RFI Englishflipped into Sports6 hours agoNew PSG boss Christophe Galtier lays down the laws of work and teamRFI - Paul MyersHis reputation as a tough guy preceded him. And on Tuesday Christophe Galtier pulled few punches during his first footsteps as the new head coach at the French champions Paris Saint-Germain. "No player will be above the club," declared the 55-year-old. "It will be about taking their talents and using …
RFI Englishflipped into France News8 hours ago'Eighty percent' of French want abortion rights enshrined in constitutionRFIEight out of 10 French people favour enshrining the right to abortion in the country’s constitution, an opinion poll published Tuesday shows. Four proposals to do just that have been tabled in the National Assembly and the Senate from leftwing groups as well as President Emmanuel Macron’s own …
RFI Englishflipped into France News8 hours agoRusting Eiffel Tower in worrying state of repair, reports warnRFIThe Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs but is getting only a cosmetic, if costly, paint job ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to several leaked reports cited by French media. The wrought-iron 324-metre high tower, built by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 world fair, …
RFI Englishflipped into Sports8 hours agoNew Marseille boss Tudor vows to put team spirit centre stageRFI - Paul MyersNew Marseille coach Igor Tudor on Tuesday pledged to install a team ethic at the heart of his project at the club. The 44-year-old Croatian took over at the Vélodrome on a two-year contract from Jorge Sampaoli who had led the club to second place in the 2021/22 Ligue 1 campaign. Tudor, who won two …
RFI Englishflipped into France News10 hours agoPress verdict on French government: more of the same, only worseRFI - Michael FitzpatrickDespite two weeks of negotiations aimed at creating a stable parliamentary majority with the aid of opposition groups considered "constructive", the Borne II cabinet named on Monday includes no members from the opposition ranks. A clear sign of failure, according to the majority of the French daily …
RFI Englishflipped into Environment10 hours ago'We hope to see Pesquet set foot on the moon': French space agency chiefRFI - Dhananjay KhadilkarPhilippe Baptiste, chairman and CEO of the French space agency CNES (Centre Nationale d’Etude Spatiales), is hoping to see French astronaut Thomas Pesquet set foot on the moon very soon. “The objective of NASA’s Artemis programme (announced in 2019) is to go back to the moon. Europe is participating …
