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Euro Edition: Morning Papers
Aired December 12, 2003 - 05:45 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: In the meantime, plenty of big stories brewing overseas, including the one we have been talking about all morning, the knighthood of Mick Jagger.
Hala Gorani is with us live from London to talk about our 'Euro Edition.'
Hala, what is the talk of the town about Mick Jagger, Sir Mick.
HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, let me get to Mick in just a minute. First, I'll start with Liv Tyler, though, because she is on the front pages of every single broad sheet this morning in the U.K., including "The Times," There you can see a nice picture of her here at the premiere of the movie yesterday.
Well she went to the premiere, she did the red carpet thing, but she didn't stay for the screening. And the reason is because she said that she had cried continuously the first time she saw the film and did not want to repeat that experience. And instead she went to see a concert in London, somewhere else on the other side of town, apparently, and didn't stay for the screening. And that was the official reason why. Here you have her smiling before the premiere as well.
Now, not a big news day when it comes to the broad sheets. In other words, not a clear consensus on what's the big lead here in the U.K. "The Independent," though, is the only broad sheet without a picture of Liv Tyler on its front page, and it's talking about the moment of truth for Europe and Brussels. The representatives of 25 nations now are discussing the E.U. constitution. A big day for them, and many problems when it comes to agreeing on certain fundamental issues.
And one of them is who -- how do you vote on big issues? Do bigger countries have more of a voting right than smaller countries? Another issue is God. Some countries believe that there should be a direct reference to God in the European Union constitution. And those countries are Italy, for instance, Spain, Poland, Ireland, countries with a -- which have -- which allow for a very big role for the Catholic Church, of course. A country vehemently opposed to a reference to God or Christianity in the E.U. constitution is France.
Now France is also dealing with religious issues of its own. And this has been front page news in France for the last few days. And its Muslim headscarves or other ostentatious religious symbols. The big issue is this, Carol, should we allow students in publicly funded schools in France to wear obvious religious symbols? That includes, of course, the Muslim headscarf, the hijab. But as well, we have the Jewish yarmulke, we have big crucifixes.
And there was a report handed over to Jacques Chirac, the President of France, that said no we shouldn't. And in fact, we should legally ban students and pupils from wearing religiously ostentatious symbols. And a lot of the Muslim community, many in the Muslim community say wait, this sounds a lot like you are trying to ban religious headscarves. I can hardly imagine a head principal going over to a student and saying your crucifix is too large.
So this is something that, of course, is fueling a big, a great amount of debate in France. And next week, Jacques Chirac will say whether or not he recommends a legal ban on religious symbols.
Quickly about Mick Jagger. Now Mick Jagger has not made the papers yet. And the reason for that is because he is being knighted in about one hour, so we don't have that in the papers or, in fact, we don't have any pictures of it. But he is being knighted by Prince Charles, because the Queen is in hospital getting her knee operated on.
And his band mate, Keith Richards, has said in previous interviews that he doesn't want to step out on the stage with someone wearing a coronet and sporting the old ermine. So you see that in the band there is some rift over whether or not these rebels should fold into the establishment and start accepting knighthoods.
LIN: Yes, I mean why -- how do you qualify for knighthood?
GORANI: So there you go.
LIN: Hala, what do you do to qualify for knighthood?
GORANI: Well, it's services -- it's services rendered to whatever industry you happen to work in. So you can, if you are -- get an MDE, you have lower levels of recognition from the British Empire like a member of the British Empire or an order of the British Empire. And a knighthood is, of course, when you get to be called sir and then your first name. And that's one of the highest levels of recognition. And Elton John has it and others, Paul McCartney, of course. So there we go.
A quick last word on Ozzy Osbourne, if we have time. My Ozzy nearly died, according to Sharon Osbourne. She says he didn't breathe for two minutes, a guard saved his life. This is, of course, after his quad bike accident. We're desperate. Doctors can't rule out lasting damage, according to the tabloid the "Daily Mirror." So there you go -- Carol.
LIN: All right. You covered it all. You got a little bit of everything there across the pond. Thanks so much, Hala.
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Aired December 12, 2003 - 05:45 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: In the meantime, plenty of big stories brewing overseas, including the one we have been talking about all morning, the knighthood of Mick Jagger.
Hala Gorani is with us live from London to talk about our 'Euro Edition.'
Hala, what is the talk of the town about Mick Jagger, Sir Mick.
HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, let me get to Mick in just a minute. First, I'll start with Liv Tyler, though, because she is on the front pages of every single broad sheet this morning in the U.K., including "The Times," There you can see a nice picture of her here at the premiere of the movie yesterday.
Well she went to the premiere, she did the red carpet thing, but she didn't stay for the screening. And the reason is because she said that she had cried continuously the first time she saw the film and did not want to repeat that experience. And instead she went to see a concert in London, somewhere else on the other side of town, apparently, and didn't stay for the screening. And that was the official reason why. Here you have her smiling before the premiere as well.
Now, not a big news day when it comes to the broad sheets. In other words, not a clear consensus on what's the big lead here in the U.K. "The Independent," though, is the only broad sheet without a picture of Liv Tyler on its front page, and it's talking about the moment of truth for Europe and Brussels. The representatives of 25 nations now are discussing the E.U. constitution. A big day for them, and many problems when it comes to agreeing on certain fundamental issues.
And one of them is who -- how do you vote on big issues? Do bigger countries have more of a voting right than smaller countries? Another issue is God. Some countries believe that there should be a direct reference to God in the European Union constitution. And those countries are Italy, for instance, Spain, Poland, Ireland, countries with a -- which have -- which allow for a very big role for the Catholic Church, of course. A country vehemently opposed to a reference to God or Christianity in the E.U. constitution is France.
Now France is also dealing with religious issues of its own. And this has been front page news in France for the last few days. And its Muslim headscarves or other ostentatious religious symbols. The big issue is this, Carol, should we allow students in publicly funded schools in France to wear obvious religious symbols? That includes, of course, the Muslim headscarf, the hijab. But as well, we have the Jewish yarmulke, we have big crucifixes.
And there was a report handed over to Jacques Chirac, the President of France, that said no we shouldn't. And in fact, we should legally ban students and pupils from wearing religiously ostentatious symbols. And a lot of the Muslim community, many in the Muslim community say wait, this sounds a lot like you are trying to ban religious headscarves. I can hardly imagine a head principal going over to a student and saying your crucifix is too large.
So this is something that, of course, is fueling a big, a great amount of debate in France. And next week, Jacques Chirac will say whether or not he recommends a legal ban on religious symbols.
Quickly about Mick Jagger. Now Mick Jagger has not made the papers yet. And the reason for that is because he is being knighted in about one hour, so we don't have that in the papers or, in fact, we don't have any pictures of it. But he is being knighted by Prince Charles, because the Queen is in hospital getting her knee operated on.
And his band mate, Keith Richards, has said in previous interviews that he doesn't want to step out on the stage with someone wearing a coronet and sporting the old ermine. So you see that in the band there is some rift over whether or not these rebels should fold into the establishment and start accepting knighthoods.
LIN: Yes, I mean why -- how do you qualify for knighthood?
GORANI: So there you go.
LIN: Hala, what do you do to qualify for knighthood?
GORANI: Well, it's services -- it's services rendered to whatever industry you happen to work in. So you can, if you are -- get an MDE, you have lower levels of recognition from the British Empire like a member of the British Empire or an order of the British Empire. And a knighthood is, of course, when you get to be called sir and then your first name. And that's one of the highest levels of recognition. And Elton John has it and others, Paul McCartney, of course. So there we go.
A quick last word on Ozzy Osbourne, if we have time. My Ozzy nearly died, according to Sharon Osbourne. She says he didn't breathe for two minutes, a guard saved his life. This is, of course, after his quad bike accident. We're desperate. Doctors can't rule out lasting damage, according to the tabloid the "Daily Mirror." So there you go -- Carol.
LIN: All right. You covered it all. You got a little bit of everything there across the pond. Thanks so much, Hala.
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