Between-two-round weekend. The great urban air of Marseille for Emmanuel Macron, the rural intimacy for Marine Le Pen: Saturday, the two finalists of the presidential election were on the ground. In Marseille, the president-candidate continued his operation “more beautiful my left” by openly flirting with the rebellious and environmentalist electorates. In a speech almost exclusively focused on ecology, the Elysée tenant for example explained that in the event of re-election, his next Prime Minister would be “in charge of energy planning”. A theme dear to Jean-Luc Mélenchon. At the same time, the RN candidate, also accused by a European anti-fraud report of having personally embezzled 137,000 euros of public money, was in Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre, in Eure-et-Loir , where she said she wanted “defend the most vulnerable” as “a mother”.
About thirty demonstrations to say “no to the far right” Saturday. While Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen continued their campaigns, around thirty demonstrations took place in France on Saturday to say “no to the far right” at the call of organizations and unions, such as SOS Racisme, the CGT or the Syndicat de la magistrature, but without directly calling to vote for the president-candidate. In Paris, demonstrators debated within the procession the position to take for the second round, between abstention and resignation to vote Macron. At the same time, a “anti-Macron demonstration”organized in Paris on the initiative of Florian Philippot, also brought together antivax and yellow vests.
The rebellious choose the “ni-ni”. We take the same and start again. As in 2017, a majority of members of France rebellious pleaded, during a consultation organized by the party for a blank or null vote during the second round of the presidential election. They are 81,051 or 37.65% to vote for this scenario when 71,899 other activists, or 33.40%, prefer to slip a ballot for Emmanuel Macron into the ballot box next Sunday. Finally, they are 62,342 (28.96%) consulted to choose abstention and to turn away from the ballot. On the rebellious side, we also took advantage of the weekend to send a clear message to the Socialists: the arrangements for the legislative elections will be without them. “There will be no discussion with the PS, and this refusal is final”said MP Mathilde Panot at the JDD.
In Ukraine, a long Sunday of Russian reprisals. Will the city of Mariupol fall? This strategic port in southeastern Ukraine has been the target of uninterrupted bombardments since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the situation there is “inhuman”, in the words of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Putin’s army called on the last defenders of the city to lay down their arms this Sunday at 12 p.m. (French time), they who are entrenched in the Azovstal metallurgical complex. The latter seemed to ignore Russia’s ultimatum.
In the northeast, in Kharkiv, the country’s second city, at least 5 people were killed on Sunday and 13 others injured in a series of strikes that caused fires, according to local emergency services. Russian forces also said they had bombed a new arms factory near Kyiv for the third day in a row, following through on their threat to step up strikes against the Ukrainian capital after their flagship fleet was destroyed in the Black Sea on Thursday. , the cruiser Moskva.
In Paris, the district of Bercy cordoned off Sunday by a vast police operation. The men of the Paris research and intervention brigade (BRI) were mobilized at the end of Sunday afternoon in front of 118, rue de Bercy. According to a police source, it was a dispute between neighbours, involving an individual with “a long gun”. The police have set up a security perimeter and closed all access to the metro.
The Paris-Roubaix for Elisa Longo Borghini and Dylan Van Baarle. Show of strength on the cobblestones. Italian Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek) won the second edition of Paris-Roubaix Women, after a solo raid of around thirty kilometers on Saturday. The next day, it was the experienced 29-year-old Dutchman Dylan Van Baarle who conquered the “Hell of the North”.
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Psychotics in nursing homes: “Sometimes they never adapt, and some go so far as to let themselves sink.” Due to the reduction in the number of beds in psychiatric hospitals, patients over 60 are cared for in nursing homes. In these establishments, the staff, not trained in pathology, lack the time and resources to take care of them. Our article to read here.
How Disney became the pet peeve of the American conservative right. By opposing, in the name of its progressive and inclusive values, a law that prohibits all speech on sexual orientation in Florida schools, the entertainment empire is the subject of a campaign of intimidation led by the very Trumpist and ambitious governor of the state, as well as many elected Republicans. More info here.
Why, on the left, does the winner always want to step on the face of the neighbor? Big winners on the left of the presidential election, the rebellious exclude the socialists from any discussion for the legislative elections and ask the communists and ecologists to “accountable”. If the others are not free from criticism, how do Mélenchon’s supporters think of gathering with such remarks? Read a post here.
Thailand: the Russian jet-set invests Phuket. A favorite holiday destination for ultra-rich Russians – who live there on good terms with the Ukrainian community – Thailand has become increasingly popular for business since the start of the war. The Asian country is lining up to fill the void created by the Western boycott. Our report.
Twitter response to Musk: “We are dealing with a ‘hostile public offer’.” Twitter, which is the subject of a takeover bid by Elon Musk, announced on Friday that it had adopted a plan to defend itself. The beginning of a battle of stocks, according to Catherine Karyotis, professor of finance at Neoma Business School. Read an interview here.