Accoyer indicated to his American counterparts that he continued to receive complaints from French constituents who live in the U.S. that instances of gratuitous rudeness motivated by Anti-French prejudice continue, as does dismissive public commentary and jokes. Accoyer insisted that the problem was not all that serious, but still unpleasant because unnecessary and unjustified. Accoyer accused his own fellow-citizens of not appropriately sympathizing with Americans.

John Miller talks about the book he co-wrote, Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America’s Disastrous Relationship with France, published by Doubleday. He argued that the nature of France’s relationship with the United States has been duplicitous and cited many examples in his book from the history of the two countries. Following his remarks, Mr. Miller responded to audience members’ questions.

The second video [C-Span Archives], predates the first by two years and features TF1’s Loick Berrou trying his best to explain the French position on Iraq and fielding many calls, some of which were replete with Anti-French stereotypes.

Mr. Berrou talked about French public opinion and government policy in regards to military action in Iraq. He also responded to viewer comments and questions.