Renault Chairman Talks Auto Alliances with AAPA
The future of the alliance between carmakers Renault and Nissan and Renault’s abortive attempt to link up with Fiat Chrysler were the main subjects discussed when Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard met with a dozen AAPA members on July 18. Salvaging the Renault-Nissan alliance whose organization had descended into a “huge mess” under former Renault and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn is crucial…
SAFE HAVEN FOR JOURNALISTS - La Maison des Journalistes
Since its creation in 2002, La Maison des Journalistes has assisted almost 400 journalists from over 60 countries in the difficult task of starting a new life. This non-profit organization, the only one of its kind in the world, offers a safe haven to journalists who have had to flee their home countries due to oppression from authoritarian regimes. MDJ serves as a beacon for the defense of press…
Bruno Latour
"It is not a question of cognitive capacity, of comprehending facts, but rather sharing the same "territory". As reflected in the slogan: "My country, right or wrong"; to what or to whom are people loyal? We no longer share the same Land."
Will Madame Le Pen Make a Comeback?
The AAPA met with Rassemblement National head Marine Le Pen on Feb 15, 2019.
The last time we saw France’s right wing figurehead two years ago she was running for president and riding high in the polls.
Le Pen may have…
Professor Webber discusses Europe's immediate problems
"Europe must show it can provide solutions to problems facing people today," INSEAD Political Science Professor Douglas Webber told the AAPA on March 12 at Cafe Falstaff. "It's not enough today just to keep…
President's message for 2019
Dear Members, A short and somewhat belated note to wish you all a happy and prosperous new year. The AAPA is in full swing for 2019, having already brought you Delphine Horvilleur, one of France's three female rabbis whose new book on anti-Semitism has alas proved very timely, and Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader whose party is neck and neck in the polls with Emmanuel Macron's for the…
French anti-Semitism 'first sign of a national crisis', Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur tells AAPA
Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur of the Mouvement Libéral Juif de France told AAPA members of her own path to the rabbinate (she was ordained in New York because no French institution will ordain women rabbis), and discussed her…
Interpol Chief Warns of New Terrorist Threat
Europe is facing a new “Isis 2.0” wave of terrorism from radicalised individuals returning from conflict zones in the Middle East to their home countries and jailed jihadists who will be completing relatively…
Macron's advisors talk diplomacy with the AAPA
Three of Emmanuel Macron's foreign policy advisors - Philippe Étienne, Aurélien Lechevallier, and Clément Beaune - met with members of the Anglo-American Press Association in an off-the-record event at the Elysée during which they spoke at length of the president's objectives for France on the European and world stage.
Ex-NATO chief, former U.S. Homeland launch campaign against election meddling
Former NATO chief Anders Rasmussen and ex-U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff sounded the alarm over meddling in elections by Russia and other nations during a meeting with the AAPA on November…