Kering supports the opening of a unique space designed to introduce young generations to fashion and visual arts careers The Group also fosters connections between the young talent supported by 0-93 through mentoring programs as well as workshops with the creative teams of its Houses have signed a partnership with the shared goal of creating bridges between young creatives in the Greater Paris area and the Luxury industry Lab aims at making the practice of fashion design and visual arts more accessible the organization has offered free workshops and cultural events to inspire train and empower the next generation of creatives in Aulnay-sous-Bois and neighboring cities.To support its development and new programming will soon open a 325m² space fully equipped for creative practices such as sewing Located in the Cité des 3000 district of Aulnay-sous-Bois this inclusive venue is designed to introduce local youth to careers in fashion prepare them to join art and design schools and support them in their personal and professional creative projects Lab have recently completed a six-month mentoring program in which Kering leaders engaged and shared their experiences with young creatives As another concrete example of this partnership Lab project worked with Balenciaga fabrics to create costumes for the ballet Apaches performed at the Opéra de Paris under the direction of choreographer Saïdo Lehlouh this partnership will take a new step forward with the launch of a workshop program directly connecting Balenciaga’s creative teams with the young talents of 0-93 “With the support of major players like Kering we can help new generations of Greater Paris talent play a key role in the growth of France’s creative industries Kering’s sincere and respectful approach truly values our identity as well as the hybrid and experimental nature of our project.”Bastien J Lab embodies our sincere commitment to the transmission of know-how we encourage the emergence of a new creative generation thereby contributing to the promotion of the unique craftsmanship within our industry."Béatrice Lazat a non-profit cultural organization founded by Bastien J aims to broaden access to fashion design and visual arts practices across Greater Paris co-founder of the fashion brand ATELIER AVOC (A.A) and winner of the Creative Label Prize of the 2017 ANDAM Fashion Awards after a series of collections thematizing Greater Paris Lab with Christopher Lila in their hometown to support new generations of creatives Kering manages the development of a series of renowned Houses in Fashion as well as Kering Eyewear and Kering Beauté By placing creativity at the heart of its strategy Kering enables its Houses to set new limits in terms of their creative expression while crafting tomorrow’s Luxury in a sustainable and responsible way ContactsPressEmilie Gargatte    +33 (0)1 45 64 61 20    emilie.gargatte@kering.com      Marie de Montreynaud        +33 (0)1 45 64 62 53    marie.demontreynaud@kering.com    Left photo: Visit of the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, July 8th 2024 © Philippe Dureuil / Center and right: © Bastien J. Laurent  If you had known the Citroën factory in Aulnay-sous-Bois before it closed down in 2021 The whole site has been transformed into a logistics and service platform and only one building – once part of the giant factory – has survived to this day Now it is about to follow the same destiny of being dismantled who used to be the managing director of l’Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS have invited us for a last visit of their holy halls Entering this austere and silent building for one last time was an experience full of emotions allowing us to rediscover the company's icons once more: the Traction Avant among plenty of other cars including the Visa The alleys were filled with rare treats: limited-edition cars export-only versions or cars fully prepared for racing The gigantic and quiet showroom also housed an entire library of plaster models of futuristic concept cars created in the 1960s – another testament to the sheer creativity of the double-chevron brand We even sat on the very same bench that the Aulnay workers used to perch on during their breaks The farewell tour was all the more moving as it plunged us into different eras in which Citroën played a major role in European culture The cars were synonymous with the first paid holidays the Tractions used by the Resistance during the War the austere family cars of the French working class the CX and SM associated with speed when it became fashionable to drive fast the 1980s ingenious city cars launched before a new generation of greener cars not forgetting specific Citroën sedans designed for the Chinese market when globalization became en vogue the Conservatoire was born in a turbulent context: “It was created in 1982 by Pierre Peugeot the PSA Group was in bad shape and under threat of nationalization In order to protect the group's heritage on a long-term basis the Peugeot 205 saved the group economically and Peugeot created its own museum in Sochaux always had its home in Aulnay-Sous-Bois.” Under Xavier Crespin's leadership l'Aventure had 55 employees and 40 permanent volunteers working in three historical locations: Sochaux L'Aventure was also in charge of eight kilometers of archives and 2,000 square metres of storage for spare parts Far from being confined to a static exhibition space l'Aventure had developed a number of activities including the online sale of spare parts with 18,000 references for Peugeot and Citroën models explains: “The parts come from three channels: existing labelled parts that we have in stock in our factory or dealership batches from retailers or private individuals and plastics or metallurgy techniques.” 60 percent of the car maintenance and restoration workshops which are essential for maintaining such a collection were dedicated to external customers and 40 percent to maintaining the Conservatoire's own cars What struck us when we visited Aulnay was the excellent condition of the cars “We make no compromises by using original parts and respecting period materials” some of the concept cars are full of obsolete IT equipment and have no instructions for use “It is by far more difficult to open a bubble to gain access to the cockpit of a concept car than to restart a prewar car” No doubt that with 620 Citroëns in the collection – 280 of which were on display at Aulnay – and a further 580 Peugeots the management of such a heritage is full of challenges such as the Citroën Ami 6 donated by the widow of an enthusiast who had purchased the car when new and driven it all his life we spotted the exclusive 2CV Hermès with its superb canvas and leather interior the DS RHD produced in Slough parked next to the DS ‘de la paye’ which houses a safe in the back that held the workers' pay cheques But Citroën was not only a part of everyday life in France the brand has also been synonymous with exotic adventures: so we marvel at the display of cars which have traveled the world – from the ZXs of the Dakar Rally to the 2CVs of the raids across Africa and Asia Casually parked next to them is the limited edition Citroën 2CV 007 produced as a tribute to the star of the James Bond movie ‘For your eyes only’ Although l'Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS had ambition to promote the Aulnay site The building belongs to the Ile de France region which has other plans today and is once again turning its back on its rich automotive past So what does the future hold for this unique car collection “There are plans to give access to the extraordinary cars from the Conservatory to a much wider public,” explains Loïc de la Roche who now has the destiny of the collection in his hands This new museum is not expected to open for at least three or four years all the cars are due to be moved to a safe place This last visit to Aulnay was filled with gravity This silent and quite austere place was a unique testimony of the brand's industrial history All we can hope for now is that this unique car collection will be back to life in a new site soon You can find plenty of classic Citroën for sale in the Classic Driver Market Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks Carrefour's discount "cash and carry" chain, Atacadão, has opened its first 10,000 m² store in Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis). Here are the first photos of the store, posted by Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard on his LinkedIn account. "Atacadão is a wholesale store accessible to all of our clients, individuals and professionals alike, without subscription. Atacadão is also the least expensive chain on the market, with one commitment: to ensure that this gain in purchasing power does not come at the expense of quality. Around 70% of our food products will be French brands, including some Carrefour products and organic ranges." "Thanks to all the Carrefour teams, especially my comrade Noël Prioux, who worked on this project, and our partner Brahim Lemseffer, director of LabelVie France," said the CEO of Carrefour on his publication. FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 HortiDaily.com We visit the Conservatoire Citroen near Paris, where one-off presidential limousines share space with crazy concept cars. Welcome to the largest collection of Citroens in the world. Conservatoire Citroen is located near Paris, between the appropriately named Boulevard Andre Citroen and former Aulnay-sous-Bois factory. Within its grey walls sit more than 400 cars, preserved for future generations but usually off-limits to the public. That only served to make our visit all the more special. You start, much like Andre Citroen, with the Type A. Citroen’s first vehicle was launched in 1919, but the company’s roots date back to 1905, with the creation of Citroen et Cie. Back then, the company manufactured double-helical gear wheels with V-shaped teeth, the design of which inspired the famous Citroen logo. Andre Citroen had first seen gear wheels such as these during a visit to Poland in 1900, and he returned to Paris where he took out a patent for their design. A factory was built to house the production facilities and soon his gear wheels were being used across the world. Famously, his wheels formed part of the steering system in the Titanic. With the experience gained through the production of gear wheels and shells for the French army during WW1, not to mention the capital and production facilities, Andre Citroen was well-equipped to build his first motor car. The Type A arrived in 1919 and was, quite simply, a revelation. Not only was it Citroen’s first car, but it was also the first mass-produced European vehicle. For the first time, motorists could buy a car ‘ready for the road’. Little wonder, then, that Citroen managed to shift 12,000 Type As within the first two years. But Andre Citroen was more than simply an ace industrialist. He knew the power of promotion, which is why his name was displayed on the Eiffel Tower at night. Once a month he took out a full page advertisement on the back of France’s biggest newspaper, while aircraft were sent into the skies to write the Citroen name in smoke. In 1926, Citroen opened a new showroom in London’s Piccadilly, reported to be the grandest and most expensive ever built. The interior was clad in marble and the place felt more like a cathedral than a car showroom. In 1934, Citroen launched the Traction Avant, widely considered to be the godfather of the modern motor car. Three years earlier, Andre Citroen had travelled to the US to visit the Budd Corporation in Philadelphia, where he was shown a front-wheel-drive car featuring a monocoque bodyshell. In 1935, Citroen started working on the idea of a ‘people’s car’, the so-called TPV, as it was then known. The idea was simple: to create a basic French car for the masses, with Citroen’s chairman, Pierre-Jules Boulanger, describing the design as “a deck-chair under an umbrella”. Prototypes were built in 1939 and then hidden away during the Second World War, with the French keen for the Nazis not to discover their revolutionary little car. It would arrive at the 1948 Paris Motor Show, with production continuing until 1990, by which time more than 30 different versions had been built. The one other Citroen worthy of the icon tag is the DS. The ‘Goddess’ was unveiled at the 1955 Paris Motor Show and such was the response, 12,000 orders were taken on the first day of the show. It was the first production car to be equipped with front disc brakes and featured revolutionary hydropneumatic suspension. The car pictured is a DS 21 Pallas, showcasing the restyled front end complete with innovative directional headlights. Take the technology found in the Citroen DS, add a Maserati V6 engine and house them in a streamlined body and this is the result: the delightful Citroen SM. On the right is an original press car from 1970, built at the start of production. On the left is a later, fuel-injected model. Production was short-lived, partly because of the fuel crisis, partly because of reliability issues, and most certainly as a result of Peugeot’s takeover of Citroen in 1974. Imagine being at the Paris Motor Show in 1970. Not only was the achingly beautiful SM first shown to the public, but Citroen also unveiled the brilliant GS. A year later, the GS scooped the European Car of the Year award, leaving the Volkswagen K70 and Citroen SM to finish second and third, respectively. Oh, what a time to be alive. The GS was designed to slot between the Ami 8 and the DS in the Citroen range, delivering hydropneumatic technology to the everyman. The air-cooled flat-four engine gave it an evocative soundtrack, but a hatchback wouldn’t arrive until 1979, with the launch of the GSA. Nothing can prepare you for the sheer scale of this thing. Designed by the Citroen style department, the DS 21 Presidentielle was built by Henri Chapron and was used by Charles de Gaulle and Georges Pompidou. Its dimensions are: 6.53m length, 2.13m width and 1.60m height. Oh, and it weighs 2,660kg. The gearbox is designed to maintain a speed of 6kph to 7kph for several hours. Unsurprisingly, the Citroen SM Presidentielle of 1972 is far more elegant and less imposing than the car it replaced. Once again, Henri Chapron was tasked with handling the build of two majestic presidential cars. They were delivered in May 1972, just before Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Paris. Her Majesty was pictured in the back, travelling with Georges Pompidou. A classic case of ‘they don’t make ‘em like they used to’, this is the Citroen DS5 used by Francois Hollande in 2012. Today, DS Automobiles has separated from the mother brand. The Project L was the final Citroen designed by Robert Opron and was intended to be a replacement for the DS. It features what’s essentially an SM dashboard with a GS steering wheel, and Citroen called for enough space under the bonnet to house Maserati’s V6 engine. The Citroen Activa of 1988 featured four-wheel drive, four-wheel steer and active suspension, the latter of which would appear as the Hydractive system in the XM. The original Activa concept could also boast ABS brakes and traction control, both of which were considered to be high-tech at the time. This is the Citroen CX-based Eole of 1986, which claimed a drag coefficient of just 0.19, around half that of the CX. Note the covers over the wheels, which are linked to the car’s hydraulics to lift them clear when steering. The design was intended to showcase the estate car of the future. The Karin of 1980 presented the idea of a three-seater, with the driver positioned centrally and ahead of the passengers, some 12 years ahead of the McLaren F1. It was designed by Trevor Fiore but never made it beyond the concept stage. Shame. Yes, Citroen really did build a helicopter. It was designed by Charles Marchetti and first took to the skies in 1971. It used an evolution of the rotary engine found in the Citroen GS Birotor, but flew a mere 38 hours before Peugeot pulled the plug on the project. The RE-2 was grounded. The Citroen U23 was produced between 1935 and 1969. This particular bus was built in 1947 by the Besset facility in Annonay, France. The 18/20-seater was found in Corsica in 2006 and subsequently restored to its former glory. Remember the Citroen 2CV from the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only? It was powered by an engine from a GS and reinforced with a host of safety features, including a roll cage, reinforced plating and raised suspension. Legendary stunt driver Remy Julienne was the man behind the wheel. Looks a little out of place in these surroundings, doesn’t it? Look again and you’ll see that it was inspired by the design and build of the Traction Avant. Clever, eh? French designer Ora-Ito used an icon of the past to present a vision of the future. Or something. The X27 was the final development of the Citroen-Panhard racer produced from 1964 to 1975. It competed in the final years of Formule Bleue, which ended in 1975. The Citroen BX 4TC is one of the least successful rally cars of all-time, managing just three races before Group B was banned in 1986. The project was so disastrous, Citroen attempted to buy back all road-going versions in order to have them destroyed. You’re unlikely to see more Citroen ZX Rallye Raid cars in one place. In the 1990s, these were formidable machines, taking no fewer than four Paris-Dakar victories and winning the World Cup for Cross Country Rallies for five consecutive years. The Citroen ZX 16v is an increasingly rare sight in Britain, with just a handful registered as being on the road. Thanks to passive rear steering, it’s a genuine delight to drive. The Citroen AX was a hugely successful car, with around 2.4 million produced over a 10-year period. The AX Sport was introduced in 1987 and was a prelude to the more familiar GT and GTI models. According to the DVLA, there is just one Citroen Visa GTI on the roads of Britain. Which is a shame, because the Visa GTI is a genuinely good hot hatch, with powered sourced from the same 1.6-litre engine you’d find in the Peugeot 205 GTI. And quad headlights are cool, right? ​CategoriesCategoriesEnglishJUSTICEParents who kidnapped newborn in France believed to have fled to Belgium22 October 2024 The French Justice ministry has asked Belgian authorities to help recover a newborn baby kidnapped by his parents from a hospital in Aulnay-sous-Bois The child was born prematurely and requires constant medical care are suspected of kidnapping their child from the maternity hospital in the French commune France suspects that the parents travelled to Belgium with their infant son was abducted from the maternity ward of the Robert Ballanger hospital in Aulnay-sous-Bois between 23 and 23.30 on 21 October 2024," the ministry said in a press release "The suspects are the parents: a 23-year-old man wearing dark jeans and a white T-shirt a light blue denim jacket and a black coat and a 25-year-old woman wearing a white pullover a light blue sleeveless jacket and a green skirt," the press release said © PHOTO HANDOUT / MINISTERE DE L'INTERIEUR / AFP Copy linkGet updates in your mailboxYour email addressSubscribeBy clicking "Subscribe" I confirm I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy rapid and high-quality information 24 hours a day from Belgium and abroad to all Belgian media not to mention entertainment and lifestyle our journalists and press photographers produce hundreds of photos and news stories Since the end of March 2022 English has been added as a language businesses and various organisations that need reliable information Belga News Agency also offers a comprehensive range of corporate services to meet all their communication needs www.belganewsagency.eu You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed I wanted to be a tourist in the most authentic bit of Paris The American tourist looks at me like I’m an idiot as well he might: we are standing outside of Notre Dame I have been asking myself the same question Since I learned of a recent 59-point plan by the Paris Mayor’s Office to turn the French capital into the world’s most visited city I have begun to wonder what it means to visit a city at all Paris’s officials simply want to overtake Bangkok and London in the Mastercard Global Destination Index based on the yearly total of overnight stays by foreigners But how many of those visitors go beyond box-tick itineraries of guide book sanctioned sites or an idea of what Paris is supposed to be: a Paris theme park in the white-grey drizzle of this January morning outside Notre Dame there’s an air of Alton Towers to the poncho-wearing crowds like that of legions of tiresome tourists before me is that the only true visit to Paris is one that encounters its “authentic” side I imagine some magic side-street bistro in the 17th Arrondissement stuffed with accordions and hairy-knuckled men eating eggs at the bar the most authentically Parisian part of the city must be the part least tainted by tourism: a place where no visitor ever goes the least visited part of Paris is the most Paris part of Paris The suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois became famous throughout France in 2005 as the epicentre of riots protesting unemployment and police harassment And when commentators tried to explain why the violence had begun in that suburb Clichy-sous-Bois has its own administrative district Yet there are not only no direct transport links from Clichy-sous-Bois to the centre of Paris but no direct transport links from there to anywhere else with direct transport links to the centre of Paris Despite the suburb being less than 10 miles from Notre Dame The city’s dedication to its tourists is apparent the moment I leave Notre Dame for the nearby Réseau Express Régional (Regional Express Network) station at St Michel the 1970s-built RER is a masterful piece of public transport design linking distant suburbs through the centre but the first two trains that stop at St Michel will bypass the suburbs entirely Both instead are heading direct to Charles de Gaulle Airport unplanned jumble of Paris beyond the Périphérique ring road while the face Paris presents to the world retains a museum-like beauty Notre Dame had looked bad enough in this weather; the commune of Aubervilliers with its close-together tower blocks and rusting industry Aulnay-sous-Bois is about the same distance from Paris’s centre as Clichy but the journey takes less than half the time The fastest way to reach Clichy-sous-Bois now is to walk It is another half hour on a slight incline brutalist apartment blocks loom from the distance almost beautiful in their bleakness and size But to start holiday-snapping the apartment blocks there is little that differs this place from the suburbs I have already passed through My assumption that this might be the most Parisian part of Paris feels I stubbornly set off in search of the essence of the place I head to the town hall – incongruously old and low-rise – where I dutifully read an information sign that says something about the Knights Templar and something about the Duc d’Orleans This information seems like the very opposite of Clichy-sous-Bois and full of men sat around large round tables playing cards A football game from Africa is playing on a corner TV they individually greet everyone in the room I soon fall into conversation with two men Both have lived in Clichy-sous-Bois for eight years I ask how often they go to the centre of Paris “Every day,” the man from the Ivory Coast tells me His name is Di Batarad and he is a jewellery seller work is underway to extend the tram into Clichy-sous-Bois though has been pushed back until next year I ask Batarad whether he considers the suburb to be truly part of Paris Batarad is as clear on what is the real Paris as any tourist: the Eiffel Tower and in the distance clouds part to reveal a purple sky against which is the etched silhouette of Sacré Couer Despite my pretensions toward the authentic I’m struck suddenly by the importance of icons and of guidebooks in the creation of place particularly when encouraging visitors or counting their numbers Clichy-sous-Bois may not or may not be Paris A spokesperson for L’Oréal told the AFP agency that the factory and its 220 employees specialised in the production of foundations facial skincare and sun creams.The project is proof of “L’Oréal's willingness to adapt its industrial organisation smoothly to market challenges while promoting the know-how of each of the group's plants,” stated L’Oréal in a press release The Brazilian chain Atacadão is arriving in France is due to open mid-June in Aulnay-sous-Bois with a surface area of 10,000 square miles will be run by Carrefour's partner LabelVie under a management lease Fruit and vegetable department in an Atacadão store in Brazil / © Atacadão Products at rock-bottom pricesThe new store is due to open under the "cash-and-carry" concept a hybrid between wholesale and discount supermarkets Products will be sold to both consumers and professionals at knock-down prices between 10 and 15% less than in other supermarkets Carrefour is aiming for 30% of professionals within two to three years Poster at the Carrefour store of Aulnay-sous-Bois currently under renovation / © Olivier Dauvers the Carrefour group acquired the Brazilian discount hypermarket chain which has no fewer than 250 stores in Brazil Carrefour is said to have invested 10 million euros [10.85 million USD] in transforming the Paris store Source: www.bfmtv.com / www.capital.fr FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 FreshPlaza.com Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information no peace!” are wafting below the din of the traffic In a knot of modernist public housing complexes—cités as they’re called—is a crawling crowd of a few hundred people: flocks of young kids Young men secure the borders of the demonstration They wear neon construction vests over black T-shirts that make a simple request in bold VRT News has learned from a reliable source that the car of the parents of a premature baby that was taken from the maternity ward of a hospital near Paris has been found near Charleroi (Hainaut) Baby Santiago is in urgent need of medical care and national appeals to trace him have been launched in both France and Belgium French police suspected that his parent had taken him across the border to Belgium and these suspicions have now been confirmed The appeal for information on baby Santiago’s whereabouts has received much media attention and has been widely circulated on social media platforms The appeal has also appeared on digital information boards alongside motorways and trunk roads are suspected of having abducted him from the maternity ward of a hospital in Aulnay-sous-Bois Santiago is in urgent need of medical care Santiago and his parents are still missing CCTV footage from the hospital where Santiago was abducted show his parents carrying a bag in which he was probably concealed The reported left the hospital with 3 other people in their car French detectives have arrest 5 people aged between 16 and 29 Livry-Gargan The French daily ‘Le Monde’ writes that they are “good friends of the baby’s parents” It is unclear why the couple took their baby from the hospital The violence that has erupted in several French communes following the tragic death of young Nahel last Tuesday has come as no surprise to those familiar with the situation. Unfortunately the factors that were at the root of the 2005 riots are still present And two novelties make the situation even more difficult to manage In the investigation a number of colleagues and I carried out in Aulnay-sous-Bois (a Paris suburb) after the events of 2005, at the request of Centre d’analyse stratégique we felt that the hate for the police was a key factor The context in these neighborhoods is one of general hostility among young people towards the police When tragic events such as in 2005 the deaths of Zyed and Bouna following a police chase in Clichy-sous-Bois occur It is no mystery that a parallel economy (a euphemism for delinquent activity) thrives in these neighborhoods My colleague Sébastian Roché documented this in his 2016 study of “adolescents and the law” carried in Bouches du Rhône The police therefore intervene to suppress these delinquent activities or at least control their expansion it inevitably creates tensions between young people and the police as police interventions and checks are more frequent than elsewhere even those who are not involved in the underground economy It’s a form of statistical discrimination (every young person is a potential suspect) that feeds a feeling of ostracism to which I’ll return later The second consequence is the spread of a deviant culture. Living in a neighborhood where these delinquent activities are part and parcel of daily life can generate two kinds of reaction: either exit, or loyalty, to quote Albert Hirschman’s famous analysis (1970) Those who choose exit (as we met in our survey in Aulnay-sous-Bois) have only one idea in mind: to flee these pathogenic neighborhoods where success outside the framework of the parallel economy is extremely problematic Those who choose loyalty do not condemn their fellows who engage in trafficking (even if they themselves don’t) A sort of indigenous theory of relative frustration takes hold many young people made comments of this kind without any embarrassment or feeling of being provocative This feeling is based on the idea that the ethnic or religious group to which one belongs is the victim of ostracism by the host society This feeling is much more widespread among young people of foreign origin or of Muslim faith than among other young people 20% of the former (born in France to two foreign parents) and 23% of the latter (of Muslim faith) strongly agree with the divisive statement that “societies with a colonial past have been and will remain racist” (versus 9% of young people of French origin).  This section of young people is therefore totally convinced that they are facing a fundamentally hostile society This feeling of collective ostracism is reinforced by the ethnic concentration found in certain neighborhoods In the survey we carried out on radicalism in high schools the proportion of young people of foreign origin was as high as 80% in some high schools (for example in Seine-Saint-Denis a very poor suburb located north of Paris) the public policy called “politique de la ville” which aimed among several goals to promote social diversity the opposite is true: an ever-increasing concentration of poor and disadvantaged households the significant increase in the adherence of young people of foreign origin to Islam has also increased the cultural distance separating this section of youth from the rest of society The rules of secularism in schools are poorly accepted and sometimes circumvented Their application is experienced by these young people as injustice and discrimination the feeling of belonging to the Nation is weak and is probably getting weaker Steven Pinker, in The Better Angels of Our Nature his famous book on the history of violence notably with the emergence of states that could arrogate to themselves a monopoly on legitimate violence but the history of violence can have its ups and downs It’s hard to prove that collective violence has increased (we don’t really see any signs of this in the evolution of petty crime but we have the feeling that certain forms of violence the Yellow Jackets (Gilets jaunes) movement may have contributed to a form of disinhibition The fact remains that in the Institut Montaigne survey of 18-24 year-olds 22% of young people questioned consider it justified that “some people use violence to protest express their anger or defend their ideas” (30% of young people of the Muslim faith are of the same opinion) It should be noted that the belief that we are dealing with a fundamentally racist society strongly reinforces this justification of violence: of all young people those who agree with this idea (completely or rather) are 29% to justify violence against 16% of those who do not believe in the theory of structural racism This is a point I’ve often made in my Telos columns The school system has partly failed in its mission of integration It has remained stuck on a model that is supposedly universal but which in reality produces inequality by applying uniform recipes to a socially and culturally increasingly diverse public Schools have also neglected the task of republican integration: moral and civic education or has only been implemented on an ad hoc basis School guidance is another hard point that generates a great deal of dissatisfaction among pupils young people from the housing estates leave the initial training system with no solid qualifications and no sense of civic responsibility They are obviously not the cause of the riots most committed young people take the lead and draw in a mass of less active young people The fact that the riots have spread well beyond the areas where they flourished in 2005 is undoubtedly linked to the role of social networks as is the worsening of destruction and degradation compared to eighteen years ago The second new element is the political context the prevailing feeling was one of stupefaction and there was no real political exploitation of the events The hysterization of political debate that has become a constant feature of this new legislature has naturally seized on this event The extreme left party La France insoumise (LFI; led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon) is seeking to make political capital out of it but is taking risks by appearing to half-heartedly support violence that the vast majority of French people condemn As for its extreme right counterpart Rassemblement National (led by Marine Le Pen) it doesn’t need to say much to hope to profit from it it seems unlikely that these political stances will have much influence on the course of events one of the characteristics of this movement is its apolitical it’s the symbols of political institutions They are in no way looking for a political relay to express them And that’s the difficulty for any government seeking to channel the movement: to whom should it talk Of the three terms that make up the title of Hirschman’s book the first two of which I mentioned earlier (exit and loyalty) is missing: the questioning of institutions with the aim of obtaining a response to demands The way out of the crisis is therefore singularly difficult to find PARIS — Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux called for calm Monday after riots over an alleged police rape engulfed suburbs around France triggering fears of a violent contagion three months before the presidential election Police arrested 37 people late Sunday in the latest night of rioting over the arrest of Theo a 22-year-old black man who was hospitalized with injuries from being sodomized with a police baton following his arrest on February 2 which started in the Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois and quickly spread to Nantes carried echoes of riots that rocked France in 2005 Successive governments have spent billions of euros sprucing up immigrant-heavy housing projects but many local youths feel the underlying causes of their anger — notably hiring discrimination and police abuse  — remain unaddressed more than a decade later Meanwhile President François Hollande’s Socialist government is trying to head off escalation by showing support for the victim French President François Hollande visits Theo at the Robert Ballanger hospital in Aulnay-sous-Bois | Arnaud Journois/AFP via Getty Images “I am calling for calm,” said Le Roux a demand or giving an opinion is totally legitimate that is the behavior of rabble-rousers that have nothing to do with the acts they pretend to denounce.” Le Roux added that he would be “inflexible” in dealing both with rioters and any police action that happened outside “the framework of the law the framework of professional ethics.” Images of burning cars and hooded youths clashing with police over the past week prompted comparisons with the violence that swept France in 2005 when then President Jacques Chirac was forced to call a national state of emergency due to nightly pitched battles between rioters and police Dozens of public buildings and hundreds of cars were torched in riots that set the stage for Nicolas Sarkozy’s rise to power on a law-and-order platform People gather in Bobigny to denounce police brutality | Patrick Kovarik/AFP via Getty Images The latest riots are on a much smaller scale but just like in 2005 they stem from outrage over police brutality This has frequently proved to be an explosive catalyst for rioting in immigrant-heavy suburbs where relations between police and young locals are tense at best authorities fear escalation as outrage spreads around the country and details of an investigation challenge Theo’s original testimony Shortly after surveillance video of Theo’s arrest was released all four officers involved were placed under formal investigation one of them for rape and the three others for assault who sustained a 10 centimeter anal tear from the incident told BFMTV the officer had taken his baton and “kicked it into [his] buttocks.” “I was not myself,” added Theo from his hospital bed “I thought I was going to die.” (Being placed under formal investigation is not the same as being formally charged with a crime The inside of a vandalised supermarket during a protest in Bobigny | Geoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images the IGPN internal police investigation unit declared that use of the baton had been “an accident,” according to RTL radio which obtained an initial version of the report “At the end of [the police officer’s] detention the IGPN did indeed note … the obviously non-intentional nature of the officer’s gesture.” The report could force an investigating magistrate in charge of the case to downgrade the level of accusations against the officers Any suggestion that police will not face serious criminal pursuits over the incident is likely to trigger further protests eager to move away from a series of scandals quickly seized on the riots and controversy over Theo’s arrest with Le Pen standing out for her rapid defense of the police Politicians from the conservative Les Républicains (LR) party, which supports Fillon, called for “exemplary penalties” against any officers found guilty of misdeeds the LR mayor of the town where the arrest happened condemned what he called “extremely serious” acts People gather to protest | Geoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images Left-wing presidential contender Benoît Hamon denounced what he called “unacceptable violence” by the police while Hollande paid a visit to Theo in hospital But Le Pen, who is seen reaching the final round of the election but being knocked out by either Fillon or Macron, took the opposite tack. “My principle is to first support the forces of police and gendarmes, except if their guilt is demonstrated,” she told LCI TV “We don’t know what the context of this arrest was so going off images like this is fairly dangerous,” she added Estonian Commission official Henrik Hololei faces disciplinary measures after opening of internal probe into claims of wrongdoing Hannah Neumann was targeted in a cyber-espionage operation by an infamous Iranian hacking group earlier this year the European Commission president touted the EU as a safe haven in an unpredictable world The European Commission will enforce its digital rulebook without fear said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Dressed in slim robes – all in black with just a line of gold that looked as if it was dripped on their outfits – it made for a poignant opening to a rigorously cut and styled show Simone sang: “Freedom is no fear.” Stylistically his best trick was covering many looks in a spider's web pattern though once in black on an electric blue pant suit their faces one quarter hidden by face nets that hung from one ear showing tunics and boleros with a glove like fit though his hand is so subtle the clothes look at times almost organic And he wowed with white marabou pants worn either under an oversized menswear or a massive 10-button military coat Unlike his recent men’s eclectic dandy rocker debut collection for Berluti this women’s show was almost entirely in black We missed Ackermann’s hyper original color palette with its burnished golds and fiery reds the event was also a subtle change of gear for a designer whose tailoring skills increasingly match his famed draping techniques Lou Doillon and Marisa Berenson attended – underlining Haider’s star quotient and standing among elegant cognoscenti It-Guy Gabriel Day Lewis – son of Daniel and Isabelle Adjani – promised Haider an early copy of the EP he is currently recording It is seen as a lawless breeding ground for hooliganism and drug trafficking But a photographer called Mister Happiness is on a mission to tell the real story about the demonised area ‘She put her pen down,” says Monsieur Bonheur “and told me to stop dreaming.” The French photographer is recalling the day he told the careers advisor at his school that he wanted to study fashion design ‘Your parents won’t have the money to pay for those schools You should consider something more appropriate for a black kid from the 93 There is still disbelief in Bonheur’s voice as he recounts this decade-old conversation “She was reminding me of the codes,” he says Marvin Bonheur, whose artistic alias translates as Mister Happiness, is from Seine-Saint-Denis, which is often referred to by its department number, 93. Situated to the northeast of Paris, it is the poorest part of mainland France the country’s office of national statistics The banlieue, the working-class areas that encircle Paris and other French cities On 24-hour news channels and in parts of the French press these suburbs are seen as breeding grounds for hooliganism In the aftermath of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks Fox News infamously called them “no-go zones” “There are joys that come with growing up here,” says Bonheur “And challenges.” Bonheur has fed these conflicting emotions into a powerful Therapy and the forthcoming Renaissance – that aims to tell the truth about day-to-day life not just in the 93 but throughout the banlieue French galleries have started taking notice He’s had two solo exhibitions in Paris with a third one slated for spring in addition to collaborations with streetwear brands were electrocuted while trying to escape police in Clichy-sous-Bois Former beauty queen … La Miss by Monsieur Bonheur Photograph: Monsieur Bonheur“It brings to mind rebellion,” says Bonheur of the photograph caught just as he sends what seems to be an explosive flying into the crisp blue sky Yet it is actually a firecracker thrown during a moment of celebration but it reminded me of the molotov cocktails people threw at police during the riots That anger was completely misread by the media His trilogy captures the tenderness and tensions of the banlieue offering an honest window into day-to-day life two teenagers from housing projects prove powerless to the pull of an ice cream van La Miss captures former Miss Île-de-France Meggy Pyaneeandee who was chosen to represent Greater Paris in a national beauty contest standing self-assured in front of a convenience store L’Or Français showcases a cluster of golden-hued tower blocks in Aubervilliers “The Parisian banlieue have some impressive architecture,” he says “which I like to think of as deposits of gold in the ground which he has labelled a “crusade of souvenirs” storefronts and spaces that have left an imprint on him – many of which will soon become relics of the past bulldozed away in a citywide effort to revamp the neighbourhoods of Greater Paris prior to the 2024 Olympics When we walk past a high-rise tower condemned for demolition “Seeing this makes me nauseous,” he says finally “My first girlfriend and so many of my friends lived here ‘There goes my childhood’ … Monsieur Bonheur in Aulnay-sous-Bois Photograph: Michael-Oliver HardingAnother shot zeroes in on a passageway that the architects of a nearby housing project designed “as short cuts for residents but also to make things easier for cops in the event of chases” William Roden is the artistic director of L’Imprimerie the swanky Paris gallery where Bonheur first exhibited his work Roden was immediately struck by the photographer’s sincere and sensitive approach personal texts that would accompany each new photograph,” he says he’d share the story behind it and what it meant for him Bonheur is trying to correct the many untruths in how these neighbourhoods are portrayed by the media.” Bonheur called the first photo series Alzheimer after realising he’d forgotten much of his childhood since moving to Paris because I was ashamed or just thought it was lame.” As he talks he occasionally pulls out his compact 35mm Bonheur’s mission can be neatly summed up by two numbers: he wants to bring together the 93 and the 75 that being the department number given to Paris He even has the two figures tattooed on his right calf Tender moment … La Glace by Monsieur Bonheur. Photograph: Monsieur Bonheur“On the night of France’s World Cup victory,” he says “I roamed the streets of Paris with my camera and what I saw made me both ecstatic and sad.” Bonheur whose grandparents came to France from Martinique gets emotional as he scrolls through his photographs of overjoyed onlookers The problem is that we each stay in our little corners I’m sure that if there were more encounters of the sort We hop on a bus and Bonheur is pleased to discover it’s being driven by an old childhood friend They fill each other in on the decade that’s elapsed and hint at Bonheur’s next big project: to have his photographic trilogy exhibited where it took root “That’s the whole point – to show people they can be proud of the banlieue Living in Paris has made me realise that the diversity we take for granted here is seen as beautiful and special elsewhere Renaissance, the final chapter of Monsieur Bonheur’s photographic trilogy, can be seen on his Instagram and website Stretto will operate tram-train lines T4 and T1 plus the Esbly-Crécy branch of Transilien Line P Stretto blends the experience of Keolis, the world’s leading tram operator, with the public transport expertise of Transilien SNCF Voyageurs, the Paris region’s leading mobility operator, and the practical knowledge both companies have gained from operating tram-train lines in the region. Transilien SNCF Voyageurs is the Paris region’s tram-train pioneer. Since 2006, it has operated T4, the region’s first tram-train service, launched on the former Coquetiers line linking Aulnay-sous-Bois with Bondy in Seine-Saint-Denis, north of the capital. The line now serves 9 more stations on the urban branch connecting Gargan and Clichy-Montfermeil, added in 2019. Fast, clean and modern, the T11 Express line has been operated since 2017 by Transkeo, a joint venture between Keolis (51%) and SNCF Voyageurs (49%). With 7 stops and 11 kilometres of line, T11 links passengers to the entire Paris Region via connections with Lines B, C, D, H, et T8. Soon it will join metro lines 16 and 17 of the Grand Paris Express, giving it even more power to boost local development. This site is in partial compliance 98,53% (with RGAA 4.1 standards) 2 April 2019 - To accompany L'Oréal Luxe's dynamic growth worldwide L'Oréal announces the plan to further develop the group's manufacturing capabilities in France by dedicating the plant in Aulnay-sous-Bois to the production of fine perfumes and perfume collections This decision would increase L'Oréal Luxe's ​​industrial footprint and capabilities in France to 4 factories specialized by technology: The planned investment of 15 million euros would enable the Aulnay-Sous-Bois plant to become L'Oréal Luxe's second ​​"Manufacture du Parfum" with specific know-how Chief Technology and Operations Officer of L'Oréal "The Aulnay-sous-Bois plant will be a strategic pillar for L'Oréal Luxe's production of perfumes and as such This significant investment highlights our aim to adapt manufacturing capabilities to new market challenges while developing the expertise of each of our plants L'Oréal has decided to invest significantly in its manufacturing capabilities with state-of-the-art equipment take a deep dive into beauty – our vocation and sole focus for the past 115 years Discover the excellence of the L'Oréal model through the most significant initiatives of the year Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Top-flight cuisine for excellent value- that's what awaits you at theAuberge des Saints-Pères, an astonishing restaurant located in the heart of a suburban area in Aulnay-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis it was awarded a Michelin star for almost 20 years It's a feat of arms that already sets this gourmet haunt apart took the surprising step of voluntarily relinquishing his coveted star although theAuberge des Saints-Pères has withdrawn from the world of Michelin-starred restaurants it remains an address not to be missed: here with a meticulous sense of service and a warm In the heart of a contemporary setting that already echoes the plates you're about to taste or a two-course lunch option at €39 (except weekends) with plates that are both refined and gourmet with an inventive twist and beautiful presentation This is evident right from the amuse-bouche which introduces us to chef Jean-Claude Cahagnet 's culinary universe with a lentil hummus on top of marinated scallops with fried onions for a crunchy touch: a clever way to awaken the taste buds with freshness we preferred to give the chef carte blanche by opting for the Confiance menu: perfect for fans of blind tastings We ask about our allergens and dietary requirements before letting the magic happen in the kitchen marinated scallops wrapped in kimchi cabbage worked like sheets with a farandole of sundried tomato meyer lemon and kumquat condiments surrounding this peppy plate It's a playful arrangement that allows you to experiment with different pairings as you please smoked with thyme and served with banana and smoked bacon with a sweet and sour twist that adds a gourmet dimension while the texture remains soft and melting we drift off to the seven seas and leave terra firma to savor a monkfish from a small boat accompanied by a Royale of butternut with a deliciously creamy texture topped with a creamy velouté and sprinkled with home-smoked dried goat's cheese to spice things up a roasted saithe is accompanied by orange-candied endives (excellent matching!) with a speculos and gingerbread sauce that takes us back to the holiday season and tender years with an astonishing camembert with calvados before closing this culinary symphony with a sweet tooth highlight We awaken our inner child with a milk chocolate entremet at the heart of which is a semi-salted caramel coulis that spills onto the plate as it is cut accentuating the regressive aspect without weighing the whole thing down too much A tamarind ice cream and a white chocolate chantilly topped with a marinated goji berry complete the balance of this dessert allowing us to add more freshness or indulgence to our fork strokes but still want to end this tasting experience on a sweet note rosemary and honey were served with a coulis (also pear) we can testify to the creativity of chef Jean-Claude Cahagnet who continues to surpass himself in offering local residents and visiting gourmets a fine gastronomic experience at the right price Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here Hip Hop's roots sink deep into the cultural history of Black and Latinx communities in the United States it swiftly grew from neighborhood block parties into a global phenomenon The genre's foundations rest upon five pillars: Emceeing As we continue to celebrate Hip Hop's 50th anniversary we're taking a look at the five core pillars of the genre that shape the culture we see today The heartbeat of Hip Hop, emceeing is an art of "Rhythm And Poetry." Rappers started as crowd hype masters at parties, eventually evolving into lyrically adept poets. From the political wordplay of Public Enemy to the introspective storytelling of Kendrick Lamar emceeing remains a powerful force in Hip Hop as the culture shifts from one generation to the next but DJs play an intricate role in boosting the culture into a global phenomenon DJing is the canvas upon which Hip Hop paints its vibrant stories. DJ Kool Herc, often dubbed "The Father of Hip Hop," revolutionized music mixing in the '70s laying the groundwork for today's turntablism The DJ's role isn't merely playing tracks - it's about curating a journey through beats and rhythms as legends like Grandmaster Flash exemplify and raw street style into a kinetic showcase It originated among the youth of the South Bronx From the Rock Steady Crew's theatrics to the contemporary prowess of the Jabbawockeez breakdancing continues to mesmerize audiences Artists often create music for the purpose of creating dance crazes has emerged as a visually striking pillar of Hip Hop Artists like Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat used city walls as their canvas immortalizing the essence of Hip Hop's resistance You can still see its mark in neighborhoods around the world as artists take to the streets to shine a light on the culture Knowledge, the fifth element of Hip Hop, underpins the other four. It's about understanding the genre's history, culture, and social impact. KRS-One, an advocate for Knowledge as a Hip Hop pillar asserts that it fosters wisdom and self-awareness among Hip Hop enthusiasts The five elements of Hip Hop are interlocked pieces in a dynamic cultural puzzle From the streets of New York to the global stage these pillars show Hip Hop's transformative power and enduring influence Officers were involved in 2017 arrest of Théo Luhaka A police disciplinary board in France is reported to have recommended that two officers involved in the violent arrest of a young black man who was allegedly sexually assaulted with a truncheon was left permanently disabled after suffering severe anal injuries from a police telescopic baton during a stop-and-search operation in a Paris suburb The police disciplinary committee met this week and is said to have ignored an official report accusing the officers of “disproportionate actions” Le Parisien newspaper claimed the city’s police prefect considered the recommendation that the officers escape with a reprimand “a bit light” The suggested disciplinary action has been sent to the director of the national police The case has become symbolic in the ongoing debate in France about police violence A lengthy investigation carried out separately to the police internal disciplinary procedure made the unusual decision to send three officers to criminal trial One officer was initially accused of aggravated rape but will be tried on a lesser charge of “assault with a weapon leading to permanent injury or mutilation” saying he aimed his baton at Luhaka’s legs Two other officers are accused of “deliberate group violence” Charges against a fourth police officer who witnessed the arrest have been dropped four officers turned up at a housing estate in Aulnay-sous-Bois and began stopping youths and asking to see their identity papers One officer reportedly forced an extendible baton into the young man’s anus causing such serious injuries that he needed emergency surgery and has been left with a permanent several city suburbs and elsewhere in France the Luhaka family’s lawyer at the time and now France’s justice minister – said then that it was “an exceptionally serious case” “There was blood everywhere,” he told France Inter radio said it was an “unbearable and unacceptable” incident “The police are there to protect and not to humiliate our fellow citizens,” said Beschizza He described Luhaka as a respectable young man from a respectable family who had been “psychologically destroyed” by what happened published a report on Luhaka’s arrest and called for the four officers involved to be punished Her report highlighted “a number of disproportionate actions” and pointed out the young man had been arrested “without any clearly established motive” “Once the police had control of the victim handcuffed behind his back and he was seriously injured there were no legal grounds to justify the use of force towards him,” Hédon wrote «Théo vit cela comme un abandon»L’avocat star défendait le jeune homme grièvement blessé lors d’un contrôle de police à Aulnay en 2017 qui comptait sur lui dans un procès attendu fin 2020-début 2021 ne pourra donc probablement pas plaider lors du procès l'opposant aux policiers accusés de l'avoir gravement blessé il y a trois ans Celui-ci pourrait intervenir fin 2020 ou début 2021 Profitez des avantages de l’offre numérique SCI au capital de 100 € Siège social : 7 CHEMIN DE RONDE 93160 NOISY-LE-GRAND RCS BOBIGNY 919780080 Par décision de l'Assemblée Générale Extraordinaire du 30/11/2022 il a été décidé de transférer le siège social au 71 Route de Cerdon 45600 SULLY-SUR-LOIRE à compter du 01/12/2022 Radiation au RCS de BOBIGNY et immatriculation au RCS de ORLÉANS Par ASSP en date du 05/05/2025 il a été constitué une SARL à capital fixe dénommée : Objet social : Prise de participation dans toutes sociétés Durée : 99 ans à compter de l'immatriculation au RCS de Bobigny Siège social : 22 Rue de la Liberation 93700 Drancy KASHMIR KULDEEPAK demeurant 22 Rue de la Liberation 93700 Drancy SAS au capital de 500 € Siège social : 83 AVENUE ARISTIDE BRIAND 93320 LES PAVILLONS-SOUS-BOIS RCS BOBIGNY 895404861 Par décision de l'Assemblée Générale Extraordinaire du 23/12/2024 il a été décidé de transférer le siège social au 193 Avenue Henri Barbusse 93700 DRANCY à compter du 23/12/2024 SARL au capital de 6000 € Siège social : 68 RUE BEAUMARCHAIS 93100 MONTREUIL RCS BOBIGNY 951929264 Par décision Assemblée Générale Extraordinaire du 28/02/2025 il a été décidé de nommer M GALLEGO AGRUNA Daniel demeurant 21 Avenue Jules Guesde 93240 STAINS en qualité de Gérant en remplacement de M Khan Bashiran Ghulam Abbas Aux termes des décisions de l'Associé Unique en date du 9 avril 2025 il a été décidé de nommer en qualité de Président Madame Laurie Rome demeurant 35 en remplacement de Monsieur Christophe Wong démissionnaire