Podcast: the hunting vote, France welcomes Ukrainians, non-binary Barthes
rfi.frhigh-profile accidents led to calls to curb – or even ban – hunting. Several candidates were recently invited to address the French federation of hunters (FNC) and lay out their policies.
Hunter Denis Plat (@platdenis), editor of the online hunting magazine J'aime la chasse (I love hunting), defends the tradition and says it's far more socially and politically diverse than its image.
Faced with what they see as an attempt "to destroy a certain way of life", hunters are ready to fight back. (Listen @) France is prepared to welcome 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion, with citizens offering spaces in their homes and donating clothes, toys and other basic necessities.
Paris has set up a Ukrainian welcome centre to help people get temporary residency papers and find housing. We visit the centre at the Porte de Versailles and meet people arriving in France for the first time, not as tourists, but as refugees.
