delayed the game by twenty minutes. During which he addressed a variety of French TV channels and the assembled world media. I think I need only at this point qoute one line of Chiracīs mediabytes. {in translation... "I wonīt tolerate the undermining of the values of the Republic and those who express them."} I watched Brazil play France for the World Cup whilst living in London. I travelled with French fans to Trafalgar Square from Liverpool Street station. I watched them enter that square as I ahve watched so many enter that square to form a colourful multitude at the base of Nelsonīs column. There was one cheering Brazilian with a flag happily amongst them. I have in that square also seen Scottish and English fans do most grevious harm to each other. The same day someone blew up Manchester. What are the values of the Republic? After the Corsica v. Brittany game the leader of the French Green Party one of the left coalition groupings that tried to recover from the strengthening of the Right yet again in France spoke of Chiracīs delay of play... i qoute in translation. The Green leader Dominique Voynet is a shrewd former environment minister and I give him more ideological credit than Fishcer. I saw him speak in BCN and though his jokes were felt to be alien he pleased us more than the German. ah the German. The last friendly match I saw Barca play was against Madrid the traditional enemy. Play was stopped because Barca players threw coins at a Madrid player who had defected from Barca whilst he attempted to take a corner. Everyone held na opinion. Many spoke to TV. But no-one invoked either the Kingdom of Real Madrid or any idealised Republic perhaps remembered by Barcelona.
what does your republic mean to you?
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7The Treaty of Paris was ratified Jan 14 1784.
1784 -- Treaty of Paris, officially ending U.S. War of Independence, ratified by Congress. By its terms, "His Britannic Majesty" is bound to withdraw his armies without "carrying away any Negroes or other property of American inhabitants."
it is also the anniversary of Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984) birth.
You're not wrong!
but wont work.
it is a most obligatory understanding for contemporary analysis of both the USA and ......
What's obligatory about it?
Obligatory for who?
(in answer to the above three comments)
sigh sigh. It only took a year. oh when play is delayed in such a way the first minutes of the game are often not as closely watched.
required reading for entry to module:-
three biographies of
The Black Napoleon Toussaint L'Ouverture aka the Liberator of Haiti.
and the beginner's guide (all of it) @ link.
statement of deposed former President JB Aristide made this weekend from exile.
That's how clever i think Chirac is.