The year 2009 marked a fierce battle between French politicians aiming for the Best Spectacles Award. The finalists are (l to r) culture minister Fréderic Mitterand, prime minister François Fillon, and higher education minister Valérie Pécresse. The jury is still out, but Fred is a likely winner.

Or, how desperate are political parties (in this case Sarkozy's UMP) to use this sort of videos to draw attention to their program for the upcoming regional elections?

Socialist activists in Toulouse stripped to entice locals to vote for the upcoming regional elections, because "without democracy we would all be naked". The billboards urge to register for the carte électorale, without which voting is impossible.
As expected in politics there are always people who cheat. The bald guy on the front row wears [...]

What's in a name? A political career.

If ever you thought that political dynasties don't exist anymore, think again. We have Jean Sarkozy (son of), Frédéric Mitterard (nephew of), Marie Bové (daughter of) and now Marion Maréchal-Le Pen. Her granddad is Jean-Marie, founder of the rightist Front National, and her auntie is Marine, vice president of [...]

Pixel artists attempt to reduce images to their absolute minimum, while still keeping them recognizable. Here is an example (made in Australia), called Group of Eight. Can you name all world leaders?

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Mark my words: Roman Polanski will be back in France before Christmas
Call it a hunch or a conspiracy theory but I'm pretty sure the French and Swiss government have concocted a nice escape route for Roman Polanski. The man will never go on trial in the USA. I found most of the clues in this [...]

After the accusations of nepotism in the Sarkozy clan there's a new scandal brewing. Marie Bové, daughter of environmental activist José Bové, is planning to run as green candidate in regional elections in France. And the similarities don't end with the name:

(Before I'm accused of sexism, Marie's image comes out of Schick's moustache creator. Click [...]

The truth is out: here's the list of the Hottest Heads of State
For too long, citizens of the world have suffered under the tyranny of unattractive leaders. Some people say that this is just the way things are: unattractive people have a death grip on the levers of power that will never be loosened. We [...]

Angie will be Germany's strong-woman for another four years and Nick is likely to hang on for another six in France. Time for a little celebration in the snow, making plans to push Britain to the EU sidelines.

Together again – photoshopped on FreakingNews. (And yes, General Pepper, Shorty Sarko must be standing on a rock [...]

Retirement hasn't come easy for ex-prez Jacques Chirac. Even outside the political arena he continues to fight fierce opponents.

Sumo the terrible
In the past two years, good old (76 years) Jacques received the bloodiest attacks from his own dog, a Maltese poodle appropriately named Sumo. Already in January this year the Daily Mail reported Former [...]

Western leaders don't believe a word of the Iranians in this nicely reworked version of Davinci's The Incredulity of St. Thomas. Click for bigger & source.

In May 1968, little Danny Le Rouge (Danny the Red) was one of the leaders in the French student revolt. Now, Daniel Cohn-Bendit is Green and Big. Very big.
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Danny the Green shakes up France, again
Danny the Red takes greens to French election triumph

Meet the new French minister for overseas territories:
If the British press can be believed (and they can, can't they?), 39-year-old Christine Kelly, a glamorous TV presenter, has been lined up by President Nicolas Sarkozy to replace Rachida Dati as the new face of ethnic diversity in France.
It follows his decision to sack Miss Dati, the [...]

From an unknown source, but it could be anywhere, anytime in France:

French Politics is also the name of an excellent blog which, together with Sarkozy the American, is on my daily menu.

How boring are political gatherings in our days! Look how the French discussed the future of their country a century ago:

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Shown here is the Comité républicain socialiste anticollectiviste in 1910. In a Paris bistro. At 11 am. That's real commitment!