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}}}>Begin Mon 15 Apr 2002 Le Monde readers outraged by English-language supplement SUSAN BELL IN PARIS A DECISION by the influential French daily, Le Monde, to print a supplement of English-language articles taken from the New York Times has provoked the fury of its readers. "This is the wrong way to be open to the world, it�s a self-enslavement, participation in the Americanisation of France," Albert Salon, president of the International Francophone Forum, a group that defends the French language, wrote in protest. Noting that the New York Times was not publishing articles from Le Monde in French, another irate reader wrote: "You shouldn�t be surprised that the Americans treat us with such condescension." The 12-page supplement, which appeared for the first time on Saturday, contained a broad mix of articles on subjects ranging from Israel to blue jeans, Antartica to the recent scandal of paedophile priests in the US. Le Monde�s ombudsman, Robert Sole, revealed in the same edition that the paper had received a flood of angry letters from readers protesting at the decision to run the supplement. Le Monde said it had decided to include the English-language supplement after conducting a marketing survey last August in which 59 per cent of those questioned said they would be interested in such an idea. Readers aged 15 to 24 were especially enthusiastic. However, the paper is now facing a backlash from linguistic purists who believe that, by its action, the paper is failing to defend the French language by encouraging the encroachment of English. The paper said it had also received several letters which accused Le Monde of insulting the majority of its audience, which did not understand English. "They�ll be considered fools who have no place in today�s society," one wrote. "What a deplorable example for the leading French-language newspaper to give!" "When will you realise you�re sawing off the branch you�re sitting on?" another reader asked. "When will you understand that, by doing this, you contribute to isolating and despising millions of people who do not speak English fluently?" One offended reader suggested that Le Monde reprint the whole New York Times in Paris every day "with a four-page supplement in the indigenous language for local [ie, French] news". Another asked why it did not run news in Spanish from Madrid�s El Pais daily. Mr Sole reassured readers that the New York Times supplement was an experiment which was due to last just three months. It was intended to open Le Monde readers to another way of looking at the United States, he said. The paper has said it would decide after the trial period whether to continue. Le Monde wanted to attract new readers and aimed to create a Europe-wide advertising market with dailies in Germany, Italy and Spain also printing the New York Times supplements, Mr Sole added. 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