2012 in France
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Events from the year 2012 in France:
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Incumbents
- President: Nicolas Sarkozy (until 16 May), François Hollande (starting 16 May)
- Prime Minister: François Fillon (until 16 May), Jean-Marc Ayrault (starting 16 May)
Events
January
- 11 January - French journalist Gilles Jacquier is killed in Homs, Syria after coming under fire whilst reporting the Syrian uprising for France 2. He is the first Western casualty of the conflict.[1]
- 13 January - Standard & Poor's downgrades France's credit rating from AAA to AA+.[2]
- 23 January - The Senate passes a bill criminalising the denial of the Armenian Genocide.[3]
February
- 22 February - The term 'mademoiselle' is removed from official documents following a campaign by feminist organisations.[4]
- 28 February - The Constitutional Council rules that the bill criminalising denial of the Armenian genocide infringes on freedom of speech, and is therefore unconstitutional. In response, Nicolas Sarkozy orders a redraft of the bill.[5]
April
- April 22 - François Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy are selected as second round competitors in the French presidential election, 2012.
- May 6 - François Hollande is elected as the new president of France.
- May 15 - François Hollande is sworn in as president of France.
July
- Commission on renewal and ethics in public life is formed by François Hollande on 16 July 2012.[6]
Arts and literature
Art
Film
Music
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Television
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Literature
Sport
- 18–20 May - 2012 French motorcycle Grand Prix won by Jorge Lorenzo
- 27 May-11 June - 2012 French Open ("Roland Garros")
- 4–7 October - 2012 Rallye de France won by Sébastien Loeb
Deaths
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- 14 February – Henri-Germain Delauze, 82, engineer and diver, founder of COMEX
- 15 February – Jacques Duby, 89, actor
- 22 February – Rémi Ochlik, 28, photographer
- 25 February – Maurice André, 78, trumpeter (born 1933)
- 28 March – Eduard Steinberg, 76, painter (born 1937)
- 29 July – Chris Marker, 91, artist (born 1921)
References
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