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French culture, language, and education have been mobilized to further French imperial interests. [115] [116] [117] The concept of mission civilisatrice or 'civilizing mission' figured into France's politique indigène throughout its colonies, with its goal fluctuating between assimilation and association of colonial subjects with French ...
The first French customs service was called the ferme générale ("General Farm") and operated under the monarchy. The ferme générale was a private company which bought each year the right to collect taxes. After the French Revolution, the General Farm was dismantled and the French Customs, as a State service created. Shortly after the ...
Etiquette in Europe is not uniform. Even within the regions of Europe , etiquette may not be uniform: within a single country there may be differences in customs , especially where there are different linguistic groups, as in Switzerland where there are French , German and Italian speakers.
In 2011, etiquette trainers formed the Institute of Image Training and Testing International (IITTI) a non-profit organisation to train personnel departments in measuring and developing and teaching social skills to employees, by way of education in the rules of personal and business etiquette, in order to produce business workers who possess ...
Etiquette notes that you don’t eat until everyone at the table has their food in front of them. And when you do eat, please use the proper utensils. Zephyr18/istockphoto
Following the example of the Napoleonic Civil Code, French legal codes aim to set out authoritatively and logically the principles and rules in an area of law. [28] In theory, codes should go beyond the compilation of discrete statues, and instead state the law in a coherent and comprehensive piece of legislation, sometimes introducing major ...
PARIS (Reuters) -Parts of a contested new French immigration law go against the constitution and must be scrapped, France's Constitutional Council said on Thursday. The court, a body that ...
Food, fashion, parenting—you name it. The French always seem to have that certain je ne sais quoi when it comes to how they navigate life’s many choices. On the child-rearing front in ...