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Jean-Luc Mélenchon will probably not be a candidate for the legislative elections. Invited to 8 p.m. on France 2, the head of La France insoumise spoke about the launch of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) in the legislative elections and his personal future. Asked about his candidacy for the legislative elections, Jean-Luc Mélenchon declared that he would not “probably not” candidate. “It’s not necessary. Six prime ministers out of 24 in the Fifth Republic were not.he argued, explaining that his legitimacy rested on the “7.7 million votes” he received during the first round of the presidential election.
For the legislative elections, the parties continue to invest in dribs and drabs. As the days pass, the electoral map takes shape for the June legislative elections. On the left, the agreement with LFI EE-LV and the PCF definitively validated Thursday evening by the PS makes its share of happy and dissatisfied. The controversy of the day concerns the investiture of the socialist Jérôme Lambert, known to have opposed Marriage for all and the enlargement of the PMA, which the ecologist Sandrine Rousseau denounced. At Renaissance (ex-LREM), we prefer to invest in Toulouse Pierre Baudis, son and grandson of, to outgoing deputies accused of harassment. All the political information of the day can be found here. On the right, we are looking for a replacement for Claudine Hue, who retired so as not to overshadow Gérald Darmanin in the North. On the far right, Eric Zemmour’s Reconquest party announces a slew of candidates, mixing raw hate, alleged warriors of the white race, anonymous or fachosphere figures.
BoJo weakened but BoJo still standing. Undermined by the “partygate” scandal and soaring prices, the Conservative Party of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson emerged weakened from local elections which also augur a historic turning point in Northern Ireland. The renewal of 200 local councils in England, Wales and Scotland on Thursday resulted in a sharp decline in the Tory ballot boxes, including in London, but without the collapse feared by some. And this despite the cascading revelations about the parties in Downing Street during the confinements, which earned the head of government a fine. Read the analysis of our correspondent in the United Kingdom.
The Kremlin left to stay in southern Ukraine. Russia will remain “for all time” in southern Ukraine, said today a senior Russian parliamentarian, Andrei Tourchak, during a visit to Kherson, an important Ukrainian city which Moscow has claimed full control since March. It is the first time that a senior Russian official has announced Moscow’s intention to stay in the territories taken by the Russian army since the start of the operation in Ukraine on February 24.
The major agricultural powers are committed to global food security. Despite the shock caused by the war in Ukraine, some fifty countries, including the European Union, the United States, Canada and Australia, pledged to ensure food security in the world this Friday. They also promise to keep agricultural and food markets “open, predictable and transparent by not imposing unjustified trade restrictive measures” on agro-food products or key products for agricultural production. At the same time, however, the International Group of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, co-chaired by the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, has published a report advocating a total reform of the global food system.
In the Amazon, deforestation continues to accelerate. Since the beginning of the mandate of Jair Bolsonaro, notorious climatosceptic, we are almost used to it. In April 2022, deforestation in the Amazon once again reached record highs. More than 1,000 km2 of forest went up in smoke, nearly double the amount of the same period last year. A figure that is not very reassuring when, as the months pass, the outgoing president is falling behind in the polls on Lula, the candidate of the left, of the center, and even of the Brazilian right.
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Karine Jean-Pierre, a black lesbian of Haitian origin, becomes spokesperson for the White House. The former political adviser became this Friday, at 44, the first black and openly lesbian woman to hold this prestigious position. Read his profile.
Paris targeted by the Satan 2 missile: how Russia plays with nuclear paranoia. The first Russian channel mentioned the possibility of hitting Paris in 200 seconds with a missile. A completely false statement that allows the Kremlin to feed, above all, its propaganda aimed at its population. See our video.
“More beautiful life”, goodbye comforter. The Marseille series that stops is a daily landmark that disappears for many homes. Years of assumed or shameful appointments, for mothers as well as for jokers. Read our post.
The opulence of Sarkozy, the Calvary of Giscard… These presidential nominations which marked the spirits. If the investiture ceremonies are not the most exciting when a president succeeds himself, those where one replaces another have produced some sequences that have become historic. Before Emmanuel Macron’s party on Saturday at the Elysée, Freed looks back at the key ceremonies of the Fifth Republic.