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Macron and Le Pen continue their campaign. The two finalists clashed this Friday through the media. The RN candidate chained the morning shows on France Bleu Vaucluse, then France Bleu Provence, before moving on to RMC-BFM TV and making a trip to the South. Emmanuel Macron was for his part the guest of France Info this Friday morning and visited the afternoon, with his president’s cap, the reconstruction site of Notre-Dame, three years to the day after the fire of the cathedral. Relive our live politics of the day.
The sunken Russian flagship, fear of escalation. The Moskva, Russian flagship in the Black Sea, sank overnight from Thursday to Friday. A major setback raising fears of an escalation of the conflict. A first missile fell last night on a factory in the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital, where the French embassy in Ukraine was relocated. Worse: the CIA and Volodymyr Zelensky are worried about Russian nuclear reprisals, after threats of this type made by Vladimir Putin at the start of the war. Relive our live Ukraine of the day.
One hundred injured after clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces. The tension had been rising for several days. A wave of attacks hit Israel; another, in retaliation, swept through the West Bank. In three weeks, 14 dead on one side, 21 on the other. So, on Thursday, Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in Gaza called on Muslims to go by the hundreds of thousands to the esplanade of the Mosques to protect it from potential incursions by Jewish settlers, whose leaders are increasing their provocations. And in the clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces which took place this Friday morning, 100 injured were recorded. Our report.
Several departments already on drought alert in mid-April. The winter was not rainy enough and the water deficit continues to worsen in France at the start of spring. The prefects have already started to impose restrictions and the summer promises to be particularly dry. On Thursday, the Drôme was placed on drought alert and the first water restrictions were decreed in the department. To preserve the rare resource, it is forbidden to water your lawn during the day, to wash your vehicle at home or to fill your swimming pool. Measurements more common in summer than in early spring. Our article.
Death of Jeremie Cohen in Bobigny: two young men indicted and imprisoned. The two men, who presented themselves to the police on Tuesday, were indicted by the head of “intentional violence in meetings” for one and “willful violence resulting in death without the intention of giving it” for the second. They were remanded in custody. Our article.
Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Keynesian economist of international stature, is dead. President of the French Office of Economic Conjunctures for twenty years and a recognized professor, the economist has advised politicians of all sensitivities. He passed away at the age of 79. Our article.
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Youth Council for the Climate: “Everything will depend on the framework and the proposed perimeter.” This Friday, candidate Macron pledged to give youth a role in political institutions. Cassandra Windey, an ENS student who pushed for, explains how this idea emerged. Our interview.
Air transport: Volotea, a low cost model at all costs in charge. The airline, which will experience a strike this weekend, is the subject of several criminal proceedings. Non-compliance with the labor code is pointed out by state services, while pilots are worried about flight safety. However, she is applying for a line subsidized by public funds. Our survey.
At Grau-du-Roi, “we vote RN but we went to listen to meetings at Zemmour, just to see”. In the town of Gard, the already well-established far-right vote continues to climb, to the chagrin of the center-left mayor. Our report.
In Lourdios-Ichère, village of Jean Lassalle: “Macron, he knows nothing of the life of the peasants.” Between a liberal right and the extreme right, the inhabitants of Lourdios-Ichère, who voted en masse for their ex-mayor Jean Lassalle, are sorry for the result of the first round. Most intend to vote blank in the second. Our report.
“Recording” of people suspected of sexual violence: an ineffective measure that violates freedoms? Emmanuel Macron proposed, this Friday, the creation of an administrative file like the one that exists for S files. A measure prejudicial to the presumption of innocence and ineffective, according to Audrey Darsonville, professor of criminal law. Our article.
Drink or read, you no longer have to choose. A little everywhere on the territory appear specialized bookshops which mix the good bottles with their oenophile works. Open to generalist literature, they select books that evoke wine in all its forms and select bottles that interact with works of all genres. To read wines by authors and savor books by winegrowers (unless it’s the other way around), an overview of the places where it is good to enjoy terrestrial and celestial pleasures. Our selection.