The superb Media Network blog has an AFP story out of Paris suggesting that the guillotine blade has not yet dropped on the Version Anglais of France 24.

“The president has expressed his opinion and it is he who will take the decision,” Mr Kouchner went on. “But the consultation period has barely begun and the conception period is not over,” he stressed, while highlighting the need to “reflect with three entities” (TV5, France 24 and RFI).

Culture and Communication Minister Christine Albanel said on Wednesday that the debate was “not closed”. She added, however, that “it is true that the president thinks that French culture can best be conveyed in French.”

A tiny chink of hope. Now if I were running France 24, I think I would be looking for a slot for Carla Bruni…