The French Head of State has invited Bretons leaders and business men for lunch at the Elysee Palace on next Wednesday May 11th.

They are :

- Alain Glon from Glon company and president of the Institut de Locarn – [website in French only];

- Jacques Bernard, president of the association Produit en Bretagne – [website in French and Breton only];

- Christine Le Tennier, champion of the development of Algoculture (seaweed farming) in Rosporden, Finistère. COE of Algues de Bretagne http://www.christineletennier.com/ [and ( voir notre article ) in French];

- Jean Le Vourch, Executive director of Crédit Agricole Finistère;

- Jacques Jaouen, Executive director of Brittany Chamber of Agriculture;

- Jean Ollivro, geographer, professor in Rennes II University, president of think tank Bretagne Prospective (Forward-looking Brittany), author of numerous books on Brittany and its future;

- Dr Jean-Paul Moisan, former human genetician professor, now CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the bio-engineering company IGNA based in Nantes – [pages in French and Brezhoneg, on wikipedia];

- Claude Guillemot, Guillemot Corporation CEO http://www.guillemot.com/index.php?lang=en , president of Club des Trente (Bretagne) – [page in French only, on wikipédia];

- Christian Roulleau, from Saint-Brieuc, is Samsic Group CEO http://www.samsic.fr/le_groupe_samsic-lang-en.html of the Group (in English), created in 1986 and based in Cesson-Sévigné near Rennes ;

- Roland Beaumanoir, from Saint-Malo, CEO of Groupe Beaumanoir, creator of a chain of 2.000 stores of feminine clothes http://www.groupe-beaumanoir.com/fr/le-groupe/ ;

- Patrick Le Lay, former CEO of TV channel TF1 Group, now president of the Rennes Football club, who declared in 2005 « I am not French, I am Breton » – [his page in French and German, on wikipedia];

Philippe Argouarch

Translation Maryvonne Cadiou from ( voir notre article )