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The Gaspard Ulliel shock. Hospitalized after a collision with another skier on Tuesday at La Rosière, a winter sports resort in Savoie, the 37-year-old actor died on Wednesday at Grenoble hospital. This drama arouses strong emotions, in the world of culture and far beyond. The circumstances of the accident begin to take shape. Gaspard Ulliel was known to the general public for films like A long engagement Sunday (2004) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet or Just the end of the world (2016) by Xavier Dolan, which won him the César for best actor in 2017. For Release, Bertrand Bonello, the director of “Saint Laurent”, reacts to the disappearance of the artist who had offered the role of the famous couturier in 2014, welcoming the elegance “intellectual and moral” of the actor who became his friend.
In Strasbourg, Emmanuel Macron calls on Europeans to “boldness”. Thirty minutes of speech and a long series of questions and answers with MEPs. Emmanuel Macron donned his costume as President of the Council of the European Union this Wednesday in the hemicycle of the Parliament of Strasbourg. The French Head of State called on Europeans to “audacityfor the EU to assert itself as “a power of the future” and “sovereign” in order to “do not depend on other powers” world. Many themes were also reviewed by the president in the pre-campaign, from democracy to abortion, via the digital market. Read our recap of the speech.
The United States is sounding the alarm bell in Ukraine. On a support visit to Kiev on Wednesday, Antony Blinken, the head of American diplomacy, urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to choose the “peaceful way” in the Ukrainian crisis. At the same time, the United States announced new aid “defensive security” $200 million to Ukraine, while in recent weeks Russia has deployed tens of thousands of troops to the Ukrainian border. Talks between the two rivals are expected to deepen on Friday, with Antony Blinken meeting his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Geneva. More information here.
Faced with the Covid, compulsory teleworking is about to be extended. Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Wednesday that the government intends to extend for two additional weeks the rule which sets a minimum of three days of compulsory teleworking when possible. This measure, announced on December 27, came into force on January 3, initially for three weeks. It could therefore remain in place until February 7. In a meeting with employers’ organizations and trade unions, the Minister of Labor indicated that “the health situation, even if it seems to be heading towards a plateau, does not seem to allow an immediate lifting or relaxation of the measures in terms of telework to date”. Our live on the pandemic.
Arnaud Montebourg, the cantor of the “Remontada” makes his retirada. In a video published this Wednesday, Arnaud Montebourg announced that he was retiring “of the presidential race, having no “failed to unite in a common program (his) candidacy with other candidacies” from the left. In a spot showing him trudge on the heights of the Bibracte site in the Morvan, he explains: “The time has therefore come for me, as a free man, absolutely free, […] to tell you that I have made the decision to withdraw from the presidential race”. He specifies that he has decided not to support “no candidate”. Arnaud Montebourg was credited with around 1% of voting intentions by the polls. Read our article.
The extension of the legal duration of abortion rejected by senators. If Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday his wish that the right to abortion be integrated into the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, for its part the French Senate – with a majority on the right – rejected a bill allowing the extension of the legal duration of abortion. Supported by the left, the text carried by ex-LREM MP Albane Gaillot aims in particular to allow the extension of the legal duration from 12 to 14 weeks, to respond to a lack of practitioners and the gradual closure of abortion centers. . Next step: the meeting of a joint committee of deputies and senators this Thursday. Our interview with gynecologist Danielle Gaudry.
The Parisian demonstration of the teachers will take place. Finally, yes. After highlighting Tuesday “legal deadlines” exceeded, the prefect Didier Lallement wrote this Wednesday to the teacher trade union organizations that he “will not prevent” the progress of the event scheduled for Thursday in Paris. He insists that he only had itnot prohibited” but that he could not deliver “a receipt” without breaking the law. A few days after the revelations about Minister Blanquer’s holidays in Ibiza, the unions intend to protest against the health protocol at school and the lack of means. More information here.
Claude Guéant will be fixed on February 7 on his request for release. Sentenced and imprisoned in the context of the case on the cash bonuses of the Ministry of the Interior, the ex-right arm of Sarkozy will still have to wait to find out if he can get out of prison. The decision was reserved for February 7. The former secretary general of the Elysée, 77, is imprisoned in the prison of Health due to late payment of the sums to which he was definitively sentenced in 2019 in the case of cash bonuses from the Ministry of Health. Interior. He had been imprisoned on December 13. Read our article.
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Aesthetic medicine: “We are presented with hyaluronic acid injections as a harmless intervention”. In search of a more curved buttocks, more and more women are turning to HYAcorp. If these bites are a less burdensome procedure than operations or implant placement, Release met influencers and anonymous people for whom the consequences were dramatic. Find here the survey of Release.
The nuclear policeman is worried about the shutdown of new reactors after Fessenheim. The president of the Nuclear Safety Authority, Bernard Doroszczuk, warns about the “lack of foresight” politics and “lack of margin” of the French electricity system. It pleads in hollow for the maintenance of production capacities while waiting for the arrival of future EPRs. What to debate. Read our analysis.
Anna Cabana and the Jean-Michel Blanquer case, a lack of transparency that we would have done without. Journalist Anna Cabana moderated a debate on Jean-Michel Blanquer on Tuesday evening on i24News, without specifying that in the city she has recently become the wife of the Minister of National Education. Or how to add discredit to a profession that did not require so much. Find our post here.
Probationary reprieve, electronic bracelet… Probation sentences do not spare the prison. Despite the many alternatives to confinement used by France, the number of people incarcerated remains high. Find here our date of the day