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  • Il y a longtemps que notre pays est beau mais rude.

      --Newspaper editor Olivier Séguret, 25 January 2012

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  • se cailler

    (to curdle; to freeze) Etymology: from "curdle," coagulating because you are so cold.
    Ça y est, ça caille pour de vrai. L’occasion de ressortir l’arme de destruction massive du froid : les collants sous le pantalon.

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  • Employees of the bank Crédit Mutuel CIC, calling for more nationwide strikes on Tuesday 7 February


    Employees of the SNCF (French national trains, toujours eux), on strike in the south of France Thursday 2 February. Only 20% of TER regional trains will be running.

    The CGT, France's favorite union, called for Air France personnel to strike 6-9 February (the first week of school holidays) to protest a new anti-strike law for public transportation. Big demonstrations planned for Monday 6 February.

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