Ariddia
02-04-2007, 22:48
I came across this by chance. Interesting British perspective on France's current place in the world. Part 1 was today, on the topic of France's foreign policies.
Here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/documentary_archive/6511945.stm) is the website. To listen to the radio programme, either click "Listen now" or click here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/worldservice/meta/dps/2007/04/070402_francevsworld1?size=au&bgc=003399&lang=en-ws&nbram=1&nbwm=1) directly.
On some points it's incomplete; for example, it doesn't mention that a French judge accused Kagame's government of having been responsible for the Rwandan genocide; nor does it say that it was subsequent to that accusation that Kagame (who apparently has never heard of independent justice) broke off diplomatic relations with France and turned to the Commonwealth instead.
It's a foreign perspective, but it's better than the usual brief, confused and sometimes downright muddled or ignorant snippets you usually see about France in foreign media.
Here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/documentary_archive/6511945.stm) is the website. To listen to the radio programme, either click "Listen now" or click here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/worldservice/meta/dps/2007/04/070402_francevsworld1?size=au&bgc=003399&lang=en-ws&nbram=1&nbwm=1) directly.
On some points it's incomplete; for example, it doesn't mention that a French judge accused Kagame's government of having been responsible for the Rwandan genocide; nor does it say that it was subsequent to that accusation that Kagame (who apparently has never heard of independent justice) broke off diplomatic relations with France and turned to the Commonwealth instead.
It's a foreign perspective, but it's better than the usual brief, confused and sometimes downright muddled or ignorant snippets you usually see about France in foreign media.