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Quinio, Dominique
5 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Boycotting the Paris Book Fair is unjust
From March 14 to 19, Israel will occupy the seat of honour at the Paris Book Fair. Several Arab countries are boycotting the event, a position which frustrates editorialist Dominique Quinio. "It is particularly unjust that the opposition to Israel targets books and those who write them. All literature ... is universal; it weaves connections; translated, it transcends borders. Israeli literature, which consists of many books inspired by the experience of the Holocaust, ballasted with an incomparable weight of humanity, speaks to all of us. Many Israeli writers - notably the ones who will be present at the Fair - argue for peace, for the existence of a Palestinian state, and are ardently opposed to their government's decisions. The places where ideas meet, and the occasions for peaceful debate aren't predominant enough that we should be satisfied with a policy of empty seats. To have people speak about books rather than arms: the world would benefit."
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France increasingly on strike
"From one conflict to another. The torch of contention will be passed on", states Dominique Quinio. This Tuesday, November 20th, a French civil service strike is adding to the public transport industrial action that has lasted six days so far. "If there is a theme that links up these protests it is buying capacity. The high cost of living is the most shared subject of discontent. Thus trade unions are pulling this lever able to federate all employees in private and public sectors. By contrast, the government is striving to partition the problems, setting different social categories against one another. ... Prolongued strikes seriously damage countries' economies. Nobody will benefit from the deadlock going on and on. All parties appear ready to negotiate on Wednesday, or earlier. ... When can we hope for trains and metros to start working again ?"
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More from the press review on the subject » Social Policy / Employment, » Social movements, » France
New owners for french financial press
The French financial daily 'Les Echos' was taken over on November 5th by the luxury giant LVMH. The group already owns the economic daily 'La Tribune' which is due to be sold in turn. Newsrooms are protesting and Les Echos has not been on sale for the past two days. For Dominique Quinio, "The vulnerability of the press in France, especially the daily press, illustrated by this takeover, is not only bad news for 'Echos' journalists. It is adding to doubts about the independence of the press regarding political and economic power ... . Bernard Arnault, managing director of LVMH, has promised to leave 'Les Echos' its independence. It is clearly in the interest of LVMH for the daily to maintain its editorial quality, its credibility. It is also in the interests of the financial world and society at large. The quality and credibility of the media are priceless."
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François Bayrou is telling nobody how to vote
On Wednesday, April 25th, the centrist candidate François Bayrou, who came third in the first round of the presidential elections, did not give voters any instructions on how to vote in the second round that will oppose Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy. "The heterogeneous typology of his voters, often estranged from the traditional parties, would have meant that authoritarian instructions would have been in vain anyway", considers Dominique Quinio. "Thus it came as no surprise that he brandished neutrality yesterday, neutrality that is in fact hardly neutral, despite the equally divided criticism of the two challengers: his extremely severe speech regarding Sarkozy showed which candidate he's not going to vote for anyway. It is not clear whether all of his voters will follow him down that path. But claiming freedom for himself, he is offering it to the 7 million women and men who thought a third way might be possible. He is promising them a new political force."
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Orhan Pamuk, Turkey's other voice
Dominique Quinio regrets the adoption of a bill penalizing the negation of the Armenian genocide. "Once the Armenian genocide had been officially acknowledged by France in 2001, which is really what counts most, was it necessary to go even further? ... Should an attentive ear not have been leant to those Turkish intellectuals who are working on national memory and in their own country and who judge the French initiative unseasonable and likely to radicalize opposition? Do they not deserve support and confidence? And among them the one who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, Orhan Pamuk. He has been distinguished for the greatest honour of his country and to the greatest exasperation of Turkish nationalists who have taken him to court precisely for raising the Armenian question. One hundred and six members of Parliament of all persuasions together decided otherwise."
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