On parle de MonPuteaux : dans BusinessWeek
mardi 05 juillet 2005
Le célèbre magazine américain BusinessWeek, dans son numéro du 11 juillet (page 48), publie un article sur le phénomène des blogs en France : "Liberté, Egalité... and Blogging". Mon procès avec la mairie de Puteaux est évoqué. Voici un extrait :
"(..) Welcome to France, where blogging is taken très sérieusement. An estimated 3 million French people, or 4.9% of the population, have their own blogs, a higher proportion than any other major European country. While the U.S. has more than 9 million bloggers, they make up just 3% of Americans. Although blogging is by and large a youth phenomenon, it has already caught the attention of the political and business Establishment. And in some cases it's setting off more fireworks than a Bastille Day celebration. On June 21 a 36-year-old civic activist and blogger named Christophe Grébert was summoned to a Paris courtroom to face charges of defaming the municipal government in the suburb of Puteaux. His offense: Posting excerpts of a newspaper article that alleged a municipal employee had been fired for whistle-blowing. (The newspaper also has been charged with defamation.) Grébert's preliminary hearing was postponed until early 2006, but his case made national headlines. In a sense, the Gallic embrace of blogging is no surprise. France has a long tradition of public protest, from the 1789 revolution to the barricades of 1968 to the frequent strikes that snarl public services (..)".
By Carol Matlack, with Constance Faivre d'Arcier, in Paris