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Thank you, Mr President,

Madam President of the Committee on Culture, Education and Communication, dear Catherine Morin-Desailly,

Mr Rapporteur, dear Jean-Raymond Hugonet,

Ladies and gentlemen senators,

It...

Chancellor of the Institut de France,

Dear Xavier Darcos,

Thank you for welcoming us to this magnificent auditorium.

This is further proof of the commitment of the Institute and the five Academies to heritage, especially...

Ladies and gentlemen elected,

Ladies and gentlemen,

Dear friends,

Dear Marianne CARON-MONTELY,

There are exceptional men and women in this land. Men and women who, through their kindness and their...

Mr President/ Madam President,

Mr. Speaker, dear David Assouline,

President of the Commission de la Culture, de l'Education et de la Communication, dear Catherine Morin-Desailly,

Ladies and gentlemen senators,

I...

Ladies and gentlemen parliamentarians,

Mr President of rRegion, dear Renaud MUSELIER,

Dear Mayor Hervé SCHIAVETTI,

Ladies and gentlemen elected,

Madam Chair, dear Delphine,                                                                                                                                                                               

Director,...

Minister,
Dear Françoise NYSSEN,

Ladies and gentlemen parliamentarians,

Dear Renaud MUSELIER, President of the Regional Council,

Ladies and gentlemen elected,

President of the French Bookshop...

Madam Minister, dear Françoise,

Dear Renaud MUSELIER, President of the Regional Council,

Madam President of the Departmental Council, dear Martine VASSAL,

Dear Hervé SCHIAVETTI, Mayor of Arles,

Ladies...

Mr Prefect of the Region,

Ladies and gentlemen parliamentarians,

Dear Bruno Lion, President of SACEM,

Madam President of the Nuits de Fourvière, dear Myriam PICOT,

Dear Jean-Noël TRONC,

Mr Dominique...

Ladies and gentlemen parliamentarians,

Mr. Speaker, dear Roch-Olivier,

Ladies and gentlemen counselors,

Mr President of HADOPI,

Thank you to Radio France for its welcome, dear Sibyle.

And thank...

Ladies and gentlemen,

Dear friends,

For more than thirty years, the Ministry of Culture has been pursuing a policy in favour of the visual arts – now the “visual arts” policy.

Today, this public policy...