As far as Eric Besson is concerned, Facebook, the social website, just became antisocial. The French Immigration minister, 52, has been forced to postpone his wedding to a 24-year-old Tunisian art student after more than 1,000 people signed up to a Facebook group which pledged to disrupt the ceremony.Mr Besson, a politician of the centre-left who joined President Nicolas Sarkozy’s centre-right government in 2007, has long been one of the most unpopular politicians in France. His reputation has been further damaged in recent weeks by his part in implementing, and justifying, Mr Sarkozy’s crackdown on Roma gypsy immigrants from eastern Europe. It has become an article of faith on part of the French left that Mr Besson, once a reformer, had turned into a racist since joining the Sarkozy administration.
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Facebook threats force French minister to postpone wedding
As far as Eric Besson is concerned, Facebook, the social website, just became antisocial. The French Immigration minister, 52, has been forced to postpone his wedding to a 24-year-old Tunisian art student after more than 1,000 people signed up to a Facebook group which pledged to disrupt the ceremony.