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The health pass will become a “vaccination pass”. Faced with a dazzling fifth wave and a very contagious omicron variant in ambush, the government announced on Friday new measures by the holidays after a new Health Defense Council. Among them: a bill planned for the beginning of January to transform the health pass into a vaccination pass, the time limit for the vaccination booster reduced to 4 months, or the payment of overtime worked at the hospital which will be “Multiplied by two”. Wild gatherings, fireworks and other concerts will also be banned on New Years. What to remember from government announcements.
Presidential: Taubira is gauged against the “dead end” of a left more than ever divided. End of the suspense … for the moment: Christiane Taubira said “to consider” his candidacy for the Elysée, “Giving an appointment in mid-January” to his supporters, in a three-minute video posted on social networks. “I will not be another candidate”, however affirmed the former Minister of Justice of François Hollande, 69 years old, assuring to want “Put all (his) forces in the last chances of union ”, at a time when the left is scattered between several candidates, for a low total of about 25% of the voting intentions in the first round. Our article.
Brexit: Paris resolves to compensate unlicensed fishermen. France will ask the European Commission to initiate litigation against the United Kingdom to try to obtain a few more licenses for its fishermen, but has already resolved to launch a parallel “Support plan” for professionals who remain at the dock. These government announcements, following a meeting at the Elysee Palace between President Emmanuel Macron, representatives of fishermen and elected officials from the regions concerned, end eleven months of a fierce Franco-British battle over the granting of post-Brexit fishing licenses.
The Blue snatch their place in the World Cup final at the end of the suspense. The French handball players, Olympic champions in Tokyo a little over four months ago, reached the final of the 2021 World Cup, after a beautiful semi-final, full of suspense, against Denmark (23-22 ) Friday and find themselves in a match of an exceptional double. Coralie Lassource’s teammates will face Sunday afternoon (5.30 p.m.) either Norway, European champion last year, or Spain, vice-world champion in 2019, who are competing in the evening (8:30 p.m.) the second ticket to the final.
Squarcini case: justice validates an agreement with LVMH which pays 10 million euros to avoid prosecution. The Paris court on Friday validated an agreement reached with the LVMH group which agreed to pay 10 million euros to avoid prosecution in the investigation into a spy system in which the former head of internal intelligence is allegedly involved Bernard Squarcini. An agreement was thus concluded while an investigation has been interested since 2011 in the links of the former head of internal intelligence Bernard Squarcini with the private sector and in particular with LVMH. More info here.
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Covid-19: six omicron clusters identified at AP-HP. Several sources of contamination were discovered this Friday within the Ile-de-France hospital group. They mainly concern caregivers and are added to the clusters already caused by the delta variant. Our article.
Despite the refusals and Taubira, Hidalgo keeps his primary instinct. A few minutes after the return to the game of the former Minister of Justice, the mayor of Paris hammered home that only a primary would bring together the left and environmentalists and called on her competitors to participate in a major televised debate before January 15. To read here.
In Rouen, a ZAD in the heart of the city against a fierce promoter. In the Saint-Nicaise district, in the heart of Rouen, the occupants of the Jardins Joyeux are threatened with evacuation this Friday. They have been fighting for six months with the support of local residents against the installation of a building complex that would destroy one of the last green spaces in the city center. From our special correspondent in Haute-Normandie.
With artificial intelligence, Miss France has a face of fake. It has been said for years: the criteria in beauty pageants are often repetitive and restrictive. Engineer and YouTuber, Anis Ayari decided to play it. Thanks to AI, he developed a fake Miss France generator and even tried to predict the outcome of the contest. Read our article.