Académie de la Carpette Anglaise

The Académie de la Carpette anglaise ( German for about the Academy of English crawlers ) is a negative prize that has been awarded annually in France since 1999. It honors one member of the French political or social elite who promotes the advance of English in France and in European institutions at the expense of the French language .

The price is similar to the German language panner of the year .

Award winners

The following people and institutions received the award:

2018: Olivier Schrameck , President of the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (“High Council for Audiovisual Media” - CSA) for refusing to exercise the powers conferred on him in relation to the preservation of the French language on radio and television channels.

2017: Anne Hidalgo , Mayor of Paris, for the priority use of English as the language of communication in the city of Paris for tourists and foreign students.

2016: Anne-Florence Schmitt , editor-in-chief of Madame Figaro , for the constant abuse of Anglicisms and junk English, in the magazine that appeals to a large female audience.

2015: Alexandre de Juniac , CEO of Air France-KLM , for replacing the advertising campaign “ Faire du ciel le plus bel endroit de la terre ” with the English campaign “ Air France, France is in the air ”.

2014: Pierre Moscovici , EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, for a letter written entirely in English to his French compatriot Michel Sapin .

2013: Geneviève Fioraso , Minister for Higher Education and Research, for allowing teaching in English in French universities.

2012: Frédéric Cuvillier , Minister Associate for Transport and the Maritime Economy, for declaring that English should become the official language in the field of transport.

2011: Jean-François Copé , General Secretary of the UMP , for promoting the use of English in schools and on television.

2010: Martine Aubry , party leader of the Parti socialiste (and her communication advisors), for her repeated use of English advertising slogans such as care or What would Jaurès do?

2009: Richard Descoings , Director of Sciences Po in Paris, because he wanted to introduce only English-language events for certain courses. He also corresponded in English with the French Gymnasium in Madrid.

2008: Valérie Pécresse , French Minister of Education and Research, for saying that the French language is in decline and that the taboo on English in the European institutions and in French universities must be broken by compulsory intensive teaching of this language.

2007: Christine Lagarde , French Minister of Economic Affairs, for the fact that she sometimes communicates with her staff in English - the magazine Le Canard enchaîné reported that Lagarde was already nicknamed Christine The Guard for this reason .

2006: The French Constitutional Council ( conseil constitutionnel ) for its “multiple violations of Article 2 of the Constitution , which states that French is the language of the French Republic” and for “ declaring the London Protocol to be constitutional, English and German Text enables legal effects in France ”.

2005: France Télécom , telecommunications provider, for the introduction of services and products with English names ("Business Talk, Live-Zoom, Family Talk ...")

2004: Claude Thélot, chairman of the National Commission for the Discussion of the Future of Schools, for his assessment that "the English of international communication" is a fundamental subject and is just as important as French. He also recommended showing American programs in the original version on French television channels.

2003: The HEC group, whose director Bernard Ramanantsoa stated in December 2002: "To claim that French is a language of international understanding like English is more likely to cause a smile today."

2002: Jean-Marie Colombani, director of the newspaper Le Monde , which publishes a weekly supplement of English-language articles from the New York Times , without any reciprocity arrangement or consideration of other languages .

2001: Jean-Marie Messier , CEO of Vivendi Universal , for the systematic preference for English as the language of communication in his companies

2000: Alain Richard , French Defense Minister, for obliging French soldiers to speak English in the Eurocorps , even though no English-speaking country is a member of this association.

1999: Louis Schweitzer , Chairman of the Renault Board of Directors, for specifying American English for all reports for his company's board meetings

Winner of the special jury prize for foreigners

The list of winners of the special jury prize for foreigners is:

2018: Doug Ford , Prime Minister of the Canadian province of Ontario , for his announcement that the project of a French-speaking university in Toronto will be discontinued, even though bilingualism in Ontario is set in areas with a higher proportion of French-Ontarians .
2017: Donald Tusk , President of the European Council, who expresses himself primarily in English and in particular excludes French from his communication.
2016: École normal supérieure (Paris) , which develops teaching programs in English only, claiming that an international school should do so.
2015: Luc Besson , director of mostly English-language films for supporting a change in the tax regime in the film industry in favor of films in English; Films shot in English in France can be declared "French" for tax purposes and benefit from subsidies.
2014: Paula Ovaska-Romano , Director of the Languages Department and Deputy Director of the Translation Department of the European Commission, for violently criticizing a member of the association who called her in Italian in English that Italian is an exotic language.
2013: Tom Enders , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EADS. Among other things, he announced in France to the staff, that is to say the German, French and Spanish workers in the Defense and Space Department, an extensive, drastic layoff plan in English only.
2012: AFII (French Agency for International Investment) and INPI (National Institute for Industrial Property) for their advertising Say oui to France, say oui to Innovation .
2011: Ryanair because it required English language certificates for pregnant women (in Spain).
2010: Paul Kagame , President of the Republic of Rwanda , because he ordered his country's transition from French to English as an official language and the Francophonie (OIF) in favor of the Commonwealth left
2009: Jean-Louis Borloo , Minister for the Environment and Renewable Energies, for signing an English-only contract from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The minister stated that the signing of the contract was very urgent. However, at the time of his signature, another 5 contracting parties had also not yet signed the contract.
2008: Eurostat , which since April 2008 has published its Statistiques en bref only in English, and not, as before, in French and German.
2007: the Geneva Police for a publication entitled United Police of Geneva
2006: Ernest-Antoine Seillière, entrepreneur and former President of MEDEF and Businesseurope , for his meeting in March 2006 at the European Council in Brussels.
2005: Josep Borrell , President of the European Parliament for his preference for English at the meeting of a parliamentary group from Europe and the Mediterranean countries in Rabat (Morocco), as well as the failure to translate the working documents.
2004: Jean-Claude Trichet , President of the European Central Bank, for his presentation to the European Parliament in English and for his statement “I am not a Frenchman” when he took office .
2003: Pascal Lamy , for his systematic use of English as EU commissioner, contrary to Community rules.
2002: Romano Prodi , President of the European Commission , for promoting English food labeling and for negotiating the EU enlargement exclusively in English.
2001: Lego company , Danish manufacturer of children's toys, for selling its products in France using English expressions such as Explore being me , Explore together , Explore logic and Explore imagination .

Individual evidence

^ Publications of the Academy in Défense de la langue française .
^ ^A ^b Academic publications in Avenir de la langue française
^ The Legal Context of Canada's Official Languages | Site for Language Management in Canada (SLMC) - Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI). web.archive.org, December 21, 2016, archived from the original on December 21, 2016 ; accessed on November 3, 2019 .
^ Uni chief told off for Anglicisms. connexionfrance.com, January 1, 2010, accessed on November 3, 2019 .
^ Pierre François: Anti-prix littéraire: la Carpette anglaise 2008 est décernée. holybuzz.com, November 27, 2008, accessed November 3, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Le Prix de la Carpette anglaise. Le Monde diplomatique, La bataille des langues, “Manière de voir” No 97, February 2008, accessed on November 3, 2019 (English).

[communiqués_de_l'Académie_de_la_carpette-1] Publications of the Academy in Défense de la langue française .

[avenir-2] A ^b Academic publications in Avenir de la langue française

[3] The Legal Context of Canada's Official Languages | Site for Language Management in Canada (SLMC) - Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI). web.archive.org, December 21, 2016, archived from the original on December 21, 2016 ; accessed on November 3, 2019 .

[4] Uni chief told off for Anglicisms. connexionfrance.com, January 1, 2010, accessed on November 3, 2019 .

[HBuzz-5] Pierre François: Anti-prix littéraire: la Carpette anglaise 2008 est décernée. holybuzz.com, November 27, 2008, accessed November 3, 2019 .

[MondDiplo-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Le Prix de la Carpette anglaise. Le Monde diplomatique, La bataille des langues, “Manière de voir” No 97, February 2008, accessed on November 3, 2019 (English).