Thursday 4 January 2018

A French mayor's revolt : The end of kissing

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47-year-old Aude Picard-Wolff, a mayor from Morette, near Grenoble, has written to her 73 colleagues on the council calling for an end to the time-consuming ritual of kissing.

This is despite the fact that a greeting kiss has been exchanged by women with colleagues everywhere in France for decades.

The Macrons take part in “la bise”, the tradition of women being greeted with two kisses

Hear the mayor:
“I’ve had enough kissing 73 district councillors. I want to be able to arrive on time and do like the men and shake hands instead of giving the two usual kisses. Women kissing women and men was a nice gesture that no longer means anything. It was unhygenic and wasted time.''

Surprisingly, she was backed by colleagues, and her call has struck a chord in France.

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