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Artisans du Monde shop in Charleville-Mézières, France. Artisans du monde is a French network of local fair trade associations, currently the most important non-profit fair trade movement in France. The first associations were founded in 1974, and their number then increased to reach 170 today.
Burberry flagship boutique on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan A Hermès boutique in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. A boutique (French:) is a retail shop that deals in high end fashionable clothing or accessories. [1] The word is French for "shop", which derives ultimately from the Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothēkē) "storehouse". [2] [3]
The 100 Books of the Century (French: Les cent livres du siècle) is a list of the hundred most memorable books of the 20th century, regardless of language, according to a poll performed during the spring of 1999 by the French retailer Fnac and the Paris newspaper Le Monde.
Le Monde was founded in 1944, [8] [9] at the request of General Charles de Gaulle, after the German army had been driven from Paris during World War II.The paper took over the headquarters and layout of Le Temps, which had been the most important newspaper in France, but its reputation had suffered during the Occupation. [10]
The Popular Republican Movement (French: Mouvement Républicain Populaire, MRP) was a Christian-democratic [4] [5] [6] political party in France during the Fourth Republic. Its base was the Catholic vote and its leaders included Georges Bidault, Robert Schuman, Paul Coste-Floret, Pierre-Henri Teitgen and Pierre Pflimlin. It played a major role ...
Front Populaire (French pronunciation: [fʁɔ̃ pɔpylɛːʁ]) is a station on Line 12 of the Paris Métro. Located in Aubervilliers on the border with Saint-Denis, the station is named in honour of Front Populaire, a coalition of left-wing parties that governed France from 1936 to 1938. It was the 301st station to open, opening on 18 December ...
The New Popular Front (French: Nouveau Front populaire [nuvo fʁɔ̃ pɔpylɛːʁ], NFP) is a broad left-wing electoral alliance in France. [b] It was launched on 10 June 2024 to contest the 2024 French legislative election following the gains of far-right parties in the 2024 European Parliament election in France.
A Banque Populaire branch in downtown Casablanca, in the former building of the Bank of British West Africa [7] Branch in the Old Town of Fez. The starting point of BCP Group was a Royal Decree or dahir promulgated by the authorities of the French protectorate in Morocco on 25 May 1926 authorizing the formation of cooperative banks in the territory, inspired by the French legislation of 1917 ...