Evidence of a more active circulation of the virus, the number of clusters reported to Public Health France increased: 192 outbreaks of contamination were reported between August 17 and 23, against 140 the previous week. The upward trend observed since July is accentuating. As of August 24, 352 outbreaks (some of which were previously reported) … Read more
The Fifth World Conference of Presidents of Parliament, organized over two days in Austria by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, concluded its work on Thursday. This remote conference under the theme “Parliaments mobilized for a more effective multilateralism and for peace and sustainable development for the people and the planet”, was marked by workshops focused on the … Read more
A green surge and a record abstention. Three months after a first round already upset by the coronavirus crisis, this second round was again marked by a participation rate at half mast, between 40% and 41% according to estimates, against 62.1% in 2014. A “Green wave“For environmentalists, back”to victory“For LR,”click“For the RN thanks to Perpignan: … Read more
The left turns green. The right resists. The majority misses the ballot. The National Gathering consoles in Perpignan. Sunday evening, at the end of municipal elections marked by the coronavirus crisis, the French political landscape experienced one of these upheavals that mark the fundamental movements. Except for one nuance, the very high level of abstention … Read more
By Le Figaro with AFP The socialist mayor of Lille Martine Aubry won Sunday in the second round of the municipal elections by a short head, ahead “of 227 votes” her environmental competitor Stéphane Baly, announced to AFP his entourage. The suspense lasted a good part of the beginning of the evening, the polls giving … Read more
The release of Tugdual Denis’ book, The Truth about the Fillon Mystery, is an opportunity for the former presidential candidate to settle scores. –François Fillon in Paris, February 27, 2020. Mehdi Taamallah / NurPhoto via AFP “The fifteen months of my existence that caused me the most unhappiness will have been the fifteen months that … Read more
The plan is not going as planned. Initially, the municipal elections were to allow Emmanuel Macron to anchor his young party on the ground and to win symbolic victories in big cities like Paris or Lyon. On arrival, it is urgent to move on and forget about this ballot about to turn at La Bérézina … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday accepted an invitation from Vladimir Putin to visit Russia soon, probably before the end of the year, the French presidency announced after a videoconference between the two presidents. President of Russia “invited“The French president who”has accepted“Said the French presidency, without giving a date. The visit may “presumably»Unfold«in the coming … Read more
The former President of the Republic met this Friday afternoon with his successor. It was their first one-on-one meeting since 2017. –Between the two men, “the tone was courteous, frank and republican». CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / POOL / AFP Emmanuel Macron continues his consultations for the end of the crisis. After meeting Tuesday afternoon with Nicolas … Read more
Youssef wearing a marcel and sunglasses. Rolls a cigarette and says, “Neither God nor master” and on his Twitter account, and in the street. He launches into an economic discourse in which everything converges on the class struggle and the dominant that make the injustice leading to, among other things, racism. A retired man in … Read more