This is how an attachment to tradition is legitimized, this invisible Ariadne's thread that links generations and tames human times by ritualizing them.
The more change accelerates, the more imperative becomes the need for permanence. The stronger the winds of History blow, the more the roots must penetrate the depths of the unconscious.
✍🏻 Denis Tillinac, via @zentropa
🖼 La Jument lighthouse during a storm, 1981
The more change accelerates, the more imperative becomes the need for permanence. The stronger the winds of History blow, the more the roots must penetrate the depths of the unconscious.
✍🏻 Denis Tillinac, via @zentropa
🖼 La Jument lighthouse during a storm, 1981
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👋🏻 Gallia Daily here, wishing a wonderful Sunday to all our subscribers and reminding you that you are part of a young specie with millennia of history waiting to be written. This too shall pass.
❤️ Credits goes to Pepe Library for this peculiar find.
❤️ Credits goes to Pepe Library for this peculiar find.
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Decline is an old temptation of the European soul, the dark side of its tragic courage. In spite of the sun of Attica, Hesiod had already whispered the song of the twilight, before the bards took it back under the grey sky of the old Germania and the Celtic countries.
It was this song that haunted Master Robert Wace, in his island of Jersey, one day as he traced on parchment the first lines of his Roman de Rou, in the middle of the 12th century:
«All things hasten to decay
All fall, all perish, all come to an end
Man dieth, iron consumeth, wood decayeth
Towers crumble, strong walls fall down, the rose withereth away...»
Certainly. But also, all things come back, they are reborn, they live again. Children are born and succeed to fathers.
And even if some generations would be forgetful and unfaithful, without them knowing it, through them life is transmitted and with it, a part of the heritage that other generations eager to return to the sources of the kingdom, beyond time, will find later on.
📖 History and Traditions of Europeans — Dominique Venner, 2002
It was this song that haunted Master Robert Wace, in his island of Jersey, one day as he traced on parchment the first lines of his Roman de Rou, in the middle of the 12th century:
«All things hasten to decay
All fall, all perish, all come to an end
Man dieth, iron consumeth, wood decayeth
Towers crumble, strong walls fall down, the rose withereth away...»
Certainly. But also, all things come back, they are reborn, they live again. Children are born and succeed to fathers.
And even if some generations would be forgetful and unfaithful, without them knowing it, through them life is transmitted and with it, a part of the heritage that other generations eager to return to the sources of the kingdom, beyond time, will find later on.
📖 History and Traditions of Europeans — Dominique Venner, 2002
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🇫🇷🇺🇦 JUST IN: ANOTHER FRENCH FIGHTER KILLED IN UKRAINE
👉🏻 «Adrien D.», a 20 year old Frenchman succumbed to his injuries on June 25. According to information from RTL, he had been wounded on the Kharkiv front in early June, by the same Russian artillery fire who had killed Wilfried Blériot, another French fighter.
🏥 Seriously injured and in a coma, Adrien D. was being treated in a field hospital in the Kharkiv region. He was part of the international legion fighting in Ukraine alongside the Ukrainian soldiers against Russia.
🪦 Although Adrien is the 2nd confirmed French fighter death in Ukraine, Russian and ground sources alike believe the actual figure to be much higher.
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👉🏻 «Adrien D.», a 20 year old Frenchman succumbed to his injuries on June 25. According to information from RTL, he had been wounded on the Kharkiv front in early June, by the same Russian artillery fire who had killed Wilfried Blériot, another French fighter.
🏥 Seriously injured and in a coma, Adrien D. was being treated in a field hospital in the Kharkiv region. He was part of the international legion fighting in Ukraine alongside the Ukrainian soldiers against Russia.
🪦 Although Adrien is the 2nd confirmed French fighter death in Ukraine, Russian and ground sources alike believe the actual figure to be much higher.
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🇫🇷🇸🇾 French Ministry of Foreign Affairs: «35 minors and 16 mothers repatriated from Syrian camps to France»
🔍 The communiqué mentions that the mothers have been handed over to the judicial authorities, and the children to the child welfare services.
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🔍 The communiqué mentions that the mothers have been handed over to the judicial authorities, and the children to the child welfare services.
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Forwarded from France 24
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Live: France's Macron to reshuffle cabinet after losing parliamentary majority
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to reshuffle his government on Monday after losing his majority in France's National Assembly. Follow our liveblog to find out who is in and out of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne's cabinet. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
Live: France's Macron to reshuffle cabinet after losing parliamentary majority
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to reshuffle his government on Monday after losing his majority in France's National Assembly. Follow our liveblog to find out who is in and out of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne's cabinet. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
France 24
Macron urges minority government to ‘hang in there’ after cabinet reshuffle
French President Emmanuel Macron reshuffled his government on Monday after losing his majority in the National Assembly, notably dropping Damien Abad, the solidarity minister accused of attempted rape.…
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🇫🇷🇺🇦 FRENCH MEDIA SHOWS UKRAINIAN POSITIONS, GETS AT LEAST 1 UKRAINIAN KILLED IN FOLLOWING RUSSIAN STRIKES
👉🏻 The prominent mainstream media TF1 shared two weeks ago a report on commercial drones being used for reconnaissance by the Ukrainian army. Only issue? They shared with their audience a clear and up-to-date description of Ukrainian positions (0:55).
😰 Surely, what could go wrong? According to MilitaryLand and Polish journalist Mateusz Lachowski, the footage was used to target the location, and killed at least one soldier, nicknamed "Keks".
🔍 Not only that, but still according to Mateusz, the news crew told the soldiers they would blur and obscure any confidential material, only to rush back and immediately publish their story without censoring anything.
✍🏻 Were French media always so reckless? Back during the 2015 terror attacks, mainstream media BFMTV was giving away on live television the location of individuals trapped in a building occupied by terrorists.
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👉🏻 The prominent mainstream media TF1 shared two weeks ago a report on commercial drones being used for reconnaissance by the Ukrainian army. Only issue? They shared with their audience a clear and up-to-date description of Ukrainian positions (0:55).
😰 Surely, what could go wrong? According to MilitaryLand and Polish journalist Mateusz Lachowski, the footage was used to target the location, and killed at least one soldier, nicknamed "Keks".
🔍 Not only that, but still according to Mateusz, the news crew told the soldiers they would blur and obscure any confidential material, only to rush back and immediately publish their story without censoring anything.
✍🏻 Were French media always so reckless? Back during the 2015 terror attacks, mainstream media BFMTV was giving away on live television the location of individuals trapped in a building occupied by terrorists.
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Loud was now the clamour, and great the slaughter; many a soul then quitted the body it inhabited.
The living marched over the heaps of dead, and each side was weary of striking. He charged on who could, and he who could no longer strike still pushed forward.
The strong struggled with the strong; some failed, others triumphed; the cowards fell back, the brave pressed on; and sad was his fate who fell in the midst, for he had little chance of rising again; and many in truth fell who never rose at all, being crushed under the throng.
📖 The Battle of Hastings, as recounted by Master Robert Wace in the Roman De Rou (1106)
The living marched over the heaps of dead, and each side was weary of striking. He charged on who could, and he who could no longer strike still pushed forward.
The strong struggled with the strong; some failed, others triumphed; the cowards fell back, the brave pressed on; and sad was his fate who fell in the midst, for he had little chance of rising again; and many in truth fell who never rose at all, being crushed under the throng.
📖 The Battle of Hastings, as recounted by Master Robert Wace in the Roman De Rou (1106)
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🇫🇷⚡️JUST IN: Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced the intent to re-nationalize the electricity firm EDF in order to ensure the country's energy security
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For it must be made clear at last that the mortal enemy, the merciless enemy of the German people is and remains France.
No matter who has ruled or will rule France; whether it be the Bourbons or the Jacobins, the Napoleons or the bourgeois democrats, the clerical republicans or the red Bolshevists.
The final goal of their foreign policy will always be to seize the Rhine border and consolidate France's position on that river, making every effort to keep Germany disunited and fragmented.
📖 Mein Kampf, vol. 2 — Adolf Hitler, 1926
No matter who has ruled or will rule France; whether it be the Bourbons or the Jacobins, the Napoleons or the bourgeois democrats, the clerical republicans or the red Bolshevists.
The final goal of their foreign policy will always be to seize the Rhine border and consolidate France's position on that river, making every effort to keep Germany disunited and fragmented.
📖 Mein Kampf, vol. 2 — Adolf Hitler, 1926
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It was about 3 pm on April 24, 1945, when the column started to cross the canal. The men made their way through the rubble of a bridge, and several trips were needed to transfer ammunitions. Three soldiers of the Volkssturm watched them pass, and finally decided to go and approach Krukeneberg with an embarrassed look on their faces.
— Herr General, the bridge...
— Yes, well, the bridge...
— We're the one who blew it up.
— «What?! » Roared the commander of the Charlemagne division. «But you're completely crazy!»
The old men of the Volkssturm, with their shabby civilian suits and yellowish armbands, made an apologetic gesture:
— We didn't know, we thought you were Russians. The pioneers told us to blow up everything before Ivan arrived.
— «After all», says Pachur, philosopher, «it's better to be too early than too late».
One of the old men sighed:
— If we had known you were Germans.
Patzak burst out laughing and says, imitating the Berlin accent:
— But we aren't Germans, old man. We're French.
— «Franzosen?!» repeats the Volkssturm officer with a totally amazed look.
— «But yes», explains Patzak. «We're French SS».
— Well I'll be damned...
📖 Dying In Berlin — Jean Mabire, 1975
— Herr General, the bridge...
— Yes, well, the bridge...
— We're the one who blew it up.
— «What?! » Roared the commander of the Charlemagne division. «But you're completely crazy!»
The old men of the Volkssturm, with their shabby civilian suits and yellowish armbands, made an apologetic gesture:
— We didn't know, we thought you were Russians. The pioneers told us to blow up everything before Ivan arrived.
— «After all», says Pachur, philosopher, «it's better to be too early than too late».
One of the old men sighed:
— If we had known you were Germans.
Patzak burst out laughing and says, imitating the Berlin accent:
— But we aren't Germans, old man. We're French.
— «Franzosen?!» repeats the Volkssturm officer with a totally amazed look.
— «But yes», explains Patzak. «We're French SS».
— Well I'll be damned...
📖 Dying In Berlin — Jean Mabire, 1975
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Forwarded from The Kyiv Independent
⚡️Paris City Council backs agreement on cooperation for restoration of Kyiv.
Paris City Council voted unanimously on July 8 to back an agreement for the cooperation between Kyiv and Paris that was signed during the Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's visit to the capital in April.
The agreement includes Paris' help in reconstruction of Kyiv. "Paris stands alongside the Kyivans and their municipality for peace and the reconstruction of the Ukrainian capital," Arnaud Ngatcha, deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of Europe, international relations and the Francophonie tweeted on July 8.
Paris City Council voted unanimously on July 8 to back an agreement for the cooperation between Kyiv and Paris that was signed during the Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's visit to the capital in April.
The agreement includes Paris' help in reconstruction of Kyiv. "Paris stands alongside the Kyivans and their municipality for peace and the reconstruction of the Ukrainian capital," Arnaud Ngatcha, deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of Europe, international relations and the Francophonie tweeted on July 8.
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Forwarded from AFP News Agency
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A massive fire that ravaged 650 hectares (1,600 acres) and forced people to evacuate in southern France has been brought under control, the fire service said Saturday
http://u.afp.com/wKDS
A massive fire that ravaged 650 hectares (1,600 acres) and forced people to evacuate in southern France has been brought under control, the fire service said Saturday
http://u.afp.com/wKDS
RFI
Firefighters contain 'mega-fire' in southern France
A massive fire that ravaged 650 hectares (1,600 acres) and forced people to evacuate in southern France has been brought under control, the fire service said Saturday.
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Jumping out of the trench in the early morning mist, I found myself in front of a huddled-up corpse, a Frenchman. The putrid flesh, like the flesh of fishes, gleamed greenish-white through the rents in the uniform. I turned away and then started back in horror: close to me a figure cowered beside a tree.
It wore the shining straps and belt of the French, and high upon its back there was still the loaded pack, crowned with a round cooking utensil. Empty eye-sockets and the few wisps of hair on the black and weathered skull told me that this was no living man.
Another sat with the upper part of the body clapped down over the legs as though broken through the middle. All round lay dozens of corpses, putrefied, calcined, mummified, fixed in a ghastly dance of death. The French must have carried on for months without burying their fallen comrades.
📖 Storm of Steel — Ernst Junger, 1920
It wore the shining straps and belt of the French, and high upon its back there was still the loaded pack, crowned with a round cooking utensil. Empty eye-sockets and the few wisps of hair on the black and weathered skull told me that this was no living man.
Another sat with the upper part of the body clapped down over the legs as though broken through the middle. All round lay dozens of corpses, putrefied, calcined, mummified, fixed in a ghastly dance of death. The French must have carried on for months without burying their fallen comrades.
📖 Storm of Steel — Ernst Junger, 1920
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🇫🇷"They sanctioned the French more than Russia."
The leader of the National Unification party faction in the French parliament, Marine Le Pen, said that EU sanctions against Russia were completely ineffective.
She also noted that the conflict in Ukraine can be resolved only by means of diplomacy.
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The leader of the National Unification party faction in the French parliament, Marine Le Pen, said that EU sanctions against Russia were completely ineffective.
She also noted that the conflict in Ukraine can be resolved only by means of diplomacy.
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Forwarded from The Kyiv Independent
⚡️ French Economy Minister: Moscow 'most likely' to totally halt gas supplies to Europe.
French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on July 10 that France should prepare for a total cut-off of Russian gas. The French government is working to protect companies that may need support in case of supply disruption. "We have to anticipate and to put ourselves in order of battle as of now," he said.
French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on July 10 that France should prepare for a total cut-off of Russian gas. The French government is working to protect companies that may need support in case of supply disruption. "We have to anticipate and to put ourselves in order of battle as of now," he said.
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