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The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus [1] in 1880 and became important as part of the conceptual rethinking of cultures and geography in the late 20th century.
Joseph de Maistre was an Italian writer and an Francophile. He is more well known in France then in Italy, despite his opposition to the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Umberto Eco is another Italian writer who was a Francophile. He admired the French for their anti-fascism and role in the de-Nazification of Germany and Austria.
The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; sometimes shortened to La Francophonie, French: La Francophonie [la fʁɑ̃kɔfɔni], [4] [note 3] sometimes also called International Organisation of La Francophonie in English [5]) is an international organization representing where there is a notable affiliation with French language and culture.
This is a list of the member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.These governments belong to an international organisation representing countries and regions where French is the first ("mother") or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers) or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.
Anti-French sentiment (Francophobia or Gallophobia) is the fear of, discrimination against, prejudice of, or hatred towards France, the French people, French culture, the French government or the Francophonie (set of political entities that use French as an official language or whose French-speaking population is numerically or proportionally large). [1]
This in turn has decreased the French government's ability to manoeuvre freely to pursue its own distinctive African policy. [3] As a result, the old Franco-African bloc has now splintered, with France adopting a new style of relationship with its former African colonies. [3]
PARIS (Reuters) - France will have a hung parliament after Sunday's parliamentary election, making it necessary for political leaders to figure out a path forward and potentially form a governing ...
A political system (French: système politique [a]), also known as a "form of government" [b] [c] is a way of organizing a state.Some different political systems are: democracy, totalitarianism, authoritarianism, theocracy, feudalism, monarchism, republicanism, and various hybrid systems.