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0:00Hello and welcome to the Hello French press review ! The podcast that immerses you in the news

0:06of the week to help you improve your French.

0:12On the front page for this week, from January 12 to 18, 2020. Pension reform in France.

0:18Protests continue in Russia. A referendum proposed by Putin could

0:23give parliament a little more power.

0:26An announcement that led to the resignation of the Prime Minister.

0:29The first French jihadist sentenced has just been released after five years of imprisonment.

0:34Pope Francis? No, for the first time, a woman in a very high level position in the Vatican.

0:39The Bay, in which rapper Tupac was assassinated, has just been auctioned for 1.5 million euros.

0:46Forty-fourth days of mobilization in France against the pension reform project.

0:52A few days ago, Edouard Philippe, French Prime Minister, proposed a compromise.

0:59He proposed to maintain a points-based retirement system, but to keep under certain

1:04conditions, the retirement age at 62 years. According to the first version of the reform,

1:11the retirement age was to be raised to 64 years. The unions decided to refuse the compromise.

1:18And the protests have picked up again this week.

1:21Thousands of demonstrators marched in Paris to assert their discontent.

1:26For them, no compromise is possible. They want the reform to be completely abandoned.

1:31The unions are calling for massive strike action in all

1:34professions and throughout France on January 22 and 23. Russian President Vladimir Putin

1:40proposes to hold a referendum on constitutional reforms.

1:45He announced this week in his annual speech to members of parliament

1:49and politicians whether the regime would remain presidential.

1:53These reforms would aim to strengthen the powers of Parliament.

1:58The choice of the Prime Minister would henceforth fall to Parliament,

2:02whereas until now, he was appointed by the President himself. No date has yet been specified.

2:09A few hours after this announcement,

2:11Prime Minister Medvedev announced the resignation of his government.

2:15He is now replaced by the boss of the Russian tax authorities, Flavien Moreau.

2:20The first French jihadist sentenced

2:22on his return from Syria has just been released from Condé-sur-Sarthe prison.

2:27Converted to Islam, then radicalized, he had been spotted by the

2:32anti-terrorism services after a first stay in Syria. He was arrested in January 2013 in France,

2:39while planning to return to Syria. Now 33,

2:43he was sentenced in November 2014 to seven years in prison.

2:47His release comes with various obligations lasting a little less than a year:

2:52to find a job, to reside in a specific place,

2:56to receive care and, above all, not to leave the territory. The former detainee must also report

3:01every morning to the gendarmerie in his sector. This is a first in the history of the Vatican.

3:07A woman has just been appointed under- secretary of the Section for Relations with States.

3:13Or the equivalent of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

3:16A very important diplomatic post for the Catholic State. Francesca Giovanni has been

3:23working in relations with states for 27 years.

3:26The 66-year-old new Minister of Foreign Affairs specializes in international law and human rights.

3:34This is the first time that a woman has held a managerial position in the Secretariat of State.

3:39Francesca Giovanni believes that the Pope has taken an innovative decision.

3:43She explained that beyond her

3:46personal promotion, this decision represents a positive sign towards all women.

3:50Today, only six women hold positions of responsibility in the Vatican.

3:55The car was already sold for 1.3 million euros in 2017. Released.

4:01This is the car rapper Tupac was murdered in. This time, it is auctioned

4:08for the modest sum of 1.5 million euros, or $1.75 million.

4:14Completely restored, the car displays 121,000 kilometers on the odometer.

4:20The famous American rapper was

4:22assassinated during a shooting in Las Vegas while leaving a boxing match.

4:27It was September 13, 1996 and Tupac was barely 25 years old. Thanks for listening to this podcast.

4:35We hope you liked it. I will now explain the key words, the important words of the week

4:41in the news on pension reform in France. We talked about demonstrations.

4:47A demonstration is a gathering of people who want to express their opinions together.

4:54A demonstration usually takes place in the street. We have also... Mobilization.

5:01Mobilization is when people come together to show their opinions.

5:06They are mobilizing against or for something.

5:10For example, we can mobilize for the legalization of abortion

5:15or, conversely, mobilize against a new reform of the State. We used the word...

5:22A compromise is when you try to come to

5:26an agreement with someone who has a different idea than ours. So we try to choose an opinion

5:33in the middle that could suit everyone. We talked about the pension.

5:39Pension is synonymous with retirement. This is the period of life

5:44when we stop our professional activity. We have talked about unions. Trade unions are associations

5:53that defend common rights and interests.

5:57Here we were talking about unions defending workers' rights. We talked about discontent.

6:06It's when you're not happy with a situation or something.

6:10We talked about massive actions that were going to be put in place.

6:14These are important actions that will make noise.

6:18We do things to make ourselves heard, to make our discontent heard.

6:23We then talked about the professions. A profession is a synonym for a job.

6:29We can also speak of a profession to speak of a group of people who do the same job.

6:35For example, the profession of lawyers. We decided that the protests would start again.

6:43To start again with a vengeance means to intensify,

6:46to continue, but with more force. In the news on Russia,

6:51we have talked about a referendum. It's a vote. We ask for the opinion of the population,

6:56the opinion of citizens. We want to know if she is for or against a change.

7:01We talked about a speech. It's when we speak in front of people.

7:05You can give a political speech, but also a speech at a wedding,

7:10a birthday or as part of a work meeting. We talked about the resignation

7:17of the government. Resigning is when you leave your post, you quit your job.

7:22We talked about the tax authorities.

7:24The tax department is the tax service, it is the French tax administration.

7:29In the news on the first French jihadist sentenced, we said that he has been released.

7:35To be released is to get out of a situation where you are locked up.

7:40So one can be released from prison or after a kidnapping.

7:44So we are talking here about physical imprisonment, but we can also free ourselves

7:49from situations of moral or social imprisonment. For example, if you do a very heavy job and quit,

7:59you could say: I'm released. We talked about incarceration.

8:05Incarceration is when you are in prison, when you are imprisoned.

8:11We used the word converted to mean that the jihadist was converted.

8:17So this word we usually use to say that we are convinced of

8:21something, that someone has convinced us of something.

8:24In this case, we are talking about converts to talk about someone who did not

8:28believe before in a religion and who now believes in it. So, we can say converted to Islam,

8:34converted to the Catholic religion or even converted to Judaism. We said he was radicalized.

8:40When we say that someone has radicalized,

8:43this means that he believes more strongly than before in his opinions.

8:46He is much harsher on his ideas than others. Here, when we talk about radicalized,

8:55we can say that this person, in the name of a religious ideology, but it could also be a

9:01political ideology, will resort to violence to make its ideology heard. We used the word an inmate.

9:11An inmate is the name of the person who is in prison. We talked about the gendarmerie.

9:17It's almost like the police, except that the gendarmerie in France will depend on the army.

9:24In the news on the Vatican, we talked about the Pope. The Pope is the leader of Catholics.

9:30He therefore heads the Vatican State.

9:34We talked about diplomacy to talk about an important diplomatic post.

9:40Diplomacy and relations with other countries of the world.

9:46In the news, especially Easter, we have said that he was murdered.

9:50It means he was killed by someone. So he's dead. We said the car was put up for auction.

9:58When I was... at auction,

10:01this means that a good is going to be sold in a system where people can say

10:06the price at which they want to buy the good, and it is the person who offers

10:11the highest amount who is going to be able to buy that good.

10:15We also used the expression "for the modest sum of". When we say that something has

10:21a low value, it means that it is really not expensive.

10:25It is below its value, that it is worth almost nothing.

10:28Here, we used the expression in an ironic way to precisely underline the fact

10:33that the price is disproportionate, very, very high. We said the car has been

10:39restored. When something is restored,

10:42it means that it has been restored to its original state, that it has been repaired.

10:47This word is often used when talking about works of art, heritage or cultural goods.

10:55The car has been said to have over 100,000 km on the clock.

10:59When we say that a car has kilometers on the clock,

11:03we are actually talking about the kilometers it has already driven.

11:07Finally, we talked about a shooting. A shootout is an exchange of fire.

11:12So everyone shoots each other.

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