Protester Strips in French Senate

[emad]

Thursday May 12, 2005 4:16 PM


PARIS (AP) - A man stripped in the French Senate, revealing the word ``non'' written on his chest, a show of opposition Thursday to the European Union constitution.

The man was unharmed after jumping several feet from the public gallery onto the Senate floor, officials at the upper house of parliament said. He was carried away, waving his fists, by security. He was wearing white sneakers and what appeared to be a G-string, but otherwise was naked.

Senate officials said he told police he was protesting the ``dictatorship'' of the ``yes'' camp in the heated campaign on the constitution, which will be voted on in a referendum on May 29.

The man's protest, shown live on parliamentary television, provoked scattered laughs in the Senate chamber, where senators were holding a regular question session with government officials.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5001052,00.html

[lenidog]

1. Hopefully the for the protestor, the French senate was laughing at him

stripping and not his physical attributes.

[Inland]

2. There's a "oui-oui" joke in there somewhere. nt

[Jara sang]

3. Pics?

No pics?

[Hand]

4. Zut Alors!

The French, they are a funny race... :rofl: :toast:

[Deja Q]

5. Laughs? Hmmm, must be quite a small protest then...

:wow: