The news
Ramdam, suspension of debates and coup de theater in the Assembly around the vaccine pass. The examination of the bill transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass was the subject of a surprise suspension after a majority of deputies refused by a show of hands to continue the debate shortly after midnight. This suspension, loudly welcomed by the opposition, will probably derail the timetable for the final adoption of the text by the parliament initially planned for the end of the week. New round this Tuesday at 10 am: it is up to the conference of presidents of parliamentary groups to include the rest of the examination of the text on the agenda of the Assembly, perhaps as early as Tuesday evening or Wednesday. Read our article.
Elizabeth Holmes, a former Silicon Valley star convicted Monday of fraud. The sanction is rare in the world of “tech” but the jury of the court of San Jose in California found guilty Elizabeth Holmes. She promised to revolutionize blood tests with her start-up Theranos. The ax fell after more than three months of trial and seven days of deliberation: she was convicted of defrauding investors but acquitted of certain charges. This conviction exposes the former tech popess to several decades in prison, but the sentence will be pronounced at a later date by the federal court. More information here.
More than 28,000 migrants crossed the English Channel to England in 2021 aboard small boats. This is a record number: at least 28,395 migrants made the perilous crossing of the English Channel on board small boats to reach England in 2021. This is three times more than in 2020, according to the news agency British PA. The phenomenon has developed strongly since 2018 in the face of the closure of the port of Calais and Eurotunnel that migrants used while hiding in vehicles. Reread our story of a week spent in Calais.
The Balkany, electronic bracelet or not electronic bracelet? The Balkany couple’s electronic bracelet placement in order to serve their tax evasion conviction was revoked in December, which could mean their return to prison. But the couple appealed against this decision passing “quietly the parties at home” in their domain of Giverny, writes Mediapart.
An overabundant literary return. More than 500 titles for only a few places in the window: an overabundance of novels tumbles into bookstores from Wednesday for the literary re-entry in January, alongside a Michel Houellebecq who captures the attention. According to the counting of the magazine Livres Hebdo, “the start of winter 2022 will be populated by 545 novels”, the highest number since 2015. Among them, 385 in French, “record since 2013”.
To be continued today
Feminicide of Mérignac: six police officers are summoned to a disciplinary council. This Tuesday, six police officers are summoned before disciplinary boards: four officers and commissioners in Paris, two brigadiers in Bordeaux. All are involved to varying degrees in errors of appreciation that led to the death of Chahinez Daoud, killed by her ex-husband in Mérignac. A report by the General Inspectorate of Administration and the General Inspectorate of Justice highlighted “a series of failures and negligence the police services having failed to prevent the murder of Chahinez Daoud ”. Read our article.
The decentralization bill is due to be adopted on Tuesday. Debated in the hemicycle before the holidays and now crushed by Covid news, the “3DS” decentralization bill, which promises to add fuel to the daily workings of elected officials, must be adopted today . Supposed to give a legislative response to the aspirations that arose during the Great Post-Yellow Vests Debate and consultations with elected officials wanted by Emmanuel Macron, the bill sets out the measures to decentralize and simplify local action. “Tote”, “End of term sweep text” saccording to the opposition, “toolbox” according to the majority.
The report
2022, trip to the center of abstention with the bathers of Nice. During the presidential campaign, “Liberation” questions groups of French people who have chosen not to or no longer vote. Will they reuse their voter card in April? In the Alpes-Maritimes, year-round bathers are patient before making up their minds. Read our report.
The retrospective
Lonely Planet: 50 years that tourists have their heads in the guide. Tinder, Lay’s, Crocs… “Liberation” looks at brands that are celebrating an anniversary in 2022 and looks back on their genesis and their impact. Today, the famous travel companion Lonely Planet, born from the travels of a couple in South-East Asia in 1972 and become one of the symbols of standardized mass tourism. Find our article here.
The interview
Paul Thomas Anderson: “I spend my days dreaming about the history of cinema”. The “Inherent Vice” filmmaker returns with “Licorice Pizza”, a tale of love and friendship in 1970s Los Angeles. The film, inspired by his youth and that of his friend producer and actor Gary Goetzman, draws up a tender and light vision of Hollywood, going against the usual representations. Release met the Californian, find our interview here.
The portrait
Rescue of migrants: Alain Ledaguenel, the buoy method. The president of the Dunkirk sea rescuers, a former maritime pilot, found himself on the front line to go and retrieve the exiles in distress. Read the portrait.