The Prix Décembre,originally known as the Prix Novembre,is one of France's premier literary awards. It was founded under the name Prix Novembre in 1989 by Philippe Dennery. In 1998,the founder resigned after he disapproved awarding of the prize to Michel Houellebecq's novel Atomised. The prize then got a new patron –Pierre Bergé–and a new name:Prix Decembre.
Michel Pierre Marie Mathieu was a French senior civil servant. He was High Commissioner of New Caledonia from 2005 to 2007 when he notoriously resigned after a disagreement with then Overseas Secretary Christian Estrosi. He served previously as High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia from 2001 to 2005,when he was succeeded by Anne Boquet. He died in 2010.
The Treaty of Huế,concluded on 25 August 1883 between France and Vietnam,recognised a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin. Dictated to the Vietnamese by the French administrator François-Jules Harmand in the wake of the French military seizure of the Thuận An forts,the treaty is often known as the 'Harmand Treaty'. Considered overly harsh in French diplomatic circles,the treaty was never ratified in France,and was replaced on 6 June 1884 with the slightly milder 'Patenôtre Treaty' or 'Treaty of Protectorate',which formed the basis for French rule in Vietnam for the next seven decades.
Commissaire Moulin is a French television series created by Paul Andréota and Claude Boissol and starring Yves Rénier as the title character,Commissaire Jean-Paul Moulin. The show started in 1976,was canceled in 1982,resumed in 1989 and finally ended in 2008. The entire series spans seventy 90 minute episodes.
Paul Toungui is a Gabonese politician who served in the government of Gabon from 1990 to 2012. He was Minister of Finance from 1991 to 1994,Minister of Mines,Energy,and Oil from 1994 to 2002,Minister of State for the Economy and Finance from 2002 to 2008,and finally Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2012.
Nathalie Goulet is a member of the Senate of France,representing the Orne department. She is a member of the Union of Democrats and Independents and sits with the political group of the Centrist Union.
Jean-Pierre Laflaquière is a retired French senior civil servant. His last office was High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia from 3 September 2012 to 23 August 2013. His successor was Lionel Beffre. He was Prefect without assignment from 2011 to 2012.
The 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic was the French Parliament that was in office from 27 June 2017 until 21 June 2022. The party of President Emmanuel Macron,La République En Marche! (LREM),obtained an absolute majority of 308 deputies,alongside its ally,the Democratic Movement (MoDem),which secured 42 seats. The newly-installed deputies elected François de Rugy as President of the National Assembly when the National Assembly first convened on 27 June. The legislative election saw a record level of renewal,with only a quarter of the deputies elected in 2012 also elected in 2017,as well as a significant increase in the representation of women and youth. With seven planned parliamentary groups,it would be the most fragmented National Assembly since 1958.
The second Philippe government was the forty-first government of the French Fifth Republic. It was the second government formed by Édouard Philippe under President Emmanuel Macron,following the 2017 legislative election and the dissolution of the first Philippe government on 19 June 2017.
Laurent Pietraszewski is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as Secretary of State for Pensions in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2019 to 2022.
Ambroise Croizat was a French syndicalist and communist politician. As the minister of Labour and of Social security,he founded the French Social security system and the retirement system,between 1945 and 1947. He was also the general secretary of the Fédération des travailleurs de la métallurgie CGT.
A strike began on 5 December 2019 to protest against broad changes to France's pension system proposed by President Emmanuel Macron. Reforming the pensions was one of President Macron's promises and there are three primary proposals of the pension reform plan. The first is to create a universal state retirement plan,which would replace the 42 individual retirement plans that exist in France. The second is a "points system",to give a pension in proportion to the contributions paid. The third is to "improve the pensions of the most disadvantaged." The result of the system would increase the retirement age of many jobs in France.
The Haute Autoritépour la transparence de la vie publique is an independent French administrative authority created by the law on transparency of public life on 11 October 2013. It replaced the Commission pour la transparence financière de la vie politique. The authority is responsible for ascertaining and preventing potential conflicts of interest among French public servants and officials.
Gilbert Garcin was a French photographer.
Soyons Libres (SL),also called Libres,,is a French political party that was founded in 2017 by Valérie Pécresse,within The Republicans.
Minister of Economy and Finance is the person in charge of the public finances of Gabon,and current head of the ministry of economy and finance.
Hopium is a French automobile brand created in 2019 by Olivier Lombard,a French racing driver.
Marguerite Cazeneuve is a French specialist in social affairs,health and pensions. She is an adviser of President Emmanuel Macron.
Two motions of no confidence in the minority government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne were tabled on 17 March 2023 in the French National Assembly.
