France: White Supremacist Leader: "Rama Yade Is Fueling Unpatriotic, Racial Discord" Marine Le Pen, the vice president of the white supremacist party National Front today called for the abolition of dual citizenship by denouncing the supporters of Algeria in France and remarks attributed to moderate-conservative French Secretary of State for Sport Rama Yade (pictured right) (article in French)....
French football fans are red-faced over Les Bleus' World Cup qualification at the expense of Ireland "What does it mean to be French?" mused a jocular Jean-Michel Aphatie on primetime television shortly before his national side took on Ireland in the Stade de France. "It's loving France so much that you support the players even when they are bad." He was smiling then but Aphatie,...
As regular Booker Rising readers know, Ms. Yade - who is France's most popular politician - hopes to be listed as a candidate for Hauts-de-Seine, which includes the affluent area where she grew up and where she is already a local elected official. It is also the area from where French President Nicolas Sarkozy rose in politics, and where his son is a local elected official. Val d'Oise is a poor, mostly...
By Ian Moriarty France’s Secretary of State for Sport, Rama Yade, has added fuel to the fire in the Thierry Henry “hand of god” saga by publicly backing the under-fire French captain.
It's the Secretary of State for Sport, Rama Yade, who has been on a downward trajectory in Sarko's government since being elevated into a high profile Minister of State for Human Rights position at the start of his administration. So anyway -- la secrétaire d'Etat aux Sports Rama Yade a estimé qu'elle ne pensait pas "que l'on puisse parler de triche" : "Vous ne pouvez pas...
President Nicolas Sarkozy promised a more representative cabinet. But his star ministers have proved to have minds of their own -- and that has caused problems
When I came across this brotha, of course I had to highlight him here on Booker Rising. A poll conducted in late October shows this easy-on-the-eyes brotha is France's most popular journalist (article in French). Harry Roselmack was born in Tours, central France to parents of Martinique descent. With degrees in history and journalism, the 36-year-old television and radio journalist has worked for radio...
Corsematin.com interviews Rama Yade, the outspoken and controversial French Secretary of State for Sport and moderate-conservative (interview in French). As regular Booker Rising readers know, until the summer Ms. Yade had been the country's human rights minister for two years: You are France's favorite political personality. Is it because you are beautiful or because you're a rebel? I'm not well positioned...
USA: GOP Chief: "Tide Of Dems Is About To Turn" Fresh off a summer filled with protests and Tea Party revolts, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele went to Michigan yesterday to say the tide is turning toward Republicans . "The people have taken to the streets and said to their elected leadership, 'Shut up and listen to us,'" the moderate-conservative Republican...
USA: Rice Consulting Firm To Focus On Emerging Markets Yesterday Booker Rising highlighted the RiceHadley Group, a new strategic consulting firm to be headed by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her former deputy, former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley. Well, Dr. Rice's chief of staff has responded to TPMMuckraker blog, which yesterday broke the story : "Condoleezza Rice...
France: UMP Party: "Rama Yade Is An Asset For Our Party" The center-right Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) party is backtracking after almost two weeks of attacks against their party's best-liked politico and France’s most popular politico, with even Prime Minister Francois Fillon stating that the former human rights minister's days were numbered in the administration (article...
Cacophony is the day within the ruling center-right UMP party, as they determine exactly how to handle outspoken French Secretary of State for Sport Rama Yade. The drama is making national headlines in Franch. The French are even calling Secretary Yade, who is a former human rights minister, "La Rebelle" (The Rebel). Some days ago, there was a row over Secretary Yade's dissent from the party...
There was an odd little story circulating this morning according to which someone "in the President's entourage" supposedly reported that Sarko thought Rama Yade had difficulty being a team player. Now it turns out it was Sarko himself in a supposedly off-the-record talk with 6 journalists, who in the end couldn't maintain the off-the-record pose. This after yesterday's story that Sarko wanted...
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