A year ago on the front page of “Sud Ouest”
The National Rally, which held its summer school yesterday near Avignon, gathered its forces around Marine Le Pen. On the side of the Reconquest, Marion Maréchal awaits the European elections. Less than nine months before the election, the far right, though divided, is on the rise across the continent. Reporting and analytics Southwest Archives
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In the calendar
Saint Renaud: Living as a hermit, he consecrated himself first in the forest of Craon in Mayenne, then in that of Mélinais (Sarthe) where he died in 1104.Renauds are smart. Their color: blue.Their figure: the 9th.
It happened on September 17th
1948The assassination of Count Bernadotte, the UN mediator for Palestine.1979The first French McDonald's opens in Strasbourg.
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1980The release of the film by director François Truffaut, “The Last Metro”.1986The explosion of a bomb on the rue de Rennes in Paris, the death toll is estimated at 7 dead and 55 injured. 2006Riots in Hungary after the revelation of a closed-door speech by Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany admitting he “lied” about his austerity programme.2021France recalls its ambassadors to Australia and the United States after canceling a submarine contract for the Australian navy.
They were born on September 17
Serge Klarsfeld, Nazi killer hunter with his wife Beate (1935). Chuck Comeau, Canadian musician and member of the group Simple Plan (1979). Jonathan Walker, known as “Jon Walker”, former English bassist of Panic! at the disco (1985).