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The planet is increasing the restrictions on omicron. In turn on Tuesday, many countries announced new measures to counter the spread of the omicron variant. Germany, for example, imposed a closed session for all sports competitions from December 28. Sweden and Portugal have decided to strengthen teleworking and expand the vaccination pass. Lisbon has also opted for the closure of bars in the country. As for the Scottish Prime Minister, she announced during the day the cancellation of the traditional New Year’s festivities and the return of the gauges for public events.
The vaccine pass presented to the Council of Ministers next week. While more than one in three contamination is due in Paris to the omicron variant, the French government has also wanted to speed up. The bill introducing the vaccine pass will be presented on Monday at an extraordinary council of ministers, as revealed Release. It will then be quickly studied by parliament, for an entry into force desired by the executive from the beginning of January. On the other hand, there will be no question of the sanitary pass in business, the government wishing more time to negotiate with the social partners reluctant to this “gas factory”.
Finland is launching its EPR reactor… twelve years late. While it was originally supposed to be commissioned in 2009, the EPR reactor built by the French group Areva (finally) was able to start this Tuesday morning at dawn in Finland. This considerable delay in ignition is linked to the many technical problems encountered by Areva during its construction, which cost the group one billion euros in penalties. Half of the EPRs ordered worldwide are now in operation, not without incidents. The other sites continue to skate.
Putin shows his fangs on Ukraine. The Russian president was threatening on Tuesday in front of representatives of the army and the Ministry of Defense. “In the event that the very clearly aggressive line of our Western colleagues is maintained, we will take appropriate military and technical measures of retaliation”, said Vladimir Putin. For the Kremlin, the United States and NATO are strengthening their presence at the Russian borders by arming Ukraine, supporting it politically, carrying out maneuvers and deploying forces in the Black Sea. For NATO, on the contrary, it is Russia which is at the origin of the tensions, having multiplied the movements of troops on the border with Ukraine in recent weeks.
In Paris, the degraded plaque in tribute to Samuel Paty. A spray of white paint in the night. The plaque for Square Samuel-Paty located in Paris, opposite the Sorbonne in the 5th arrondissement, was found vandalized on Monday morning. Word “islamist“Had been crossed out in the mention”victim of islamist terrorism», Before it was repaired on Tuesday. The mayor of the 5th arrondissement announced that she had lodged a complaint.
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Covid-19: in child psychiatry, waves of hospitalizations of children. As every time France faces a new peak in Covid-19 contamination, child psychiatrists see children flocking in droves to their services. To the point of not being able to take care of them all. Read our article and the advice of a school nurse on how to help her children depressed by Covid.
At the abbey of Lagrasse, a literary crusade heated to the monks. Highlighted by a reactionary pamphlet from writers welcomed by traditionalist canons, the small village of Aude, also known for its annual left-wing philosophical festival, has become the battleground for identity tensions. Our investigation.
Zemmour fans simulate shootings on Macron and rebels. In a video posted on social media, that Libé was able to consult, young supporters of Eric Zemmour present in a shooting range imagine themselves firing on Emmanuel Macron, Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière, or even on antifas, “Leftists” or North Africans. The video is reminiscent of the one posted by far-right youtuber Papacito in June. Our article.
“Shit journalism”: when the boss of the European Greens insults Release. After the investigation published by our newspaper in which we revealed the behind-the-scenes negotiations between political groups in the European Parliament to obtain political and administrative positions, the co-president of the Greens, the Belgian Philippe Lamberts, attacked the media to our journalist: “The story this so-called journalist tells is just bullshit, it’s a lie or a made-up story. This is shitty journalism. ” The author of the investigation answers him in a post.