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The rise of violence:
The rise of violence in the country is an issue the government would like to solve.
Indeed, the yellow jackets' protests often finish with violent acts every Saturday. Shop windows are broken, cars are set on fire, bank windows are broken and some scenes showed on TV look like "war scenes". The protesters are not always at the origins of that violence, some violent people called "Black bloc" are among them and they are often responsible for the degradations.
Violence has turned a corner (escalated) when some demonstrators started to attack politicians' private properties such as their houses. For example, some people tried to set fire to the house of Richard Ferrand, the current President of the National Assembly. Other protesters covered a front gate of a deputy with yellow vests. Some female politicians belonging to Macron's political party have received threatening letters.
Some demonstrators also tried to attack symbolic places such as ministries (by plowing into ministry's gates with a mechanical digger), the Elysée Palace (to which they didn't have access to) or the Arc of Triumph.
A new scandal and rise of violence drew the medias' attention when paintings of Simone Veil were tagged: someone drew a swastika on it. Simone Veil is an important figure in France. She was deported in Auschwitz when she was young and survived it. She then became Minister for health where she defended the rights of women to abort legally. She also defended the rights of women in general and has fought antisemitism her whole life. Seeing a swastika on her portraits was shocking to many of us. The portraits painted on letterboxes in Paris were pieces of art from an artist who then cleaned it afterward in order to remove the Nazi symbol. Then, antisemitic words have been tagged on shop windows in different places in France such as "Juden" or swastikas for some days. A tree dedicated to Ilan Halimi was also burnt the same day. Ilan Halimi was a young Jewish man tortured to death 13 years ago because of his religion.
Politicians and intellectuals have gathered to denounce the rise of violence and antisemitism in the country... Those acts increased by 74% in 2018. In France, Nazi symbols or gestures are forbidden and punishable by law.
Below are the portraits of Simone Veil tagged in Paris this weekend.0 votedFebruary 13, 20191- La première phrase est correcte " Je passais presque tous les jours avec mes amis." La deuxième, par contre, n'est pas correcte. L'expression "prés de" marque la proximité dans l'espace où dans le temps et ne peut pas être utilisé dans ce contexte-là. "Je passais quasiment tous les jours avec mes amis."est aussi correcte.0 votedFebruary 9, 20191
Waiting for an e-mail:
On the last day before the New Year's holiday, I called the Japanese school where I used to have classes. I wanted them to give me information regarding the time and prices of the regular and summer courses. The son of the owners answered (since it's a small school) and told me he didn't have the table with him at the moment, so he said he would send me an e-mail. I'm worried because that e-mail hasn't arrived yet, and I need the information as soon as possible, not only because classes there start on January 8th, but also because, if I won't be able to attend classes there, I have to enroll at language classes at college.0 votedJanuary 2, 20192Happiness
There are a lot of reasons to be happy but the challenge starts when you think about your mistakes. You can not be perfect but you can feel that you are perfect. If you don't have a reason to be happy, please create it somehow. Happiness is hidden somewhere inside of you, find it.( I hope this helps! )
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