France from the 80´s to now. A decade of changement 1981 : Mitterand president. The government has changed of political party. Death penalty abolition.

France from the 80´s to now

A decade of changement

• 1981 : Mitterand president. The government has changed of political party.

• Death penalty abolition.• Week of 39 hours of work instead of 40.• 5 weeks of paid leave instead of 4.• Retirement at 60 years old.

Coluche

The man the most loved by French people

• French humorist• Rude but not crude• „The clown“• Political engagement

• 1981 : he was candidate for the presidential elections.

• 1985 : he created „Les Restos du Coeur“ (heart restaurant)

• 1986 : he get together with some artists to found „Les Enfoirés“.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TfDyP2FwYo

Coluche president

• For him, the whole of minorities people was the majority.

• His call for vote stay famous: „I call everybody, who is not important for politicians, to vote for me, to join in the town halls and to spread the new (of my candidacy)“

• Thanks to his slogan „Blue-Red-Shit“,he climbed in the opinion poll but he disturbed the political category. By the way he suffered of pressur and he was threaten and so he left the election campaign 5 months later the beginning.

„Les Restos du Coeur“• It´s an organization which helps destituate

people with the food giving free meals for everybody who needs it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYk09jdAes4

„Les Enfoirés“

• From 1986 to 1988 : some artists sing one time per year in a TV show special for „Les Enfoirés“.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuV1StQiZiY

• From 1986 to now: „Les Enfoirés“ counts more and more celebrities and they decide to be on tour in the biggest cities in France to earn more money for „Les Restos du Coeur“.

• Now they go only in one city per year.• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzk1pXzN

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The tours

• During the show, the artists alternate between songs and sketches.

• They also mixte songs and sketches at the same time doing medley.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wfUkIiUG0

• 1986: Coluche died in a motorbike accident.

Every year, Motorbikers pay tribute to Coluche

• But thanks to all that he did for the destituate French people, his true spoke and his sketches, he is still alive in a lot of memories and every year,with the tour of „Les Enfoirés“ and thanks to all the volunteers of „Les Restos du Coeur“ he lives again.

From the French Franc to Euro

Prices comparison between 2001 and 2011

Products 2001 (Franc) 2011 (Euro) Equivalence (Franc)

Espresso in a café 6F 1,50E 9,84F

Croissant 3,70F 0,90E 5,90F

1L of diesel 4,90F 1,30E 8,53F

Baguette 4,90F 0,95E 6,22F

Cinema ticket 50F 10E 65,60F

Dish of the day in a restaurant

35/45F 10/15E 65,60/98,40F

Novel 99F 20E 131,90F

1L of milk 1,30F 0,90E 5,90F

2,5Kg of potatoes 4,90F 3,57E 24,60F

1E = 6,5596F

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