President Sarkozy tries to patch it up with Bretons

The French Head of State has invited Bretons leaders and business men for lunch at the Elysee Palace on next Wednesday May 11th.

They are :

- Alain Glon from Glon company and president of the [[Institut de Locarn]] – [website in French only];

- Jacques Bernard, president of the association [[Produit en Bretagne]] – [website in French and Breton only];

- Christine Le Tennier, champion of the development of Algoculture (seaweed farming) in Rosporden, Finistère. COE of Algues de Bretagne (voir le site) [and (voir notre article) in French];

- Jean Le Vourch, Executive director of Crédit Agricole Finistère;

- Jacques Jaouen, Executive director of Brittany Chamber of Agriculture;

- [[Jean Ollivro]], geographer, professor in Rennes II University, president of think tank Bretagne Prospective (Forward-looking Brittany), author of numerous books on Brittany and its future;

- Dr [[Jean-Paul Moisan]], former human genetician professor, now CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the bio-engineering company IGNA based in Nantes – [pages in French and Brezhoneg, on wikipedia];

- Claude Guillemot, Guillemot Corporation CEO (voir le site) , president of [[Club des Trente (Bretagne)]] – [page in French only, on wikipédia];

- Christian Roulleau, from Saint-Brieuc, is Samsic Group CEO (voir le site) of the Group (in English), created in 1986 and based in Cesson-Sévigné near Rennes ;

- Roland Beaumanoir, from Saint-Malo, CEO of [[Groupe Beaumanoir]], creator of a chain of 2.000 stores of feminine clothes (voir le site) ;

- [[Patrick Le Lay]], former CEO of TV channel TF1 Group, now president of the Rennes Football club, who declared in 2005 « I am not French, I am Breton » – [his page in French and German, on wikipedia];

Philippe Argouarch

Translation Maryvonne Cadiou from (voir notre article)