Ukrainian crisis: France, Germany and Poland united to “avoid a war in Europe”. Paris, Berlin and Warsaw displayed their common objective and their unity after a diplomatic marathon by Emmanuel Macron who claims to see “concrete solutions” to the Russian-Western crisis linked to Ukraine. The three countries are “united” to preserve peace in Europe “through diplomacy and through clear messages, as well as the common will to act together”assured the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz who received the French and Polish presidents, Emmanuel Macron and Andrzej Duda.
One Ocean Summit: the high seas, this unknown land. France, which presents itself on the international scene as being “at the forefront of the defense and protection of the ocean, this common good of humanity”, welcomes this Wednesday in Brest (Finistère) and for three days the first One Ocean Summit. Wanted by Emmanuel Macron, present on site on Friday, and organized as part of the French presidency of the Council of the European Union, the event is intended to be a “great international debate” on the ocean.
Anti-vax challenge in Canada: some provinces ease restrictions. Faced with the determination of the demonstrators who have blocked the center of the capital Ottawa for more than ten days, a movement seems to be taking place in Canada to relax the health restrictions against Covid, among the strictest in the world. In central Ottawa, between 400 and 500 trucks were still on the streets on Tuesday. In France, the movement is being emulated and trucks are getting organized for a parade at the end of the week before converging on Brussels.
Presidential: Macron slightly increases his lead. President Emmanuel Macron, who has not yet formalized his presidential candidacy in April, slightly increases his lead in the first round over his pursuers Marine Le Pen, Valérie Pécresse, and Eric Zemmour, according to a poll published on Wednesday. The president wins a point with 26% of voting intentions in this survey by the Elabe Institute for BFMTV, L’Express and SFR carried out online on Monday and Tuesday, with a sample of 1,488 people, including 1,370 registered on the electoral rolls.
OJ cursed for the American Shiffrin. Slovak Petra Vlhova won her first Olympic title by dominating the alpine skiing slalom at the Beijing Games after a suspenseful race. American Mikaela Shiffrin, one of the favourites, was eliminated in the first round. On the program for this Wednesday, we will find curling, ice hockey or even snowboarding. Find here all the news of these Beijing Olympics.
13-November: place for the first interrogation of Salah Abdeslam. Will he explain? Remained almost silent during the five years of investigation, the main accused in the trial of the attacks of November 13, Salah Abdeslam, is questioned Wednesday on the merits of the case, for the first time since the opening of the trial in early September. On this occasion, Freed returns to “Death Conveyor”, the strange work of Etty Mansour which compiles numerous testimonies recovered in Molenbeek.
The trial of the “collapsed balconies” opens in the court of Angers. Five years after the fall of the balcony which had led to the death of four young people in the city center, five people involved in the construction of the building appear from this Wednesday in the court of Angers. The conclusions of the experts are “particularly severe” towards them, pointing out negligence.
Yannick Jadot: “The status quo is ecological, social, economic and democratic chaos”. Two months before the first round, the EE-LV presidential candidate defends his political line “Claire” and call for a “civilization debate” on environmental issues.
“Calm down”: the old Sarkozyist rhetoric of Darmanin. The Minister of the Interior lost his nerves on Tuesday morning in the face of journalist Apolline de Malherbe, reproaching her for her “aggressiveness”. A replica to belittle women say “aggressive” which his mentor Sarkozy already employed in 2007, and which it is time to abandon definitively.
Germain Louvet, dancing shoe. The star dancer recounts in his autobiography the Paris Opera, both a place of emancipation and a conservative institution.