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hatrack

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Fri Jun 9, 2017, 07:44 AM Jun 2017

Government Website Designed To Draw Climate Scientists To France Goes Live

The French presidency launched on Thursday a website to lure international scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs to France following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of a global climate change deal.

The website - makeourplanetgreatagain.fr - went live just a week after President Emmanuel Macron's speech that criticized Trump's decision to leave the Paris agreement on climate change signed in December 2015.

The English-language website, which uses the phrase coined by Macron that itself recycled Trump's campaign slogan, allows teachers, businessmen and NGOs to find the relevant contact details to help them settle in France.

It also marks a more offensive approach by France to take advantage of a perceived isolationist policy in the United States and promote a more business-friendly and open outlook advocated by the 39-year-old president.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-climate-paris-agreement-idUSKBN18Z21U

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Government Website Designed To Draw Climate Scientists To France Goes Live (Original Post) hatrack Jun 2017 OP
I'd love a good excuse to move to France!!! northoftheborder Jun 2017 #1
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