Here’s a round up of this week’s major events in France.
Tuesday evening the Elysée announced a major shakeup of the cabinet of ministers following the European elections, which saw two ministers, Michel Barnier and Rachida Dati elected to the European parliament.
French prosecuters have called on the courts to break up the Church of Scientology’s operations in France. Scientology is considered to be a cult under French law and is not recognised as a religion.
In an historic speech before French MPs and senators, President Nicolas Sarkozy has come out against allowing women to wear a burka in France on the basis that it does not respect a woman’s fundamental rights. A parliamentary enquiry has been launched to determine whether women choose to wear the burka or whether it is imposed.
The BBC’s Christine Finn goes back in time in a visit to the Paris hotel that housed some of France’s most influential writers of the Beat generation.
Illegal workers have protested outside of the URSSAF, which is responsible for collecting revenue for social security. The workers are trying to be refunded their withholdings on the basis that their status leaves them without the right to a social safety net.
(Audio report in French)
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