Talk:Raymond Barre

Under fire
He is currently under attack for defending french war criminals and extreme right wing activists against what he calls the "abominable machinations of the jewish lobby". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.131.210.162 (talk) 09:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
 * This major accusation is unsourced, can you provide ANY sourced quote by Raymond Barre with the words "abominable machinations of the jewish lobby" ? Hektor 07:54, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Porters of banners
I assume this has been translated too literally and that it should be "carriers of banners" Charlietemps 17:33, 28 March 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.21.195.11 (talk) 17:32, 28 March 2007 (UTC).


 * No English translation has been arrived at by the media, as far as I can tell. 'Bearers of banners' is probably better, as it reflects the alliteration in the original « porteurs de pancartes ».  I have changed it thusly. Bastin 19:46, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Bias in Article?
A Canadian Journalist analyzed and compared this article to one from the New York Times and found that, while the NYT article says some unpleasant things about Mr. Barre, the wiki-article omits or diludes them. Read the essay [here].--87.123.188.152 14:01, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

The link to the minister Robert Galley is wrong. An English page about the politician doesn't exist, the only one I found is the French page (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Galley) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.39.197.60 (talk) 15:02, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 07:56, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Raymond Barre victime d'un malaise cardiaque (used in the article)
- note: I am using Google translate on this source to verify contents. Consider possible errors here

- Hospitalized April 2007 on his 83rd birthday

- He had been "urgently" transferred from Monte Carlo, indicating worsening condition (but no official announcement)

- He was PM from 1976 to 1981

- referred to in-article as both "politician and economist"

- prior to hospitalization, he had been expected to give a lecture at the Fondation Monaco-Méditerranée conference with presidential candidate François Bayrou

- François Bayrou sees Barre as a big influence on his career

- The article might be quoting François Bayrou in support of Barre regarding his (allegedly) antisemitic statements on the radio show (??? unclear translation)

NYTobit
- was French PM 1976 to 1981

- died at 83 in the Val-de-Grâce military hospital, "where he had been since a heart attack"

- NYT describes him as "centrist"

- some consider him the most important economist of the late 20th century

- He brought a "scholarly detachment" to his political affairs

- He wrote a still-used textbook (as of 2007) called "Political Economy" in the 1950s

- "In 1959, he accepted his first government job, a senior position with an industry minister who, as a professor, had overseen some of Mr. Barre’s university work."

- Mr. Giscard d’Estaing asked Barre to head the government. At this time, an economic downturn had just occurred, breaking 30 years of prosperity.

- Barre used austerity politics, and these were often criticized

- “The political world had trouble understanding his solitary and selfless approach, which was too far from its own habits, and public opinion only belatedly realized that he was in fact working for their own good,” Mr. Giscard d’Estaing said Saturday.

- After a failed 1988 presidential election, Barre "drifted away from politics."

- In his 1988, he used the image of "the slow-but-sure turtle challenging the hare" to describe himself. Though he lost, the image stuck.

- "He was a member of Parliament from the eastern city of Lyon from 1978 to 2002, and was also its mayor from 1995 to 2001. In 2002, he announced his retirement from political life."

- He has a wife, Eva, and two sons, Oliver and Nicolas.

- famous for afternoon naps in parliament

- described himself as “a square mind in a round body.”

- accused of antisemitism for comments following the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing, which he described as, “a despicable attack that sought to target Jews who were in this synagogue and that struck innocent Frenchmen who were crossing the Rue Copernic.”

- "He was criticized again this year when, on a radio talk show, he described Maurice Papon, a high-ranking civil servant convicted as a Nazi collaborator, as “a scapegoat.” On the same show, he said “the Jewish lobby” was a force behind the criticism that followed his comments in 1980."