A Day Off at Versailles
It was almost like a scene from “Night at the Museum,” starring Ben Stiller. Except it was “Day Off at Versailles,” starring the Anglo-American Press Association.…
Finance Minister Spills the Beans on Growth Outlook
Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici created news when he revealed exclusively to the AAPA on Feb.18 that the government was moving away from its earlier pledge to bring its…
Fabius Hosts Round-Table Meeting with the AAPA
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius met February 6 with close to 40 AAPA members to discuss France’s priorities and concerns in the foreign policy domain. In an ornate setting at the Quai d’Orsay, Fabius went “off the record” to explain his government’s concerns about Europe, Syria, Lebanon, Mali, Iran, the Middle East Peace Process and many other topics. For about 90 minutes,…
New State Bank On The Prowl For Borrowers and Projects
Nicolas Dufourcq, the new head of the French government's Banque Publique d'Investissement, says that one of the greatest obstacles he faces is finding viable projects, not money.
The state bank was created last year…
Dryanskys Serve up a Gastronomic Feast
Long-time AAPA member Gerry Dryansky has won the American prize in the Gourmand World Cookbook competition for 2012, for “Best Culinary Travel Guide” with his latest oeuvre, "Coquilles, Calva and Crème: A Love…
New Year's Message from the President
Dear AAPA members,
A New Year is upon us and it looks set to be about as busy as the one we have just seen out. The French, European and international situations loom as being as news-generating and as…
Energy Will Never Be Cheap, CEO of French Oil Giant Total Tells AAPA
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here is no danger of the world running out of oil and gas any time soon, but it will never be cheap, the head of France’s largest and most profitable company told more…
French Minister Confident UK’s Future Lies In EU
Amid widespread reports that Britain was gradually easing out of European Union obligations and might block the next proposed EU budget, European Affairs Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told some twenty five of us over breakfast Nov. 13 that intense efforts were underway to resolve critical issues with London in anticipation of the key EU summit meeting Nov. 22-23. He urged an agreement at the…
An American In Paris Probes The French Psyche
AAPA member Harriet Welty Rochefort, author of "French Toast" and "French Fried", continues her probing into the French way of life with her third book on the subject: "Joie de Vivre: Secrets of Wining, Dining, and Romancing Like the French" (St. Martin's Press, Oct. 2012). Analyzing the various forms that French expressions of joie de vivre take, she comes up with a few theories of her own. For…