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2000 in France

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2000
in
France
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See also:Other events in 2000
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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in France.

The year 2000 is in particular remembered in France by a media campaign on the conditions of detention of prisoners. A parliamentary board of inquiry was created. The conclusions of the report were that French prisons were both unhealthy and over-populated. The sanitary arrangements were considered to be scandalous. The government of Lionel Jospin launched a programme to renovate and build new prisons.

Incumbents

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Events

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February

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  • 1 February – a 35-hour working week imposed on companies of over 20 employees (see also Working Time Directive).

June

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July

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September

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  • 24 September – Constitutional Referendum is held on whether the presidential mandate should be reduced from seven to five years.

November

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  • 4 November – a demonstration is held in Paris for the abolition of prisons.

Undated

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Births

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Deaths

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January to March

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April to June

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July to September

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October to December

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Full date unknown

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References

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  1. ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 649–650. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  2. ^ "W-Fenec : Agora Fidelio : Chroniques, biographie, infos, concerts".
  3. ^ 2000 in France at the French Football Federation (in French)
  4. ^ Peter Morris (13 November 2000). "Jacques Chaban-Delmas". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  5. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1970". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 22 November 2021.