French press review
The French press starts off with a look at the bombing in Marrakech, before turning towards politics - an interview with budget minister François Baroin, plus controversy surrounding Nicolas Sarkozy's fiscal reform. The French Football Federation faces racial discrimination allegations, and England's royal wedding takes up the rest of the French news today.
The news is dominated by the terrorist attack in the Moroccan city of Marrakech in which at least 14 people, including French citizens, were killed.
“Deadly strike in the heart of Marrakech,” is the headline in Le Figaro. “Marrakech, centre of terror”, writes Libération.
The carnage is turning into a battle of figures - the left leaning Libération puts the toll at 15 dead including six French tourists. France Soir claims 15 people died while 21 others, including seven French people, were injured in the attack.
Aujourd’hui en France/Le Parisien points out that no one had claimed responsibility, up until Thursday evening, for the blast at the café in Jemmaa-el-Fna square.
But France Soir points to a kamikaze mission, where someone entered the café and blew himself up, killing tourists who were enjoying their vacation on the terrace of the Argana café.
La Tribune offers another dimension to the attack. The paper sees it as a clear affront to the recent Arab revolution, and a direct threat to democratic reforms announced by King Mohamed VI.
Libération agrees, observing that the Arab uprising not only ousted ageing autocratic
Regimes but also forced those still in power to accept far-reaching reforms, while disqualifying terrorist groups and disciples of blind violence that thrive on the policies of dictatorships.
Libération, however, hopes that security forces will not use the Marrakech attack as a pretext to crush the democratic aspirations of their people.
The economic daily, Les Echos, runs an exclusive interview with budget minister François Baroin. He answers questions on wealth tax reform, worker's bonuses and projected changes in economic policy in 2011.
Le Monde welcomes a lull in real estate prices after a year marked by spiralling costs throughout 2010. The news comes despite a 17.5 per cent upsurge of rents in Paris.
L’Humanité published a special issue on Friday, ahead of May Day on Sunday, preparing a number of union leaders to replace its editorial staff.
The communist party daily argues in an editorial that the coming to power of president Nicholas Sarkozy, and his decision to enforce and then scrap the controversial fiscal shield, will not temper his resolve to carry out the wealth tax reform.
According to l’Humanité, the paradoxical nature of the issue is rather bothersome to the French, and the tabloid states that these types of social questions must be at the heart of next year’s presidential election.
The Catholic daily La Croix paints a portrait of the perfect candidate for the upcoming French presidential elections. It lists what it believes are the qualities, conditions and support that must be enlisted by contenders in order to win the race to the Elysée.
L’Equipe investigates allegations of racial discrimination at the French Football Federation.
The respected online publication Médiapart reported on Thursday that the Federation had approved discriminatory measures aimed at restricting the number of young black and Arab players seeking admission into football schools.
Médiapart claims that current French football manager Laurent Blanc is among the top federation officials who backed the plan. These are allegations that he and others have denied.
The sports newspaper wonders if the angry reactions from the football federation aren’t an attempt to cover-up a breaking scandal.
The royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey today continues to receive extensive coverage in Friday’s French papers.
"Prince-me, I am dreaming," swooned Libération. La Croix narrates the ultimate Cinderella story of “once upon a time a prince and a beautiful shepardess..."
The free Métro tabloid runs an all English lead story titled “The Wedding”. William and Kate are ready to say their 'I do's' this morning, which will predict the capacity of this “modern couple” to “change the image of the British monarchy”.
“Deadly strike in the heart of Marrakech,” is the headline in Le Figaro. “Marrakech, centre of terror”, writes Libération.
The carnage is turning into a battle of figures - the left leaning Libération puts the toll at 15 dead including six French tourists. France Soir claims 15 people died while 21 others, including seven French people, were injured in the attack.
Aujourd’hui en France/Le Parisien points out that no one had claimed responsibility, up until Thursday evening, for the blast at the café in Jemmaa-el-Fna square.
But France Soir points to a kamikaze mission, where someone entered the café and blew himself up, killing tourists who were enjoying their vacation on the terrace of the Argana café.
La Tribune offers another dimension to the attack. The paper sees it as a clear affront to the recent Arab revolution, and a direct threat to democratic reforms announced by King Mohamed VI.
Libération agrees, observing that the Arab uprising not only ousted ageing autocratic
Regimes but also forced those still in power to accept far-reaching reforms, while disqualifying terrorist groups and disciples of blind violence that thrive on the policies of dictatorships.
Libération, however, hopes that security forces will not use the Marrakech attack as a pretext to crush the democratic aspirations of their people.
The economic daily, Les Echos, runs an exclusive interview with budget minister François Baroin. He answers questions on wealth tax reform, worker's bonuses and projected changes in economic policy in 2011.
Le Monde welcomes a lull in real estate prices after a year marked by spiralling costs throughout 2010. The news comes despite a 17.5 per cent upsurge of rents in Paris.
L’Humanité published a special issue on Friday, ahead of May Day on Sunday, preparing a number of union leaders to replace its editorial staff.
The communist party daily argues in an editorial that the coming to power of president Nicholas Sarkozy, and his decision to enforce and then scrap the controversial fiscal shield, will not temper his resolve to carry out the wealth tax reform.
According to l’Humanité, the paradoxical nature of the issue is rather bothersome to the French, and the tabloid states that these types of social questions must be at the heart of next year’s presidential election.
The Catholic daily La Croix paints a portrait of the perfect candidate for the upcoming French presidential elections. It lists what it believes are the qualities, conditions and support that must be enlisted by contenders in order to win the race to the Elysée.
L’Equipe investigates allegations of racial discrimination at the French Football Federation.
The respected online publication Médiapart reported on Thursday that the Federation had approved discriminatory measures aimed at restricting the number of young black and Arab players seeking admission into football schools.
Médiapart claims that current French football manager Laurent Blanc is among the top federation officials who backed the plan. These are allegations that he and others have denied.
The sports newspaper wonders if the angry reactions from the football federation aren’t an attempt to cover-up a breaking scandal.
The royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey today continues to receive extensive coverage in Friday’s French papers.
"Prince-me, I am dreaming," swooned Libération. La Croix narrates the ultimate Cinderella story of “once upon a time a prince and a beautiful shepardess..."
The free Métro tabloid runs an all English lead story titled “The Wedding”. William and Kate are ready to say their 'I do's' this morning, which will predict the capacity of this “modern couple” to “change the image of the British monarchy”.
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