#which is in lyon - NOT paris - but the show clearly stated it as paris so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Le Havre - Olympique Lyonnais OLPlay Postgame Interviews

Standard disclaimers apply; @OL Comms Dept there is so much you can chip in for including but not limited to a PSL or an apple cinnamon scented candle; don't do invasive shit it drives me NUTS; y'all know the speech by now.

Why Liana Joseph got interviewed over Eugenie Le Sommer and/or Danielle van de Donk is beyond me, but this is what happens when Timothee isn't there.

SONIA BOMPASTOR INTERVIEW

Journalist: Our coach, Sonia Bompastor. Good evening, Sonia. I imagine we have a satisfied coach this evening.

Bompastor: Yes, yes, a lot of satisfaction indeed. Our start of the season has been almost perfect even if in terms of expectations there are still things we can improve on. But in case in terms of the result, between last week with the first title and today with the beginning of the league, I'm really satisfied, and I'm happy with what we showed in the game today. It's a good foundation to have to build on, and obviously there are still things we need to work on. But in terms of progression we know what we can do, and the foundations are in place.

Journalist: We saw a starting eleven which was almost identical to what we saw against Paris Saint-Germain in the Trophee des Championnes. But we also saw a lot of substitutions, some interesting substitutions, some substitutions which clearly brought something to the team in the second half. There was obviously a preseason element for some of the players in the team [Carpenter had only been back with the team for about 10 days], that was pretty logical. In the end, it's pretty encouraging to see the team already performing well.

Bompastor: Yeah. It was a good performance. I'm lucky to have at my disposal a group of players who have a lot of quality but also a quantity as well, which will allow us to be in play for all the competitions. So that's good. And what's important is that I can count on everybody. There's a lot of quality, I'm repeating myself. But with all the games we will be playing this season, it's important to count on everyone. And especially to be able to tell yourself that when you're calling upon players who weren't in the starting lineup, they're in the right state of mind. They can make a difference off the bench. And for the team, for the coach, for the staff, those are good things.

Ivan Martin: Good evening, Sonia. I'm replacing Timothee in the studio this evening. I wanted to ask you a question regarding the importance of starting the season well, knowing that as soon as the second day of the league, we're playing Paris Saint-Germain and that could already be one of the defining parts of the season.

Bompastor: Yeah. Before the start of the game, I told my players during the pregame speech that we're starting a new season but also with a new format, with these play-offs [Bompastor and Precheur are both super opposed to the playoffs] but that shouldn't change anything in terms of our ambitions, both personal and our objectives. This means we wanted to start the season off by a win obviously, have positive talking points. And mainly we wanted to be in the first place from the first day. We don't want to let it go. We want to be top of the table from the beginning to the end. So yeah. And obviously it gives us a big advantage at the end with the playoffs [top ranked team hosts the dumb playoffs]. But we all have those ambitions and we wanted to stay top of the table from the beginning to the end. Of course there will be teams who will come along and want to mess up those plans. But for us in terms of ambitions we're focused on precisely that.

Journalist: A quick word, Sonia, on Liana Joseph, who became the 166th player to play for Lyon in an official competition. I'm also talking to you as the former director of the youth academy. You must be happy to see a player come up from the youth academy and is also showing a lot of quality.

Bompastor: Yes, Liana [Joseph] is a player who is showing a lot of potential [so send her out on loan instead of forcing Lyon to be the one trying her out!!!!] We know her really well. Since the beginning of the preseason she's done some really good things. It was an opportunity for her today to come on, play her first minutes in the D1 Arkema [French league], in terms of experience it's really important for her. For us, it was deserved. She puts in a lot of good work, a lot of hard work. For me it was the chance to reward her for all the work she's done.

Journalist: And Sonia, before coming back to Lyon, we're going to enter a period you're not super fond of, the return of a majority of your players to their national teams. We're going to cross our fingers and hope everything goes as well as possible.

Bompastor: Yeah. I've said all along that the players will have an extremely packed calendar. We know that. That's also why I'm trying to manage the load of my players. The substitutions are both about performance and also managing tiredness. It's important to play the game, to communicate with the national teams to try and keep the players on the field as much as possible and as safely as possible.

Journalist: Thank you, Sonia, and congratulations once again for this great win, 4-0 at Le Havre.

Bompastor: Thank you, have a good night.

LIANA JOSEPH INTERVIEW

@OL Comms PLEASE get her some media training this is one of the most painful interviews I have translated, though to be fair the questions were really shit too.

Linguistic lesson: in French, there are two forms of "you" - formal (vous) and informal (tu). I find it interesting that the journalist uses the informal "you" with Joseph because he doesn't with any of the other players or with Bompastor.

Journalist: I'm here with Liana Joseph. Liana, congratulations. I want to use the informal "you" with you, if that's okay with you. First official game tonight with Lyon. I imagine there were quite a few emotions.

Joseph: Yeah, it was emotional for sure. I'm really happy to have had my first minutes in front of my parents and my family who have supported me. And I want to continue like this, to get some minutes and eventually be able to play a full game.

Journalist: Get some minutes when we see the roster and especially in Lyon's attack, you find yourself in practice next to Ada Hegerberg, Eugenie Le Sommer, Kadidiatou Diani, Melchie Dumornay. A lot of big names. I imagine that having a place next to those big names, it's not easy. How do you handle all that at your young age?

Joseph: It's complicated. But I'd rather play with the top players, because that way - I don't know how to say it - that way the better the players I'm with, the better player I become.

Journalist: Indeed, we know you a little bit at Lyon, but we want to know a bit more about you. You're very composed in front of goal, very powerful. Can you tell us who your role models are? Are there certain players that you've followed for a long time? How would you define yourself as a forward?

Joseph: Delphine Cascarino has been a big inspiration for me. And Melchie Dumornay, because she is powerful, etc. Delphine, I look at her movement, how she positions herself to be able to replicate it myself.

Journalist: We saw a Lyon team tonight who imposed them with a 4-0 win to start the season after having won the Trophee des Championnes. We know we always have to win when we play for Lyon. Have you set any small objectives for yourself for your first season with the pro group?

Joseph: Continue to be part of the group, and once again try and get some minutes. And why not, win some trophies.

Ivan Martin: Good evening, Liana. I have a quick question for you, focusing mainly on your debut this evening with the pro team. What did Sonia [Bompastor] expect from you during the week, and what were her expectations of you when you came on as a substitute?

Joseph: She told me to play like I know how to play and not put pressure on myself, and to do what I do in training. Do what I know how to do, really.

Journalist: Well in any case, congratulations. We're really happy for you this evening, Liana. Now you're off with the [U-17s] National Team, a good generation and good objectives with the French National Team.

Joseph: Yes, thank you.

WENDIE RENARD INTERVIEW

Journalist: A player who has certainly made herself a place on the team, it's obviously the captain, Wendie Renard, whom we're delighted to have with us at the Stade Oceane [where the game was played]. Captain, congratulations on the win, for the goal, and for the start of the season which for the moment is perfect.

Renard: Good evening, thank you. It's always nice, we really wanted our season to be off to a good start. We did that tonight. I think there are still things we need to improve on, but that's normal. But the positives are that we won, we got the three points but mainly we didn't concede any goals, so that's cool.

Journalist: Indeed, if we look at the different statistics, two games, two wins, already a trophy added to the cabinet, six goals scored, zero goals conceded. Defenders who stood out tonight, with the center backs becoming goal scorers. We saw you score a header and Vanessa [Gilles] at the end of the game. Here we really feel that this team, their core players know each other really well. And there are some new elements, we saw Melchie [Dumornay] at the Trophee des Championnes, Kadidiatou Diani who arrived during the transfer window. We also saw Liana Joseph tonight. This team has quite the arsenal to accomplish things, don't they?

Renard: Yeah, obviously. There are players who joined us this summer and for me, I'm welcoming them with open arms because they're world class players with a huge amount of potential. So when we're at Lyon and we are in play in all the competitions, as I've said, it's important to have a deep bench and to have quality players to be able to compete against the other teams. We did that in the first game against Paris [Saint-Germain in the Trophee des Championnes], even if once again there are things we need to improve on. And that's normal. When you talk recruitment, you're obviously talking about a lack of connection, you're talking - well you obviously need more time. But if you're working on it on a daily basis, with the different meetings we can have between all of us, we're going to get better on an individual level and as a team. But we saw the young Liana [Joseph] tonight, I'm happy for her. She's a young player with lots and lots of qualities. So the fact we were able to give her 15 minutes tonight, she'll start to learn a little what it's like at the top level. And that's good for her. And if she came on then it's because she deserved it as well. As with other [teams], there's still a lot of the season left to play. We haven't done anything yet. But as I said, the most important thing is the win and the clean sheet.

Ivan Martin: Good evening, Wendie. I had a question about the last goal Lyon scored this evening. We're used to seeing you putting on a strong defensive performance, we're used to you being good with attacking headers. And then there was that sequence at the end of the game, where you dribbled twice, once on your left foot and once on your right, and then a perfect cross on your weaker foot delivered perfectly to Vanessa [Gilles]. Can you talk a little about it?

Renard: Well right at the beginning I saw that Amel [Majri] received the ball, so I came up [the field] for support so she could play 1-2. She gives me the ball but I saw that the player anticipated the return pass, so I controlled the ball. I wanted to turn away from goal but I could see them trying to close me down, so I did a technical sequence and then I applied myself on the cross. And I delivered a good cross to Vaness[a Gilles]. So, I'm happy. I don't think people are used to seeing me do that. But again the most important thing is that we scored, so it's good that Vaness[a] was able to put the chance away. And on a personal level it's nice to be able to help the team in other ways, so it's cool.

Journalist: Indeed, we're now going to closely follow your assist statistics now. Maybe you'll have something to say in that area. On a more serious note, there's the return of international play again, with a new competition that France will play in, the League of Nations. And the good news as well with the return of Griedge M'Bock with the French National Team. In any case, there's a lot of good things to look forward to with the French National Team.

Renard: Yeah, there's some good games coming up, with a new competition starting up as well. I know everyone is talking about the Olympic Games, but I also want to focus on this new competition. So we'll do everything, starting from next Friday, to start it off really well. And really happy, thank you God as the expression goes, this girl [Griedge M'Bock] is so incredibly strong. She's come from so, so far. I think everyone saw the pictures when she got injured, it was really, really hard for her. But almost exactly a year later she returns to the national team. So yeah, really, really happy and I hope that this time she will be able to play as much as possible with us, and get her rhythm back, because that obviously takes some time but she's working towards that. And she will help the team achieve their objectives, it's as easy as that.

Journalist: Good luck with the national team. But please come back in one piece. There's seven of you [on the French team], come back healthy because there's just that small game on October 1 against Paris Saint-Germain.

Renard: [laughs] Yeah, we know the games will start to add up. But we like that. I think these two games with the national teams will help us get into the rhythm of things on an individual level and as a team. After that, we'll come back and we'll do everything to accomplish our objectives together.

[nixariel]

CARMEN SANDIEGO (2019) + locations ║ Casablanca, Poitiers, and Paris [1/?]

[latvian-parisienne]

Day 2 - Walk 22km per day and dance the night away to balance out the pains-au-chocolat

Have you ever felt anxious? I did today. The ticket registration at our home metro station, Campo Formio, was not working so we did not register our tickets. I never ever use public transportation without a ticket in Riga, and in Paris, after hearing many horror stories about security guards, cameras and big penalties for riding without a ticket, I was scared until the very last moment until we saw the light of day in Monmartre. All turned out well so I think I can now shyly say that I actually managed to use the Paris metro for free.

Accidentally we arrived in Monmartre at the time for the catholic mass. It was an amazing experience. Three priests, the choir singing and people praying - it is not something you get to see in such a popular landmark. And when you see so many people praying there at the same time, it’s magical. 

Afterwards Paris surprised us with its distance again. You can easily walk back to the Centre Pompidou, the to Sciences Po, then to Jardin Tuilleries and then come back home to the 13th arrondissement without even getting completely exhausted. I have never walked so much around Riga because everything feels further there. Here it’s easy. 10 minutes walk and you have another landmark in front of you. Maybe that is the booster needed to walk. Altogether yesterday we walked 22.2km, which is not a crazy amount, I would like to walk even more, but my legs still do not feel tired. I’m wondering when that will happen.

Although I had been at Centre Pompidou a few years ago, I remember it quite different. To be frank, I remember only me not enjoying it very much and having huge queues there. This time we managed to buy the tickets in 3min time and then walk through all expositions in like 2 hours time. A bit of a rush but it was still a great visit.

However, la Tour Eiffel played me very well. From Monmartre you cannot see la Tour Eiffel, I thought it was more to the right than the view includes (as it also turned out to be in the end). When we were walking at the sightseeing platform at Centre Pompidou, I couldn’t find the Tour Eiffel either so I started to brag that “the myth that you can see the Eiffel Tower from any spot in Paris is complete bullsh*t”. Well, in the case of Centre Pompidou it wasn’t true, because you can see it from there. Furthermore, you can see it very clearly. Nothing is far in Paris, that is the key. If you can see it (and you can) you can walk there.

After going back to the school and seeing many unfamiliar faces, we went to Jardins Tuilleries to meet my roommate Sorina’s Moldovan friends who are studying in Lyon. Not only they were amazing people to talk to (they are aware of history of Latvia and of our language group, which is not a usual thing for such small country as Latvia) but they showed as the Musée de l’Orangérie. It is a quite small but very concentrated art gallery full with both classic and well-known painting as well as beautiful artworks that cover the whole room. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not an arts guru as my mates seemed to be, but everything was very enjoyable and that’s the most important part.

When we got home, we started to prepare for the Boat Party that Sciences Po was organizing. We could have started getting ready an hour later because the party started 40 minutes later than expected. Everyone was standing outside of the boat and mingling among themselves while serious guards were standing before the entrance. While waiting for the impossible to happen (or the party to start) we managed to meet several Taiwanese and American students, a Finnish student, a Romanian student, and so many more people that it was a great exchange. The party can start later if we can meet new people anyway.

Usually people from the other side of the globe simply do not know where Latvia is and I am aware of such situations. A fun thing happened when I tried to explain to two French students in English where Latvia was. When I mentioned the Baltic States, I heard one of them whispering to the other that I am from the USA. When I corrected her in French and said that I’m from Lettonie, they understood immediately. And why wouldn’t they - as it turned out, one girl’s mom was from Poland. And we’re almost neighbors.

Actually that is so funny whenever you meet a person from Europe, especially Nordic Europe, you already feel like you’ve met a neighbor. Finland, Norway, everything counts. They know where you come from, maybe they have even visited your country, and you feel like you have met someone who’s at least coming from the same side of the globe.

However, the older I get, the less I enjoy club-like parties (good luck, Marta, enjoying the one you are going to tonight haha). It’s so crowded, you cannot even communicate with people, you just have to dance with people jumping on your feet and bumping into your head. C’est la vie at a big university. And don’t even think about knowing the people you see! I’m kiiiinda missing my SSE Riga parties where you know everyone and you greet with everyone. Here it’s none. 800 Bachelor exchange students and even more French students. What can I expect, of course, but I miss knowing people. But probably the best parties will be more fun since I will know more people and (hopefully) they will also not feature 400 people on a small boat. Imagine the biggest SSE Riga party and put it on the “Vecr��ga” yacht. That’s what you get. Many people, big mess and no opportunity to talk to anyone or to dance in a bigger space. Luckily everyone was understanding about the lack of space and it was possible to have fun up until 3pm until we both got really tired. And the taxi driver offered us chewing gum. I am still not sure whether we were stinking or he was simply nice but that’s left to rest unknown.

[thelyonsempire]

Once a Single Mom with a Dream, Taraji P. Henson is Now a Hollywood Headliner

Want to know what it feels like for a woman to be a commanding presence in a man’s world? Just ask Taraji P. Henson, who might be the greatest motivational speaker we ladies have at the moment. 

“I feel like a boss bitch,” she says, flashing her megawatt grin. “I’m grabbing my nuts, like, ‘Yeah!’ ”

Could we consider this an apt metaphor for the current push-pull of power dynamics? Perhaps. As Henson knows, there’s no time to mince words anymore. From the #MeToo movement to the midterm elections, we’ve seen what happens when women stake their claim. Henson, a single mother from Washington, D.C., who has worked in the industry for over 20 years, is among those finally getting their due — and she’s not afraid to say it.

Her latest film, What Men Want, explicitly explores these themes. Out in February, it flips the script from the Nancy Meyers-directed What Women Want (2000), which starred Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. Henson plays Ali Davis, a cocky (for lack of a better term) sports agent. After getting passed over for a big promotion, she visits a psychic (the singer Erykah Badu) who provides her with a special tea that allows her to hear men’s thoughts.

Henson stars and also serves as an executive producer. It’s the first time the 48-year-old actress — who has nailed every dramatic role that has come her way — is getting a chance to flex her musical-theater-trained muscles as the lead in a full-fledged comedy. And Henson is clearly in her element, engaging in the kind of “I’ll do anything for laughs” physical antics emblematic of her heroes Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball.

“I’ve always been the funny girl,” Henson says emphatically. “Not that I was pigeonholed. They were all great dramatic roles, but I’ve been dying. I just felt so honored and grateful to get a comedy where I could let it all hang out. My best friend was like, ‘Lord, they don’t know what they have unleashed.’ ”  

“Taraji is old-school funny,” says someone who would know, her What Men Want co-star Tracy Morgan. “She is willing to take a pie to the face or stuff a bunch of candy in her mouth to get a laugh. She cuts the monster but doesn’t cut too deep because she knows we need the monster comedy.”

This past November Henson also voiced the animated character Yesss (which Henson pronounces as “Yesssssss” in her sweet drawl) in Ralph Breaks the Internet, Disney’s big-budget sequel to Wreck-It Ralph, which grossed over $400 million worldwide. It was another chance for her to show off her comedic chops, but this time for the kids. And after years of struggling to make it in Hollywood, she’s acutely aware of how doing a family film can help her bank account.

“You know, that’s [audiences buying] four tickets instead of two,” Henson says. “That’s generally going to be the largest-grossing film in anyone’s repertoire.”

To attend InStyle’s shoot, she took a 24-hour break from the Chicago set of Empire and her most significant character to date, the cutting and campy Cookie Lyon. Henson admits that the silver-tongued ex-con and matriarch of the Lyon family was the one who really put her on the Hollywood map. Despite all her successes — in the Oscar-nominated films Hidden Figures and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Henson has never had a movie studio bring her overseas to do press. But Cookie has.

“Hollywood executives would tell me that I don’t have fans all the way over there,” Henson says, shaking her head. “I said, ‘You’re lying because they can reach me any time. I’m a finger tap away, and they let me know every day.’ ” And while the international box office plays a big role in getting lead parts in feature films, it was Cookie who let Henson know she was appreciated. “Then we go to Paris [to promote Empire], and it’s standing room only in a room with 1,500 seats. I cried. If you believe what people tell you … you can’t let people tell you shit.”

Henson’s strong sense of self comes from her parents. She was an only child until she was 17 (her half sister, April, now works as her “a-sister-ant”). Her father, Boris, was a Vietnam War vet who battled PTSD and alcoholism throughout her childhood. Despite his mood swings, Henson says, he instilled in her a no-fear attitude that has stuck with her to this day. From her mother, Bernice, she inherited her endless drive and passion.

“I was like the Punky Brewster of the hood,” Henson says with a laugh. “I was a well-rounded kid, but I could also scrap if necessary. But I wasn’t that hard. I still had Strawberry Shortcake wallpaper in my room, and my friend Tracie and I were doing Shakespeare in the Park … and we were in the f—ing hood.”

Though it was clear from an early age that Henson was a natural-born performer, she spent her nascent college years attempting to follow in her father’s footsteps by studying engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. With her colorful outfits and spirited attitude, she earned the on-campus nickname Hollywood, yet it still took failing math classes for her to realize the sciences were not where she belonged. When she called Boris to tell him, he was not surprised.

“Good,” he said. “Get your ass back up to D.C. and enroll in Howard’s drama department. Do what you’re supposed to be doing.”

While attending Howard University, Henson became pregnant with her son, Marcell. After graduation the single mom and her baby boy moved to Los Angeles with $700 borrowed from family and friends so she could pursue her dreams. Between casting calls, there were stints as a substitute teacher for kids with special needs. Eventually she landed an agent, and guest spots on network television shows soon followed. But it was her roles in films such as Baby Boy and Hustle & Flow that really made Hollywood take notice.

Now that she’s got the mic, Henson is putting it to good use, choosing impactful projects like this spring’s The Best of Enemies, about civil-rights activist Ann Atwater and her unlikely friendship with C.P. Ellis (portrayed by Sam Rockwell), a former member of the Ku Klux Klan. She is also starring in and producing a movie about Emmett Till, the teenager who was lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi in 1955.

“I don’t care if you’re young or old or what color you are, art is so powerful,” she says on the topic of representation. “You can show things to people you’ve never met and you broaden horizons. I don’t take for granted what I have, and I try to use it in any way I can, positively.”

The fact that Hollywood continues to preach about the importance of diversity but then casts predominately white males in lead roles is not lost on the actress. “Here’s the deal: When you talk about money, don’t you want to make money? I want every walk of life [in my films]. If I could put an alien in, I would. I want their money too. Come on, it’s what the world looks like. That’s what people want to see, representation. That’s all. You can make money doing it. It’s a no-brainer.”

She also recently established the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation (named after her beloved father), which encourages African-Americans with mental-health issues to seek the help they need. “It was born out of necessity,” she says. “You know, traumatic stuff happened to me and my son. [Her ex-boyfriend, Marcell’s father, was murdered in 2003.] You can’t just pray it away. I don’t care how strong you are. It gets to you, and if you don’t deal with it, it manifests itself in ways you don’t even know.

“My white friends have standing appointments with their therapists,” Henson continues. “I was like, ‘Why aren’t we doing that?’ In our culture, it’s taboo.” The first people to sign on? Her male friends from the industry, all of whom wrote checks on the spot. “The black men stepped up. Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Tracy Morgan, Chance the Rapper all stepped up. I called, they answered. Snoop told me, ‘Baby girl, that’s important. What you’re doing is important.’ Tyrese said, ‘You’re making it cool to seek help.’ ”  

Another supportive figure is her fiancé, former NFL cornerback (and Super Bowl XLI winner) Kelvin Hayden. The two were quietly dating for three years before Hayden proposed last Mother’s Day. They are planning to wed this summer in a private, low-key affair, and though her designer friends are offering to make her a dress, Henson is opting for the most efficient route.

“I’m not going to go through 10,000 dresses,” she says. “How does it fit? How do I feel? Does it complement me well? Let’s just go with this one. I know what looks good on me. I’m not going to spend 10 hours on a fitting. I hate that.”

The wedding itself will probably take place in July, once Henson figures out if Empire is going to be picked up for a sixth season. Fortunately, it is filmed in Chicago, where she and Hayden reside with Marcell — now 24 and an aspiring rapper and music producer — and their miniature French bulldog, K-Ball, which was Hayden’s nickname when he played in the NFL.

Their life is a healthy one. Hayden runs his own gym, and she’s always cooking new vegan treats for her tribe. She made the jump to veganism after suffering massive stomach pains while filming The Best of Enemies this past summer. “It took a doctor in Macon, Ga., to say, ‘If you don’t change what you’re doing, you’re going to get stomach cancer.’ I said, ‘Say no more.’ So I switched everything up out of necessity. I want to live. Thank God, because I feel so much better.”

Now that she’s in love, at the top of her game, and clearly adored by the world at large, Henson is ready to expand her repertoire even further. “The older I get, I want to work smarter, not harder,” she says. She’ll answer that superhero hotline if it rings — “DC, Marvel, you all can call me!” — but for now she’s content being the funny girl.

“I want to show you this,” she says, grabbing her phone to play a video that was sent to her by What Men Want director Adam Shankman. It’s footage from an early screening, and the audience is roaring with laughter.

Henson admits to having goose bumps as she cradles the device like a proud mama: “Listen to them cackling!”

[reigncruz246]

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Some things to do in France include visiting Paris, its capital. The city is a conglomeration of beautiful, vintage cobblestones that juxtapose metropolitan fashion and ideals. The Eiffel Tower is a mark of Paris’ heritage, and can be seen from virtually anywhere. It also has a Michelin-star restaurant on its second floor, where you can wine (which, by the way, is cheaper than water) and dine in style. The Musée du Louvre is home to many galleries, and is a beautiful place to lose yourself for a few hours. It is also the home of possibly Da Vinci’s most famous work, the Mona Lisa.

The Château de Versailles is also a sight to behold, with many contemporary artist showcases. These contrast well against the age-old grandiose beauty of their Renaissance-like gilding and architecture. Other note-worthy places to visit include the Pigalle, Disneyland Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Cannes and the French Alps. France is also known for the Tour De France, said to be the hardest cycling race in existence. The Cannes Film Festival and Les Miserables are also well-known in the film world.

What are the types of French visa? The French visas are split into three rough categories – the short-stay, long-stay and transit visas. Short-stay visas are those for a stay of less than 90 days, and long-stay is for more than 90 days. There are some ‘temporary’, or France visitor visa types, such as the tourist and business visas. These come under short-stay. The France working visa is not the same as a business visa, as it is a more ‘permanent’ and long-term option. The France student visa seems to be part of the long-stay visa as well. For the family of students, you will need to obtain a short stay (less than 90 days) visa. This may be termed by some as a France parent visa. It would need to be a tourist visa, as you may not be granted the other type.  

It may be also good to note that the France visa application is part of the general Schengen visa application types. You can apply for a Schengen visa for another Schengen state and still be able to visit France. However, this is not the case if France is your main destination. If you will spend the most time here, you will need to apply explicitly for a French visa. If you plan to visit any other Schengen states during your visit to France, this needs to be specified too.

Are There Any Exceptions? There are some instances where those living in India would not need a visa. This could be you, if you have a valid residence permit or long-stay visa from any Schengen member state. If you are a citizen of the EU,  Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, you can avail this visa-free visit as well. Otherwise, there isn’t really a France visa on arrival for Indian citizens. It is possible to go through the France visa application online, as they do have a portal. The documents required are mentioned below – they are extensive, and sometimes confusing. If you would like help piecing them together and sorting the application out, we at Visa2Fly are here for you! Read on to know more about the documents required for the France tourist visa and business visa – their documents required. For more details on France visa fees, processing time, validity, etc. – check out our France visa page!

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Kropotkin's idea of the Free Commune via /r/Anarchism

Kropotkin's idea of the Free Commune

This is a brief text about Kropotkin's idea of the Commune. I'm writing this because far too often I've read people talking about Kropotkin's Commune who completely misunderstand it. I can not be sure but I think the crux of the misunderstanding lies in reading Kropotkin's enthusiasm's towards the medieval commune as an endorsment of it. In fact, and this is exactly what we'll see in this post, Kropotkin opposed to the medieval commune what he called the Free Commune, or the Communist Commune. Let's begin.

A Short Introduction or, why is this subject important for Kropotkin and Anarchists

As I pointed out Kropotkin didn't call for a return to the medieval Commune (and he also rejected the Paris Commune, see the appendix). He had two main reasons for this, one the Medieval Commune was in his mind founded on the same governmental principle it tried to evade second and it is linked to maintaining the government, these communes also kept in place private property and thus couldn't revolutionize relations of domination towards free relations, the Medieval Commune soon found itself both exploiting the countryside and making compromises and alliances with their former lords.

In freeing itself from the lords, did the Commune of the middle ages free itself also from those rich merchants who, by the sale of merchandise and capital goods, had gained private wealth in the heart of the city? Not at all! Having demolished the towers of the overlord, the inhabitant of the town very soon saw within the Commune itself the citadels of the rich merchants who sought to subdue him being built, and the internal history of the Communes in the middle ages was that of bitter struggle between the rich and the poor, a struggle that ended inevitably with the king's intervention. As a new aristocracy took shape in the very heart of the Commune' the people, having fallen into the same kind of servitude to the lord within the city as it had hitherto suffered to the lord outside, understood that it had nothing to defend in the Commune; its members deserted the walls they had built to gain their liberty and which the regime of individualism had turned into the ramparts of a new servitude. Having nothing to lose, the people let the rich merchants defend themselves, and these relations were usually limited to a treaty for the defence of urban rights against the lords, or perhaps a pact of solidarity for the mutual protection of the citizens of the communes on their distant journeys. And when real leagues were formed among the towns, as in Lombardy, Spain and Belgium, these leagues were too lacking in homogeneity and too fragile because of the diversity of privileges, and soon broke up into isolated groups or succumbed under the attacks of the neighbouring states.

In making clear what Kropotkin thought was to be the Free Communist Commune I hope to first clear the distinction between communalists and anarchists and second to put an end to marxists accusing anarchists of wanting to develop "decentralized states under another name".

I. Kropotkin's vision of the Free Commune as a structure

This might not be the best to start with as it can be a bit complexe to understand without the other parts of Kropotkin's reasoning, but talking about the structure is important because it will show quickly how mistaken people are about Kropotkin's vision of the Free Commune.

If we admit, in fact, that a central government is absolutely useless to regulate the relations of Communes between each other, why do we grant the necessity to regulate the mutual relations of the groups that constitute the Commune? And if we concede to the free initiative of the communes the task of coming to an understanding between themselves on enterprises that concern several cities at once, how can we refuse this same initiative to the groups of which a Commune is composed? A government within the Commune has no more right to exist than a government over the Commune.

First point, Kropotkin didn't think of the Commune as a territorial organisation, much less a government creating laws and organizing the life of people living in a specific territory. For Kropotkin the Commune if it is to take any structure, is to take that of organisations which do not have a legitimacy to rule (even by mandate) and do not either have a specific territory. They're simply organised groups, like you can have a communal council in district's bakery so that the different people who bake bread can make decisions together about what kind of bread they want to bake. That's pretty much it. Kropotkin has no imperative about majority/consensus democracy inside those structures because regardless, they shouldn't be deciding for others anything.

But there is another thing to be considered. For the burgesses of the middle ages the Commune was an isolated State, clearly separated from others by its frontiers. For us, "Commune" no longer means a territorial agglomeration; it is rather a generic name, a synonym for the grouping of equals which knows neither frontiers nor walls. The social Commune will soon cease to be a clearly defined entity. Each group in the Commune will necessarily be drawn towards similar groups in other communes; they will come together and the links that federate them will be as solid as those that attach them to their fellow citizens, and in this way there will emerge a Commune of interests whose members are scattered in a thousand towns and villages. Each individual will find the full satisfaction of his needs only by grouping with other individuals who have the same tastes but inhabit a hundred other communes.

So forget the way states are organized with national, regional and municipal levels, this is not what Kropotkin had in mind. Kropotkin's Commune is not a smaller state, and the federation is not an alliance of these juxtaposed states. In Kropotkin's mind anyone can organise at any point, with anyone, on whatever "level" they want, but regardless of the organisation's "level" it can't decide either for individuals or for other organisations. There is no "chain of command", those Communes are similar to informal anarchist networks, but they're just different in that they're formal.

The Commune will then feel the need to contract other alliances, to enter into other federations. Belonging to one group for the acquisition of food supplies, it will have to join a second group to obtain other goods, such as metals, and then a third and a fourth group for textiles and works of art. Take up an economic atlas of any country, and you will see that economic frontiers do not exist: the zones of production and exchange of various products interpenetrate each other, tangle with each other, impose themselves on each other. In the same way the federations of Communes, if they were to follow their free development, would very soon start to mingle and intersect, and in this way form a network that would be compact, "one and indivisible,'' in quite a different way from these statist groupings whose parts are no more than juxtaposed, like the rods bundled around the lictor's axe.

  The Commune of tomorrow will know that it cannot admit any higher authority; above it there can only be the interests of the Federation, freely accepted by itself as well as the other communes. It will know that there can be no middle way: either the Commune will be absolutely free to adopt all the institutions it wishes and to make all the reforms and revolutions it finds necessary, or it will remain what it has been up to today, a mere branch of the State, restricted in all its movements, always on the point of entering into conflict with the State and sure of succumbing in the struggle that will follow. The Commune will know that it must break the State and replace it by the Federation, and it will act in that way. More than that, it will have the means to do so. Today it is not only small towns that raise the banner of communal insurrection, it is Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Cartagena,[31] and soon all the great cities will unfurl the same flag. This will mean an essential difference from the Commune of the past.

II. Kropotkin's vision of the Free Commune as revolutionary action

Now that we know what structure Kropotkin thought of when he talked about "The Free Commune", we have to talk about a second, maybe more important point. This point is that The Free Commune is not supposed to be just a structure, in fact it could be not a structure, in discussing the structure previously we were just discussing the form that Kropotkin viewed as a possibility, not a necessity. So then, what is the Commune?

The Commune is to but in bluntly, freedom. Freedom not in the liberal sense of "use and abuse" of property, but freedom in the anarchist sense, the abolition of all rule. And just as the first part related to the medieval commune maintaining the government structure, this second part relates to the medieval commune maintaining the economic structure. Opposed to this then Kropotkin sees the Commune as the social revolution which abolishes property. The Commune only exists insofar as property is abolished, which is similar for Kropotkin as the freedom of the people. And not only must it abolish property, it must abolish the relations of dominations and competition with the surrounding communes and the countryside to turn them into communist relations and mutual aid.

Make sure of victory first! As if there was any way of transforming society into a free commune without laying a hand on property! As if there could be any real way of defeating the enemy so long as the great mass of the people was not directly interested in the triumph of the revolution, in witnessing the arrival of material, moral and intellectual well-being for all! They sought to consolidate the Commune first of all while postponing the social revolution for later on, while the only effective way of proceeding was to consolidate the Commune by the social revolution!

On this point he is very clear, The Commune will not be The Commune if it is simply an organisation, much less if it is a governmental organisation. The Commune is the extent to which communism is achieved during the revolutionary period.

Certainly not. The Commune of the nineteenth century, strong of its experience will do better [than the medieval Commune]. It will be Commune more than just by name. It will not only be communalist, it will be communist ; revolutionary in politics, it will also be in the question of production and exchange. It will not abolish the State to rebuild it, and many Communes will know to preach example, by abolishing representative government to safegard their sovreignty from the randomness of elections.

Appendix, Kropotkin's view of the Paris Commune

Here I will just collect Kropotkin quotes about the Paris Commune to show how his view was much more nuanced than simply wanting a collection of communes like that of 1870-71.

But in 1871 the people of Paris, which had overthrown so many governments, was only involved in its first attempt at revolt against the governmental system itself: it submitted to governmental fetichism and gave itself a government. We know the consequence. It sent its devoted sons to the Hotel-de-Ville. Indeed, immobilised there by fetters of red tape, forced to discuss when action was needed, and losing the sensitivity that comes from continued contact with the masses, they saw themselves reduced to impotence. Paralysed by their distancing from the revolutionary centre-the people-they themselves paralysed the popular initiative.

  It was the same with the governmental principle. In proclaiming the free Commune, the people of Paris proclaimed an essential anarchist principle; but as this principle had only feebly penetrated people's minds at this time, they stopped in mid-course, and in the heart of the Commune the people continued to declare themselves in favour of the old governmental principle by giving themselves a Communal Council copied from the old municipal councils.

  What is worse is that France itself, which seemed to be opening new vistas, has continued to lapse into the same error. Disgusted by the sad experience of a constitutional monarchy, the people one day (in 1848) overthrew its government, but on the morrow it hastened to elect an assembly, merely changing its name and confiding to it the cares of government, which it would sell to a brigand[43] who would provoke the invasion of the fair fields of France by foreign armies.

Twenty years later (1871) it would fall into the same error once again. Seeing the city of Paris free of the troops and authorities who had deserted it, the people did not set about experimenting with a fresh approach that would facilitate the establishment of a new economic regime. Happy at having subsumed the word Empire in the word Republic, and the latter in the word Commune, the people hastened to apply once again, in the heart of the Commune, the representative system and to falsify its new ideal by evolving the worm-eaten heritage of the past. It abdicated its own initiative into the hands of an assembly of people elected more or less at random, and it confided to them the responsibility for that complete reorganization of human relationships which alone could have given strength and life to the Commune.

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Les Dégommeuses are trying to do the work for women’s soccer that FIFA and FFF won’t

With women’s soccer underpromoted by the people in charge of it, fans and independent organizations are trying their best to fill the gap.

When France played Norway on June 12, I was in a little brasserie in the 18th arrondissement, watching with a group of friends, most from the United States with one Canadian added to the mix. Four of us were wearing Les Bleues jerseys, the distinctive blue hexagon print on white standing out against the dark wooden décor. We had to crane our heads to watch the TV positioned on a post high and to our left, but as far as we could tell, ours were the only heads swiveling as France defeated Norway 2–1, that one against coming from an almost unthinkable Wendie Renard own goal. We howled in disbelief at that moment — particularly me, sitting there in my custom Renard jersey — and gasped and cheered our way through the rest of the game.

Eventually, a group of young French people in front of us howled back in irritation, our noise a distraction from their conversation, which did not include watching France play. The Canadian amongst us — Shireen Ahmed, for the record, who can walk into any situation and come out of it with a new friend — quickly convinced one of the young men to explain why no one in the restaurant seemed as into seeing France compete as we were. Amidst a couple of shrugs they said they did care; “It’s cool that everyone cares,” our young Frenchman told us in English, and they joined in some of the scattered clapping when the whistle blew and France took all three points. But like the rest of the diners, they clearly considered the game playing on the TVs behind them background noise.

There does seem to be a noticeable lack of engagement with the Women’s World Cup here in Paris. I spoke to Veronica Noseda, one of the co-founders of Les Dégommeuses, a French group that promotes women’s football and fights discrimination, particularly sexism and homophobia. They’ve been active since 2012, when one of their first projects was collaborating on a week-long event with Thokozani FC, a football club for South African black lesbians, named after Thokozani Qwabe, murdered in 2007 for being a lesbian (CW: rape, homophobia, hate crime). Noseda thinks the blasé attitude, at least in Paris, stems from a combination of outdated attitudes toward women’s football and the locals simply not knowing that the World Cup is going on under their noses.

Currently, Les Dégommeuses is attempting to raise awareness not just about the World Cup, but about the place of women — all types of women — in French football with a series of posters they’ve put up around Paris. According to Noseda, these posters are a response to “a very homogeneous image of female soccer players in France.”

“[Football Federation France], they talk about the politics of feminization,” she says, “Which means they want more women on the pitch and in the federation, which is great. But behind [their words] there was also a politic of feminization of the image of the players. They wanted the players to be beautiful, they wanted [them] to be very feminine, to reassure [people] about the fact that they are heterosexual, they are straight, they are one kind of woman. So responding to that, we wanted to have posters representing the multiplicity of women playing football, which means multiplicity in terms of looks.”

The posters certainly do show a multiplicity of women, from their gender presentation to their body types to their race. A row is hung on the fences outside the FIFA Fan Zone at Les Halles, although Noseda says there is no official partnership between Les Dégommeuses and FIFA. The organization simply went around Paris and stuck up posters of their own accord.

In fact, Noseda thinks FIFA could have done much, much more to promote the tournament in France. The Les Halles fan zone is nice, and in her opinion the French media are actually playing their part in covering the World Cup, but the marketing of the tournament is rather lackluster. The metro advertisements are one of her top criticisms — sure, you can find the odd poster of Les Bleues posing together, and there are a few ads on the backs of buses, but it’s hardly ubiquitous. “There is no sign in the public space that the World Cup is going on,” she says. In smaller cities like Reims and Valenciennes, the World Cup is more significant and takes up more space. “But in Paris, honestly, I’m a little bit disappointed.”

“I think there is a growing interest,” she says. “But for me a World Cup means to be in the streets and to be in the cafes and to see the match with someone else.” Noseda compares the degree of attention Paris is giving to the current tournament to the 2016 Euros, when there were televisions playing the game on every corner. “Everything stops, about the men it’s true, but not about the women.”

“It’s really a masculine sport,” she says of the less-than-progressive attitudes towards the women’s game. “And if you play football, you are criticized. You are a little bit disqualified. Your soccer is not good on principle.”

This attitude ripples out to the way the French women’s league operates. D1 Feminine might have one of — if not the best — women’s clubs in the world in Olympique Lyonnais, but there is a staggering disparity between OL and the clubs at the bottom of the league. Lyon star Ada Hegerberg is reported to make €400,000 a year, while at the bottom of the table, Noseda estimates at least a few players might take home only €800/month or €9,600/year, assuming they get paid for 12 months, which is uncommon. Unlike in NWSL, there are no requirements regarding a minimum or maximum salary, and so Noseda calls it a “scattered situation,” with superstars making dozens of times what other players are paid. Of course, this is not an argument that Hegerberg should be paid less, but that those at the bottom of the league need to be paid more, quite a bit more.

“It’s always a little bit like USA and Thailand,” Noseda admits ruefully as she described the gap between top and bottom in D1F. “Closing this gap [will be one] of the major challenges after this World Cup.”

Another challenge will be making French women’s football a safe place to be an out queer athlete. Noseda is a big admirer of Megan Rapinoe and other American players who have come out or are simply open about their lives, but their situation is different to that of French female players. “The main obstacle is the national discourse,” she explained. “In the US, the national discourse — I make it simple — is we’re all different but we all come together for the American nation, we’re all together. In France it’s not this.”

Noseda describes how the French national identity emphasizes that its citizens are French and nothing else, but notes this idea, ostensibly about affirming that all French citizens are equal, is in practice an erasure of the diversity of France’s population. “You’re French and that’s all,” she says. “We are all French. Races do not count because you’re French, gender does not count because you’re French, sexual orientation doesn’t count because you are French, which is of course an illusion… The fact is that by erasing these differences, they make one particular situation as universal. That means Catholic, white, man. This is the universal and the other people must just shut up.”

There’s been progress since Les Dégommeuses began its work seven years ago. Noseda says people are a little more ready now to accept that the discourse around what French national identity should mean and who should get to play football is changing. And she thinks that if Les Bleues advance in the World Cup, it’s almost certain French people will take notice and start to engage. “I think that a victory really would fuel the engine,” she said. “Without a victory...” Noseda made a dubious humming sound at the prospect. And if the French do end up meeting the United States in the quarterfinals and are sent packing — at that Noseda made a distinctly French kind of noise, a distressed exhale that came out as pouffff.

“I have a hope and a fear,” says Noseda when asked what she wants the World Cup’s legacy to be for her country. “My hope is that the image of sports changes, that women are not criticized, because it’s still like this in France... The fear is that it’s going to be very temporary and that the progress we’ve been making in terms of media attention, in terms of a little bit of political attention — my fear is that if it’s not encouraged enough, it’s going to be just temporary, just a phase and then we go back.”

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AEG - Lyon Postgame Interview

Singular since it's just Bompastor doing the interview.

Since I use this blog primary for my Lyon Propaganda Campaign, let this serve also an opportunity to turn this into a Coralie Ducher fan blog, possibly the only journalist at OLPlay who has no issue saying Lyon sucks when they actually suck. I flagged the questions actually asked by Ducher.

Standard disclaimers apply, @OLComms please pay for Pumpkin Spice Latte since I still acknowledge Lyon exists after these shit performances. Least you could do, buds.

SONIA BOMPASTOR INTERVIEW

Bompastor: Yeah, obviously, today's result is not acceptable. It's not possible when you are Olympique Lyonnais, you're traveling here to Guincamp, to play against a team who was struggling, was last in the table, who had conceded 15 goals, a team that was clearly lacking in confidence. Being both top of the table and Olympique Lyonnais, it's a [professional] foul not to have won the game today.

Journalist: We assure without being modest, or false modesty at least, could you tell us, in all honesty, whether it's actually the case, whether the numerous injuries, all the disruptions to the team that you are experiencing at the moment, could be one of the explanations for the state of play? It wasn't great against Fleury, it was "average" today. Do you have an explanation? And you can be honest, because when you are missing 10 starters, there's going to be some disruption.

Bompastor: Yeah, it's obvious these days that the group is affected by the number of injuries. It [the injuries] obviously affects quality players, experienced players who would do us the world of good if they were available. But that's what we are dealing with right now. And I feel that despite all of that, there are still resources available. I said it today, Guincamp is bottom of the table, they're a team that conceded 15 goals and only scored two goals. I think that the group today, the Olympique Lyonnais players, had the resources to beat this team. Now you know that to be top level, you have to score goals. We're focused in the prematch meeting on being efficient offensively. You saw it against Fleury, we saw it again today. I think we could play for hours and hours, as long we aren't scoring goals, it's difficult to win.

Ducher: Hi, Sonia. Other than the negative points which I am sure you will focus on all week, but what did you think of the younger players? [almost mocking] I already know what you're going to say, that you found them interesting, that they brought a certain dynamic, lots of confidence in how they played.

Bompastor: Yeah. [shrugs] The situation at the moment at Olympique Lyonnais is such that academy players can get playing time, so it's an opportunity for them. There's some interesting things. Now as I said, and I said this at half time as well, at the top level, you have to show a lot more determination. Playing pretty football, that's nice, but at a certain point you have to have a killer mentality, have to want to hurt the opponent. And even more against a team like Guincamp, who was suffering from a lack of confidence, no points. We had opportunities to score, we didn't do it. That makes all the difference. For me this evening we clearly lacked determination to put the ball at the back of the net.

Journalist: Thanks, Sonia. It's a part of football as well. But there is a very, very small thing to smile about, because Montpellier dug deep that drew against Paris Saint Germain, causing them to drop points. It's part of life in the league.

Bompastor: Yeah, obviously. Now it was also a possibility for us to extend our lead. And when we have those sorts of opportunities which open up, you have to take them. So yeah. Same thing last season, we dropped points against the team at the bottom of the table, Saint-Etienne. We find ourselves in the same situation. We need to find a way to bounce back. We've said it before, there are big games coming up in the league and in the Champions League. If we don't start playing better, it will be difficult.

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When corporations take credit for green deeds their lobbying may tell another story

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Former EPA chief Scott Pruitt, second from left, conferring with auto industry leaders AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

Today most large companies like Exxon Mobil, Ford and GM issue slick reports extolling their efforts to conserve resources, use renewable energy or fund clean water supplies in developing countries. This emphasis on efforts to curb environmental harm while benefiting society is called corporate sustainability.

Once uncommon but now mainstream, this show of support for a greener and kinder business model might seem like a clear step forward. But many of these same companies are quietly using their political clout, often through industry trade associations, to block or reverse policies that would make the economy more sustainable. And because public policy raises the bar for entire industries, requiring that all businesses meet minimum standards, lobbying to block sound public policies can outweigh the positive impact from internal company initiatives.

This kind of corporate hypocrisy – what we call talking green while lobbying brown – is a form of greenwashing, in which companies trumpet their good deeds while hiding their efforts to block progress. As the past and present presidents of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability, we are concerned that this greenwashing may delay by years or even decades steps that might solve sustainability problems, such as slowing the pace of climate change or ending the ocean plastic pollution crisis.

Greenwashing is environmentally responsible talk without action. By Tamixes/Shutterstock.com

Sounding good yet lacking impact

We and our colleagues in the alliance have documented many business initiatives that fall short of the impact they claim. One of the best known was the chemical industry’s Responsible Care program, created after an explosion at Union Carbide’s plant in Bhopal, India, killed thousands of people in 1984. Strategy professors Andy King and Mike Lenox showed that participants actually made less progress in reducing their emissions of toxic chemicals than did nonparticipants. That prompted the industry to overhaul the program.

Or consider the Climate Challenge program. The Energy Department created this now-defunct partnership between business and government to encourage electric utilities to voluntarily reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. When one of us teamed up with Management Professor Maria Montes-Sancho to evaluate its track record, we found that there was no difference overall between participants and non-participants in their emissions reductions.

Both of these voluntary initiatives failed to solve environmental problems, so why were they created?

In the case of Responsible Care, chemical industry documents show that one of the program’s main goals was preempting tighter regulations. Likewise, public statements the electric utility industry and the Energy Department made indicate that they formed Climate Challenge to stave off new regulations.

And following the Trump administration’s plan to spike the Clean Power Plan, a federal rule that would have limited air pollution from power, utilities have essentially avoided federal climate regulation to date.

Even though these and other voluntary initiatives accomplish little of substance, they help call attention to the good steps industries appear to be taking instead of the environmental damage they are causing – which is exactly how greenwashing works.

Talking green while lobbying brown

As we and our colleagues explain in an upcoming article in the business journal California Management Review, it is easy to get away with greenwashing in part because it’s hard to detect what companies lobby for in the U.S., as there is no requirement to disclose the positions they espouse.

“Despite the statements emitted from oil companies’ executive suites about taking climate change seriously and supporting a price on carbon, their lobbying presence in Congress is 100 percent opposed to any action,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, lamented in Harvard Business Review.

Exxon Mobil has clearly engaged in this doubletalk. The corporation declared in its 2016 Corporate Citizenship Report that “climate change risks warrant action by businesses, governments and consumers, and we support the Paris Agreement as an effective framework for addressing this global challenge.” Yet the nonprofit group InfluenceMap recently found that Exxon was one of the top three global corporations in lobbying against effective climate policy.

Exxon Mobil’s hypocrisy may not be surprising given the company’s long history of funding climate deniers. However, it is far from alone in talking green while lobbying brown. Indeed, even companies with much stronger records on sustainability than Exxon do this, often through industry trade groups.

For example, Ford said in its 2017 sustainability report that “we know climate change is real, and we remain committed to doing our part to address it by delivering on CO2 reductions consistent with the Paris Climate Accord.” GM’s sustainability report stated that “General Motors is the only automaker on the 2017 Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America, and is also on the World Index.”

Yet as Alliance for Automotive Manufacturers members, Ford and GM both lobbied the Trump administration to weaken fuel economy standards – a strong tool for reducing vehicle emissions.

More political transparency needed

When companies hide their political opposition to sustainability policies, it deprives investors of the right to know how their funds are being used. This obfuscation also denies consumers the right to vote with their wallets for greener products.

We believe the best way to expose this duplicity is by requiring corporations to disclose more details about their political actions. For instance, new laws might demand that companies, both individually and as part of industry associations, make their lobbying stances public, and reveal which politicians they have called on to take a given position.

And companies could be forced to reveal what they spend on so-called “independent” political advertisements, also known as issue ads.

In the U.S., one good option would be to update the Lobbying Disclosure Act to require more detailed reporting, including spending on astroturf lobbying, the practice of using fake grass-roots groups to influence public opinion.

The private sector can take action too. In Europe, the Vigeo Eiris rating agency has begun to assess corporate political transparency. Such evaluations would become much more powerful if required by leading investment managers. That is why we see the recent call by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, for companies to “benefit all their stakeholders” as a step in the right direction.

Tom Lyon is the President of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability. He and Professor Delmas received funding from the Borchard Foundation that supported research on corporate political responsibility.

Magali (Maggie) Delmas is the past president of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) and remains affiliated with it.

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