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2 prime
I.prime1 [pʀim]feminine nouna. ( = cadeau) free gift• prime de fin d'année/de rendement Christmas/productivity bonusc. (Insurance, stock exchange) premiumII.prime2 [pʀim]adjectivea. ( = premier) dès sa prime jeunesse from his earliest youth* * *pʀim
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1) ( premier)de prime abord — at first, initially
dans sa prime jeunesse — in the early days of his/her youth
2) Mathématique prime
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1) ( récompense) bonusen prime avec votre abonnement, recevez ce magnifique réveil — as a free gift to new subscribers, we're offering this fabulous alarm clock
et en prime il a reçu un coup de pied aux fesses — hum and, for good measure, he got a kick in the backside
2) ( indemnité) allowance3) ( subvention) subsidy4) ( d'assurance) premium5) ( en escrime) prime•Phrasal Verbs:* * *pʀim1. nf1) (= bonification) bonusIl a eu une prime en récompense de son travail. — He received a bonus for his work.
2) (= subside) allowance3) COMMERCEen prime — free, as a free gift
J'ai eu ce stylo en prime avec l'agenda. — I got this pen free with the diary., I got this pen as a free gift with the diary.
4) ASSURANCES, BOURSE premium2. adj* * *A adj1 ( premier) de prime abord at first, initially; de prime abord, je l'ai trouvé antipathique at first, I disliked him; dans sa prime jeunesse in the first flush of youth, in the early days of his/her youth; la prime enfance early childhood;B nf1 ( récompense) bonus; en prime avec votre abonnement, recevez ce magnifique réveil as a free gift to new subscribers, we're offering this fabulous alarm clock; financer de telles émissions, c'est donner une prime à la bêtise giving financial backing to programmesGB like that amounts to actively encouraging idiocy; et en prime il a reçu un coup de pied aux fesses and, for good measure, he got a kick in the backside;2 ( indemnité) allowance;3 ( subvention) subsidy;5 ( en escrime) prime.prime d'ancienneté seniority bonus; prime à la construction building subsidy; prime de déménagement removal allowance GB, relocation allowance; prime à l'embauche recruitment premium; prime d'encouragement incentive bonus; prime d'équipement development subsidy; prime à l'exportation export subsidy; prime de fin d'année Christmas bonus; prime de licenciement redundancy payment GB, severance pay; prime de précarité allowance to compensate for insecurity of employment; prime de rendement productivity bonus; prime de risque danger money; prime de transport transport allowance GB, transportation allowance US; prime de vie chère cost-of-living allowance.[prim] adjectif2. (littéraire) [premier]dès sa prime enfance ou jeunesse from her earliest childhood————————[prim] nom féminin1. [gratification] bonusprime de rendement ou de résultat productivity bonusprime de transport/déménagement travel/relocation allowanceprime de licenciement redundancy payment, severance pay2. [incitation] subsidycette mesure est une prime à la délation (figuré) this measure will only encourage people to denounce others4. BOURSE [taux] option rate[somme] option money5. (locution)de prime abord locution adverbialeat first sight ou glanceen prime locution adverbialeen prime, vous gagnez trois tasses à café as a bonus, you get a free gift of three coffee cupsnon seulement il fait rien mais en prime il se plaint! not only does he do nothing, but he complains as well! -
3 primé
I.prime1 [pʀim]feminine nouna. ( = cadeau) free gift• prime de fin d'année/de rendement Christmas/productivity bonusc. (Insurance, stock exchange) premiumII.prime2 [pʀim]adjectivea. ( = premier) dès sa prime jeunesse from his earliest youth* * *pʀim
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1) ( premier)de prime abord — at first, initially
dans sa prime jeunesse — in the early days of his/her youth
2) Mathématique prime
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1) ( récompense) bonusen prime avec votre abonnement, recevez ce magnifique réveil — as a free gift to new subscribers, we're offering this fabulous alarm clock
et en prime il a reçu un coup de pied aux fesses — hum and, for good measure, he got a kick in the backside
2) ( indemnité) allowance3) ( subvention) subsidy4) ( d'assurance) premium5) ( en escrime) prime•Phrasal Verbs:* * *pʀim1. nf1) (= bonification) bonusIl a eu une prime en récompense de son travail. — He received a bonus for his work.
2) (= subside) allowance3) COMMERCEen prime — free, as a free gift
J'ai eu ce stylo en prime avec l'agenda. — I got this pen free with the diary., I got this pen as a free gift with the diary.
4) ASSURANCES, BOURSE premium2. adj* * *A adj1 ( premier) de prime abord at first, initially; de prime abord, je l'ai trouvé antipathique at first, I disliked him; dans sa prime jeunesse in the first flush of youth, in the early days of his/her youth; la prime enfance early childhood;B nf1 ( récompense) bonus; en prime avec votre abonnement, recevez ce magnifique réveil as a free gift to new subscribers, we're offering this fabulous alarm clock; financer de telles émissions, c'est donner une prime à la bêtise giving financial backing to programmesGB like that amounts to actively encouraging idiocy; et en prime il a reçu un coup de pied aux fesses and, for good measure, he got a kick in the backside;2 ( indemnité) allowance;3 ( subvention) subsidy;5 ( en escrime) prime.prime d'ancienneté seniority bonus; prime à la construction building subsidy; prime de déménagement removal allowance GB, relocation allowance; prime à l'embauche recruitment premium; prime d'encouragement incentive bonus; prime d'équipement development subsidy; prime à l'exportation export subsidy; prime de fin d'année Christmas bonus; prime de licenciement redundancy payment GB, severance pay; prime de précarité allowance to compensate for insecurity of employment; prime de rendement productivity bonus; prime de risque danger money; prime de transport transport allowance GB, transportation allowance US; prime de vie chère cost-of-living allowance.[film, vin, fromage] award-winning[animal] prizewinning -
4 RTT
RTTfeminine noun( = réduction du temps de travail) reduction of working hours* * *ɛʀtetenom féminin (abbr = réduction du temps de travail) reduction in the number of working hours* * *RTT nf (abbr = réduction du temps de travail) reduction in the number of working hours.————————poser/prendre un RTT to book ou claim a day’s holidayInitially planned as a mesure to reduce unemployment, the law on a 35-hour working week known as les trente-cinq heures has not entirely succeeded but it has generated more leisure time for people in paid employment. They now have journées RTT. -
5 Télétel
Télétel ® [teletεl]masculine noun* * *Télétel® nm viewdata GB, videotex®.ⓘ Télétel A computerized information network available to all telephone users using a Minitel terminal. Initially used for telephone directory enquiries, it has become an enormous base for commercial and public information.[teletɛl] nom masculin -
6 abord
abord [abɔʀ]1. masculine noun► d'abord ( = en premier lieu) first ; ( = au commencement) at first ; ( = essentiellement) primarily ; (introduisant une restriction) for a start• d'abord, il n'a même pas 18 ans for a start, he's not even 182. plural masculine nounabords ( = environs) surroundings• aux abords de la soixantaine, il prit sa retraite he retired when he was about sixty* * *abɔʀ
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nom masculin1) ( comportement) manner2) ( approche) access3) ( contact)
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d'abord locution adverbiale1) ( avant autre chose) first2) ( contrairement à la suite) at first3) ( primo) firstly, first4) ( en priorité) first (of all)5) ( avant tout) for a start
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abords nom masculin pluriel area (sg) around* * *abɔʀ nm1)Je vais rentrer d'abord chez moi. — I'll go home first.
2) (= accès)être d'un abord facile (personne) — to be approachable, (texte, essai) to be accessible, [lieu] to be easy to reach
être d'un abord difficile [personne] — not to be easy to approach, (texte, essai) to be difficult to get to grips with, [lieu] to be hard to reach, to be difficult to get to
3) (= coup d'œil)de prime abord; au premier abord — at first sight
* * *A nm1 ( comportement) manner; être d'un abord aimable/facile/difficile to have a pleasant/an easy/a difficult manner; sous des abords grincheux c'est un tendre his gruff exterior hides a kind heart;2 ( approche) access; sa théorie est d'un abord relativement aisé his theory is relatively accessible; à l'abord de on approaching;B d'abord loc adv1 ( avant autre chose) first; va d'abord te laver les mains go and wash your hands first; nous avons d'abord visité Rome first we visited Rome;2 ( contrairement à la suite) at first; j'ai d'abord cru à une mauvaise plaisanterie at first I thought it was a bad joke; c'est plus compliqué qu'il n'y paraît d'abord it's more complicated than it seems at first;3 ( primo) firstly, first; il y a trois stades: d' abord les maux de tête… there are three stages: firstly headaches…; j'ai décidé de partir, d'abord à cause du temps et puis… I decided to leave, firstly because of the weather and then…;4 ( en priorité) first (of all); les femmes et les enfants d'abord women and children first; tout d'abord first of all; d'abord et avant tout first and foremost;5 ( avant tout) for a start; d'abord je refuse de lui parler for a start I refuse to speak to him.C abords nmpl area (sg) around; les abords immédiats de qch the immediate area around sth; aux abords de qch in the area around sth.[abɔr] nom masculin1. [contact] mannerelle est d'un abord déconcertant/chaleureux she puts you off your stride/makes you feel very welcome when you first meet herêtre d'un abord facile/difficile to be approachable/unapproachablea. [demeure] easy to get tob. [texte] easy to understand ou to get to grips with————————abords nom masculin pluriel[alentours] surroundingsaux abords locution adverbialeaux abords de locution prépositionnelle————————d'abord locution adverbiale1. [en premier lieu] firstj'ai cru (tout) d'abord qu'il s'agissait d'une blague at first ou to begin with I thought it was a joked'abord, tu n'es même pas prêt! to start with ou for a start, you're not even ready!4. [de toute façon] anyway————————dès l'abord locution adverbiale -
7 début
début [deby]1. masculine noun• il y a or il faut un début à tout there's a first time for everything2. plural masculine noun* * *deby
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au/en début de — at the beginning of
pour un début, ce n'est pas mal — it's not bad for starters
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débuts nom masculin pluriel1) (de comédien, musicien) debut (sg)2) (de parti politique, média) early stagesdepuis ses débuts en 1962, le mouvement a évolué — since its inception in 1962, the movement has evolved
* * *deby1. nmau début — in the beginning, at first
au début de — at the beginning of, at the start of
dès le début — from the beginning, from the start
depuis le début — from the beginning, from the start
en début de — at the beginning of, at the start of
On doit se voir en début d'après-midi. — We're to see each other in the early afternoon.
2. débuts nmplbeginnings, [carrière] debut sgfaire ses débuts (dans sa carrière, comme sportif) — to start out
* * *A nm (de film, mois, discours) beginning; (de crise, négociations, d'épidémie) start; au tout or tout au début at the very beginning; au début at first, initially; au début de at the beginning of; début mars/1990 early in March/1990; dès le début from the outset ou the very beginning ou the start; depuis le début (de) since the beginning (of); je le savais depuis le début I knew all along; salaire de début starting salary; en début de soirée/semaine/carrière at the beginning of the evening/the week/one's career; du début (jusqu')à la fin from start to finish; ce n'est qu'un début this is only the beginning; il y a un début à tout you have to start somewhere; pour un début, ce n'est pas mal it's not bad for starters; un début de solution/d'explication/de démocratie the beginnings of a solution/of an explanation/of democracy; avoir un début de calvitie to have a bald patch.B débuts nmpl1 (de comédien, musicien) debut (sg); faire ses débuts dans le monde to make one's debut in society; faire des débuts éblouissants au théâtre to make a dazzling stage debut; à mes débuts when I started out;2 (de parti politique, média) early stages; (en être encore) à ses débuts [mouvement, projet] (to be still) in its early stages; depuis ses débuts en 1962, le mouvement a évolué since its inception in 1962, the movement has evolved.[deby] nom masculince n'est qu'un début that's just the start ou beginning2. [dans l'expression des dates]début mars at the beginning of ou in early March————————débuts nom masculin pluriel[dans une carrière] start[dans le spectacle] debutmes débuts dans le journalisme my first steps ou early days as a journalista. [projet] to be in its early stagesb. [personne] to have just started (out)[en société] debut[première période] beginnings————————au début locution adverbiale————————au début de locution prépositionnelleau début du printemps/de l'année at the beginning of spring/of the year————————au tout début locution adverbiale,tout au début locution adverbialedès le début locution adverbialefrom the outset ou very start ou very beginningdu début à la fin locution adverbiale[d'un livre, d'une histoire] from beginning to end[d'une course, d'un événement] from start to finish -
8 départ
départ [depaʀ]masculine nouna. [de voyageur, véhicule, excursion] departure ; [de fusée] launch ; ( = endroit) point of departure• le départ est à huit heures the train (or coach etc) leaves at eight o'clock• « départ des grandes lignes » (Railways) "main-line departures"• départ lancé/arrêté flying/standing start• prendre un bon/mauvais départ to get off to a good/bad startc. [de salarié, ministre] departured. ( = origine) [de processus, transformation] start* * *depaʀnom masculin1) ( d'un lieu) departuredépart des grandes lignes/des lignes de banlieue — Chemin de Fer (platforms for) main line/suburban departures
se donner rendez-vous au départ du car — ( au lieu) to arrange to meet at the bus
il n'y a qu'un départ du courrier par jour — the post GB ou mail US only goes once a day
3) (d'une fonction, organisation) departure; ( démission) resignation4) Sport startdépart arrêté/décalé/lancé — standing/staggered/flying start
prendre le départ — ( d'une course) to be among the starters
prendre un nouveau départ — fig to make a fresh start
5) ( début) start* * *depaʀ nm1) (le moment de partir) departureLe départ est à onze heures quinze. — Departure is at 11.15.
Au moment du départ, nous... — Just as we were leaving, we...
Je lui téléphonerai la veille de son départ. — I'll phone him the day before he leaves.
2) (sur un horaire) departure3) (le fait de quitter) [émigrants, collaborateur] departureLe départ de ces dirigeants ne peut qu'affaiblir l'entreprise. — The fact that these managers are leaving can only weaken the company.
4) SPORT start5) [itinéraire] startau départ (= au début) — initially, at the start
* * *départ nm1 ( d'un lieu) departure; retarder son départ to postpone one's departure; heures de départ departure times; départ des grandes lignes/des lignes de banlieue Rail (platforms for) main line/suburban departures; je l'ai vue avant mon départ pour Paris I saw her before I left for Paris; les départs en vacances holiday GB ou vacation US departures; avant mon départ en vacances before I set off on holiday GB ou vacation US; téléphone avant ton départ phone before you leave; c'est bientôt le départ, le départ approche it'll soon be time to leave; se donner rendez-vous au départ du car ( au lieu) to arrange to meet at the coach GB ou bus US; vols quotidiens au départ de Nice daily flights from Nice; le train a pris du retard au départ de Lyon the train was late leaving Lyons; être sur le départ to be about to leave; il n'y a qu 'un départ du courrier par jour the post GB ou mail US only goes once a day;2 ( exode) exodus (vers to); le départ des cadres vers la capitale the exodus of executives to the capital;3 (d'une fonction, organisation) departure; ( démission) resignation; son départ du Parti socialiste his/her departure from the socialist party, his/her leaving the socialist party; exiger le départ du directeur to demand the manager's resignation; le départ en retraite/préretraite retirement/early retirement; la restructuration a abouti au départ de 600 employés restructuring led to 600 workers being laid off;4 Sport start; départ arrêté/décalé/lancé standing/staggered/flying start; ligne/position de départ starting line/position; donner le (signal du) départ aux coureurs to start the race; prendre le départ ( d'une course) to be among the starters; prendre un bon/mauvais départ to get off to a good/bad start; prendre un nouveau départ fig to make a fresh start; ⇒ faux;5 ( début) start; dès le départ right from the start; au départ ( d'abord) at first; ( au début) at the outset; langue de départ source language; salaire de départ starting salary; capital de départ start-up capital;6 liter ( séparation) distinction (entre between); faire le départ entre le bien et le mal to distinguish between good and evil.[depar] nom masculinle départ du train est à 7 h the train leaves at 7a.m2. [fait de quitter un lieu] goingles grands départsthe mass exodus of people from Paris and other major cities at the beginning of the holiday period, especially in August3. [d'une course] startdouze chevaux/voitures/coureurs ont pris le départ (de la course) there were twelve startersprendre un bon/mauvais départ (sens propre & figuré) to get off to a good/bad startprendre un nouveau départ dans la vie to make a fresh start in life, to turn over a new leaf4. [de son travail] departure[démission] resignationau départ du directeur when the manager left ou quit (the firm)au départ at first, to begin with6. COMMERCEfaire le départ entre to draw a distinction between, to distinguish between————————au départ de locution prépositionnelleau départ du Caire, tout allait encore bien entre eux when they left Cairo, everything was still fine between them————————de départ locution adjectivale1. [gare, quai, heure] departure (modificateur)2. [initial]l'idée de départ the initial ou original ideaprix de départ [dans une enchère] upset ou asking pricesalaire de départ initial ou starting salary -
9 origine
origine [ɔʀiʒin]feminine noun• être à l'origine de to be the cause of ; [+ proposition, initiative, projet, attentat] to be behind* * *ɔʀiʒin1) ( provenance) originêtre d'origine modeste/noble — to come from a modest/noble background
être d'origine paysanne — [personne] to come from a farming family
2) ( commencement) origindès l'origine — (de projet, technique) right from the start; ( du monde) from the very beginning
d'origine — [pays] of origin; [moteur, vitraux] original
3) ( source) originà l'origine du conflit il y a un problème frontalier — the conflict has its origins in a border dispute
4) Mathématique origin* * *ɔʀiʒin1. nf1) [événement, phénomène, coutume] originavoir son origine dans — to have its origins in, to originate in
être à l'origine de — to be the cause of, to be behind
2) [message, appel téléphonique] source3) [révolution, réussite] root4) [personne] origind'origine (pays) — of origin, (pneus) original, (bureau postal) dispatching
2. origines nfpl[personne] origins* * *origine nf1 ( provenance) origin; toutes origines confondues of all origins; tradition/mot/tissu d'origine italienne tradition/word/fabric of Italian origin; de toutes les origines sociales [personnes] from all walks of life; être d'origine modeste/noble to come from a modest/noble background; famille d'origine modeste/noble family of modest/noble origins; être d'origine grecque [personne] to be of Greek extraction; être d'origine paysanne [personne] to come from a farming family;2 ( commencement) origin; l'origine de la vie/l'univers the origin of life/the universe; l'histoire de la Chine des origines à nos jours the history of China from its origins to the present day; l'origine des temps the beginning of time; dès l'origine (de projet, technique) right from the start; ( du monde) from the very beginning; à l'origine originally; d'origine [pays] of origin; [moteur, objet, vitraux] original;3 ( source) origin; produit d'origine végétale/animale product of vegetable/animal origin; conflit d'origine raciale conflict of racial origin; à l'origine du conflit il y a un problème frontalier the conflict has its origins in a border dispute; trouver or avoir son origine dans to have its roots in; maladie d'origine virale viral disease; pollution d'origine agricole/industrielle agricultural/industrial pollution;4 Math origin.[ɔriʒin] nom féminin1. [cause première - d'un feu, d'une maladie, d'une querelle] originavoir son origine dans, tirer son origine de to have one's origins in, to originate inces erreurs judiciaires ont été à l'origine du projet de loi these miscarriages of justice were the impetus for the billa. [personne] to be behind ou to be the cause of an argumentb. [malentendu] to be at the origin ou root of an argumentles vêtements, des origines à nos jours [dans un livre, un musée] clothes, from their origins to the present daydès l'origine from the (very) beginning, from the outset4. [d'une personne] originil ne sait rien de ses origines he doesn't know anything about his origins ou where he comes fromd'origine modeste of humble origin ou birth5. DROIT————————à l'origine locution adverbialeoriginally, initially, at the beginning————————d'origine locution adjectivale[pays] of origin[couleur, emballage, nom, monnaie] original -
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primitivement adv originally, initially.[primitivmɑ̃] adverbeprimitivement, mon intention était de rester une semaine I originally intended to stay for one week -
11 quéquette
n. f. 'Prick', 'cock', penis. (Initially from the language of children, quéquette has a 'wee-willy' connotation, i.e. a limp penis.) -
12 Bonaparte, Napoléon Bonaparte
(1769-1821)Ruler of France from 1799 to 1815. Napoleon came to power as a successful military commander in the wake of the French Revolution of 1798, initially as First Consul, then as Emperor. A brilliant military and civil commander, Napoleon established good part of the basis of the modern French state, with its centralised power structure, law, and administration. Through military victories and alliances, he rapidly spread the power of post-revolutionary France across Europe. However, like Hitler in the twentieth century, he overstretched the capacities of his great army, when he tried to conquer Russia. The retreat from Moscow in 1812 was his first great defeat. It was followed however by his final undoing, defeat by the British army at the batle of Waterloo in 1815. Captured by the British, Napoleon was exiled first to Elba, from where he escaped, then to the mid atlantic island of Saint Helena, where he died in exile in 1821.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Bonaparte, Napoléon Bonaparte
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13 Bové, José
French MEP, elected to the European parliament on the list of the French greens in June 2009. Highly mediatized and self-styled leader of theConfédération Paysanne, an initially unofficial protest grouping of small farmers established as a backlash against the accelerating fall in the number and economic viability of France's small farms. Bové himself is a producer of Roquefort cheese, living on the barren Causses in southern central France. However his campaign in defence of the French small farmer developed into a more general anti-capitalist and anti-globalisation movement, with Bové being arrested twice and sentenced to prison firstly for leading a group of protestors in demolishing a partly built McDonald's restaurant in the town of Millau, and later for breaking into an agricultural research facility and uprooting thousands of genetically modified plants. When first sent to prison, Bové capitalised on the event by driving himself to the jail at the head of a procession of tractors, which received massive media coverage. To avoid a repeat of this, police arrested him a second time in 2003 with a spectacular dawn raid on his farmhouse, carrying Bové off to jail in a helicopter. While avoiding a second Bové media circus, the means employed in this arrest were seriously criticised throughout the media. Since the mid 1990's, Bové has also been present at most major international economic and social forums - including Puerto Alegre and Seattle - leading to accusations that he is not really the typical small farmer he claims to be.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Bové, José
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14 Contrat Première Embauche
, CPEThe CPE was introduced by the Villepin government in 2006, in an attempt to reduce France's high levels of youth unemployment. It created a new form of work contract for young people, with less guarantees of job security than normal French work contracts. Left-wing student unions, encouraged by opposition parties, protested vigorously against the new contract, calling it discriminatory against youth, and an attack on the acquired social rights of employees. It was portrayed as a contract by which employers would be free to sack young employees without reason. In scenes reminiscent of 1968 (seesoixante- huit), students closed down a number of universities and set up barricades. After initially refusing to give in, the government eventually decided to scrap the CPE which by the, according to opinion polls, had become a very unpopular plan.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Contrat Première Embauche
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15 Rainbow Warrior
Ship belonging to Greenpeace, that was blown up and sunk in 1985, in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand, in a covert operation by the French intelligence service. A Greenpeace photographer was killed in the operation. It was revealed many years later that this operation - which was described as an act of international terrorism - had been personally authorized by President Mitterrand. French involvement was suspected right from the start, as the Rainbow Warrior was scheduled to protest against French nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll, in the southern Pacific.However, initially, the French denied all involvement, until the true story was uncovered by a pair of investigative journalists fromBritain's Sunday Times newspaper.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Rainbow Warrior
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16 Soixante-huit
, or 68the milestone year in French life and politics in the second half of the 20th century, when protests by students and workers almost brought down the French government, and led to sweeping changes in French society. The events of 68 were inspired and led by the young generation of the time, wishing to break out of the rather stuffy and conventional society of the time. They coincided with, though initially took a different form to, the 'youth revolution' in Britain and the USA; but while the UK's youth revolution was essentially social and cultural, and led by pop music and op art, France's revolution was political and cultural, a protest against the weight of the Gaullist state.The events of May 68 started on the drab concrete campus of the sprawling university of Nanterre in the northern suburbs of Paris, and quickly spread to other universities, notably the Sorbonne. Student leaders, among them DanielCohn- Bendit and Alain Krivine, called for radical change and the end of the 'bourgeois state'; students erected barricades in the Latin Quarter, and were soon joined by workers, notably from the huge Renault plant at Boulogne Billancourt in the Paris suburbs. Though political, the movement sidelined all existing political parties, including the Communists, considered by the new left-wing as being an 'obsolete' political force.Faced with turmoil on the streets and a partial collapse of French society, President de Gaulle fled to Germany on 29th May, before returning and promising new elections. But by the time the elections took place, theGrenelle agreements had been negotiated with the trade unions, the heat had died down, and many French people had become seriously alarmed by the turn of events. In the June elections, the Gaullist majority was returned to power with an increased majority.The events nevertheless marked the beginning of the end for de Gaulle. In 1969 he organised a referendum on decentralisation, promising to step down if the referendum failed. To a certain extent, de Gaulle's vision of decentralisation was not that wanted by the voters; but in addition, the referendum became seen as a plebiscite on the Gaullist system, rather than on decentralisation. The referendum proposal was rejected by 52.4% of voters, and de Gaulle stepped down.It is certain that a new France, less hide-bound, more emancipated and more free, emerged in the aftermath of 68. Whether this would have happened anyway, and whether the means justified the end, are questions about which there is still considerable debate in France to this day.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Soixante-huit
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17 SUD
Acronym for solidaire, unitaire et démocratique, used in the name of a number of militant left-wing unions, notably in the railways, in the state education system, and the post office. SUD unions were initially set up in the 1990s by militants who felt that the main unions, the CGT and the CFDT, were going soft. -
18 UMP
Currently (2011) the main conservative political party in France. Initially founded as the Union pour une Majorité Présidentielle, to support the candidacy of Jacques chirac in the 2002 presidential election, the name was later changed to Union pour un Mouvement Populaire. In 2004, Nicolas Sarkozy was elected chairman of the party, a position from which he was able to launch his successful bid for the presidency. See Political Parties in France. After his successful presidential bid, Sarkozy relinquished his role as president of the UMP. Today the UMP has no president, but a secretary general, Jean-François Copé. -
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