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‘Restore order’: France's new Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau signals rightward shift

Staunch conservative Bruno Retailleau has quickly shown his hardliner credentials as France’s new interior minister by taking a tough stance on immigration, crime and defending secularism.  http://dlvr.it/TDdsvy

'We need parties': Fête de la Musique, France's summer solstice music festival, turns 40

Every year on June 21, cities and towns across France celebrate the Fête de la Musique. The popular music festival – held annually on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere – seemed like a wild idea when it was launched 40 years ago by then culture minister Jack Lang. 
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