Demonstrators against the pension reform in Paris, January 29, 2020. – Thibault Camus / AP / SIPA
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Opponents of the pension reform are going to take to the streets again on Thursday to demand its withdrawal, but the mobilization is running out of steam while the text started this week its journey to The national assembly. “Withdrawal of an unjust and dangerous project”: since the mobilization began two months ago, the watchword of the CGT, FO, Solidaires, the FSU and youth organization (Unef, MNL, UNL) has not changed. This Thursday, rallies and demonstrations are planned all over France. In the capital, the procession will leave at midday from Gare de l’Est to Place de la Nation.
There was no suspense. In the impeachment trial of the american president, the Senate voted on Wednesday to discharge the charges of “abuse of office” (52 to 48) and “obstructing Congress” (53 to 47). It would have taken a two-thirds majority (67 votes) to condemn him. After four months of a bitter battle, the showdown of impeachment is officially over, and Donald Trump can now look to the presidential election on November 3.
“It is with great sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103 years. It was the son of legendary actor Michael Douglas who announced the news to magazine People before posting a tribute on his Facebook page. “To the world, he was a legend, an actor of the golden age of cinema (…) but for me and my brothers, Joel and Peter, he was simply a father. “
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