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Frédéric Lefebvre is the official spokesman of the UMP, Sarkozy's party and France's majority ruling party. A long time friend of Sarkozy, he is known for his controversial statements.

September 28, 2009:

L'UMP apporte son soutien à Roman Polanski - Libération		UMP supports Roman Polanski - Libération
Tout le monde est derrière le cinéaste Roman Polanski, y compris l'UMP qui a jugé ce lundi «très regrettable» la quasi «mise en scène» et le «côté spectaculaire» de l'arrestation samedi en Suisse du cinéaste franco-polonais, selon le porte-parole de l'UMP Frédéric Lefebvre.		Everyone is standing by filmmaker Roman Polanski, including the UMP who, last Monday, called the Saturday arrest in Switzerland of Franco-Polish filmmaker, "very regrettable" and deplored the "staging" and the "spectacular aspect" of the whole business, according to the UMP spokesman, Fédéric Lefebvre.
«Ce qui est très regrettable, c'est que l'on voit bien qu'il y a quasiment une mise en scène d'une arrestation de Roman Polanski, 30 ans après les faits, alors qu'il est en déplacement dans un festival et qu'il l'a été à de multiples reprises», poursuit-il.		"What is very regrettable is that it is clear that there is practically a staging of the arrest of Roman Polanski, 30 years after the facts, when he's traveling to a festival and he has been there on several occasions ", he said.
Evoquant le «côté spectaculaire» de l'arrestation du cinéaste, Lefebvre a ajouté: «Ce qui est choquant, c'est le sentiment que l'on peut avoir que l'on a volontairement attendu très longtemps pour procéder à cette arrestation».		Citing the "spectacular side" of the filmmaker's arrest, Lefebvre said: "What is shocking is that we may have the feeling that one has deliberately waited for a long time before eventually proceeding to this arrest".

October 1, 2009:

Joggeuse: Frédéric Lefebvre réclame la «castration chimique» pour le suspect - Libération		Female jogger murder: Frédéric Lefebvre calls for the "chemical castration" of the suspect - Libération
Le porte-parole de l'UMP Frédéric Lefebvre a prôné jeudi le recours à la «castration chimique» après le meurtre d'une joggeuse près de Milly-la-Forêt (Essonne), dont un homme déjà condamné pour viol a reconnu être l'auteur.		The spokesman for the UMP Frédéric Lefebvre called Thursday for the use of "chemical castration" after the murder of a female jogger in a forest near Milly-la-Forêt (Essonne), for which a man previously sentenced for rape acknowledged being the author.
«Ne doit-on pas enfin décider la mise en oeuvre de la castration chimique pour ce type d'individu?», écrit M. Lefebvre dans un communiqué, jugeant nécessaire de «tirer les conséquences immédiates en termes de responsabilité et de modification de la loi».		"Shouldn't we finally decide to implement chemical castration for this kind of individuals?"Ã wrote Lefebvre in a communiqué, judging necessary to "_ draw the immediate consequences in terms of responsibility and modification of the law._"

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Thu Oct 1st, 2009 at 05:57:18 PM EST
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Nice conjunction

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Oct 2nd, 2009 at 04:21:23 AM EST
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