Official Presentations, Reports and Speeches:
Address by the Prime Minister Lionel Jospin at the dinner given by the CRIF, 28 November 1998
Title
Address by the Prime Minister Lionel Jospin at the dinner given by
the CRIF (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France)
Date
28 November 1998, Paris
Speaker
Lionel
Jospin, Prime Minister of France
Description
On
the subject of looted property during the Holocaust, Prime Minister
Jospin reiterates his support for reparation and restitution. He outlines some
of France's future plans for following through with this commitment:
French participation in the Washington Conference for Looted Holocaust-Era Assets;
the allocation of 20 million francs to the international aid fund for victims of
Nazi persecution (intended in particular for those Eastern European Jews who
suffered at the hands of Nazism and the Communist regime and were prevented from
receiving compensation paid after the war); the increase in funds for the
Mattéoli task force; and the commitment to an appropriate resolution of the
status of MNR paintings (Musées Nationaux Récupération) in French museums.
Publishing
Information
Lionel Jospin. Statement at the Dinner
Given by the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France. 28
November 1998, Paris, France. <http://www.info-france-usa.org> accessed 15 July
2002.
Source
A
transcript of this statement can be accessed at the website for the Embassy of France
in the USA, <http://www.info-france-usa.org>
accessed 15 July 2002.
