Published 1 year ago

Art or torture? France debates banning bullfighting

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Nearly 75% of the French back banning bullfighting, according to an Ifop poll. Leftwing lawmaker Aymeric Caron has submitted a bill to do just that, which will be debated in parliament on Thursday. At the weekend, pro and anti ban protesters marched in several southern France cities where corrida is still allowed.

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Reuters

Art or torture? France debates banning bullfighting

By Eric Gaillard and Elizabeth Pineau ARLES, France - Sixteen-year old Baptiste is training to be a bullfighter in the southern French city of Arles and says lawmakers who want to ban it across the country simply do not comprehend what he calls an art. "Corrida is a tradition, an art, a dance with the bull," said Baptiste, one of about a dozen students who learn to wave the traditional

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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National Post

Art or torture? France debates banning bullfighting

ARLES -- Sixteen-year old Baptiste is training to be a bullfighter in the southern French city of Arles and says lawmakers who want to ban it across the country simply do not comprehend what he calls an art.

1 year ago·Canada

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Art or torture? France debates banning bullfighting

ARLES, France : Sixteen-year old Baptiste is training to be a bullfighter in the southern French city of Arles and says lawmakers who want to ban it across the country simply do not comprehend what he calls an art. "Corrida is a tradition, an art, a dance with the bull," said Baptiste, one of about a d

1 year ago·Singapore

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Toronto Sun

ART OR TORTURE? France debates banning bullfighting

Nearly 75% of the French back banning bullfighting, according to an Ifop poll.

1 year ago·Toronto, Canada

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Publico

Art or torture? France debates the end of bullfighting

Over the past few years, bullfighting has divided the opinion of the population in several countries. Now, it is in the city of Arles, in the south of France, that the debate that seeks to put an end to this practice begins.

1 year ago·Portugal

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France24

French parliament to debate divisive ban on bullfighting

Sixteen-year old Baptiste is training to be a bullfighter in the southern French city of Arles and says lawmakers who want to ban it across the country simply do not comprehend what he calls an art.

1 year ago·France

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