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French politicians get real
Hereâs the free space on todayâs Rantburg bingo card of rants :-)Franceâs often aloof politicians have a chance to show their human side next month in a reality TV show putting them with an average family for two days and nights. But viewers of the TF1 series expecting to see the hardline interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy shopping with a juvenile delinquent or the far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen dining with a family of illegal immigrants are likely to be disappointed. Iâm certainly disappointed! J-M: "What is this [bleep] on my plate?" Abdul: "It is a delicacy of our ethnic origin, fried camel [bleeeeeeeeeeep]" "We will discuss each host family with the politician concerned and make sure they feel comfortable with it," said the series director, Jerome Caza. "This is not about laying traps for our political leaders, but creating the conditions in which they can express themselves." "After which we will ridicule them severely!" The junior justice minister Pierre Bédier, who spent two days with a midwife in a pilot programme, said: "It was an adventure, a real experience. I spent a day in the maternity ward, went to a family christening, and even ate in a pizzeria." Mon dieu! Have they no proper French word for pizzeria? Posted by: Steve White 2003-08-29 |
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