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See also: 1999 in France, other events of 2000, 2001 in France.
Events from the year 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.
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Events
- 1 February - a 35 hour working week imposed on companies of over 20 employees (see also Working Time Directive).
- June - National Assembly votes in favour of changing the Presidential term to five years. 1
- 25 July - Air France Flight 4590 Concorde crashed outside Paris killing all 109 passengers and crew. 1
- 24 September - Constitutional Referendum is held on whether the presidential mandate should be reduced from seven to five years.
- 4 November - a demonstration is held in Paris for the abolition of prisons.
Arts and Literature
Sport
- 1 July - Tour de France begins.
- 2 July — France wins the UEFA European Football Championship.
- 2 July - French Grand Prix won by David Coulthard of the United Kingdom.
- 23 July - Tour de France ends, won by Lance Armstrong of the United States.
Births
Deaths
January to March
- 1 January - Jean-Claude Izzo, poet, playwright, screenwriter and novelist (b.1945).
- 2 January - Henri René Guieu, science fiction writer (b.1926).
- 3 February - Pierre Plantard, draughtsman, principal perpetrator of the Priory of Sion hoax (b.1920).
- 5 February - Claude Autant-Lara, film director and later MEP (b.1901).
- 11 February - Jacqueline Auriol, aviatrix who set several world speed records (b.1917).
- 11 February - Roger Vadim, film director (b.1928).
- 5 March - Lolo Ferrari, dancer, porn star, actress, and singer (b.1963).
April to June
- 11 April - Pierre Ghestem, bridge and checkers player (b.1922).
- 20 May - Jean Pierre Rampal, flautist (b.1922).
- 6 June - Frédéric Dard, writer (b.1921).
- 22 June - Philippe Chatrier, tennis player (b.1926).
- 25 June - Pascal Themanlys, poet, zionist, and Kabbalist (b.1909).
- 27 June - Pierre Pflimlin, politician and Prime Minister (b.1907).
July to September
- 3 July - André Guinier, physicist (b.1911).
- 17 July - Pascale Audret, actress (b.1936).
- 18 July - René Chocat, basketball player (b.1920).
- 22 July - Claude Sautet, author and film director (b.1924).
- 14 August - Alain Fournier, computer graphics researcher (b.1943).
- 26 August - Odette Joyeux, actress and writer (b.1914).
- 20 September - Jeanloup Sieff, photographer (b.1933).
October to December
- 10 November - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Gaullist politician and Prime Minister (b.1915).
- 10 November - Gérard Granel, philosopher and translator (b.1930).
- 17 November - Louis Eugène Félix Néel, physicist, the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 (b.1904).
- 22 November - Théodore Monod, naturalist, explorer and humanist scholar (b.1902).
- 25 November - Raymond Janot, politician.
- 29 November - Bernard Pertuiset, neurosurgeon (b.1920).
- 15 December - Jacques Goddet, sports journalist and Tour de France director (b.1905).
- 28 December - Jacques Laurent, writer and journalist (b.1919).
Full date unknown
- Pierre Allain, climber (b.1904).
- Pierre Gabaye, composer (b.1930).
- Antoine Guillaumont, archaeologist and Syriac scholar (b.1915).
- Jean Vallette d'Osia, Lieutenant General (b.1898).
References
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 649–650. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
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