Covid-19. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announced the lifting from Monday of the obligation to wear a mask at airports and on board planes in the EU, decreed following the Covid-19 pandemic. 19. Despite this decision, Germany has indicated that it has no intention of lifting the obligation to wear a mask on its planes. Also this Monday, the last major anti-Covid restriction will disappear in France. Travelers will no longer have to wear a mask in transport, an announcement made by the government in full decline in the epidemic, even if it is probably not over.
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Grenoble. With the approach of summer, the dress code in the swimming pools of Grenoble is causing a stir as the municipality led by the ecologist Éric Piolle wants to authorize the burkini – and the monokini – to the great fury of the opposition. Mayor EELV had promised it for a long time, the subject would be put back on the table after the presidential election and before the summer opening of the municipal swimming pools, in mid-June. And the subject which has polarized the French political class for several months is on the agenda of the municipal council scheduled for Monday.
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Movie theater. From Park Chan-wook to Claire Denis, from David Cronenberg to Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 21 films will be in competition for the Palme d’or at the 75andCannes Film Festival, which will be held from May 17 to 28. For this edition, the Cannes Film Festival, a venerable meeting place for world cinema, has embarked on a frantic quest for a new lease of life, notably putting aside its historic partnership with Canal+, the emblematic cinema channel in the 1980s and 1990, which notably broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies. Instead, a surprising coupling between public service (France Télévisions) and Brut, which should make it possible to address, in particular, the younger generations.
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Soccer. Glasgow Rangers against Eintracht Frankfurt: the Europa League final, on May 18 in Seville, will be a story of passion and heart between two teams transcended this season by the scent of Europe. Eintracht, after having achieved the feat of going to win the first leg 2-1 at West Ham, confirmed Thursday by controlling the Londoners at home 1-0, thanks to Rafael Borre (26and). Rangers lost 1-0 in the first leg to the other German club in these semi-finals, RB Leipzig. But it was a transformed Scottish team that suffocated the Saxons for more than an hour in their cauldron at Ibrox Park, first with goals from James Tavernier (18th) and Glen Kamara (24th).
November 13. Suspended since May 6 due to a case of Covid among the accused, the trial of the November 13 attacks resumes. The members of the American group Eagles of Death Metal, the singer Jesse Hughes and the ex-guitarist Eden Galindo, are expected at the helm to discuss their brutally interrupted concert on the Bataclan stage.
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Justice. After numerous procedural disputes, the Paris Court of Appeal renders its decision on the validity of the indictment for “complicity in crimes against humanity” of Lafarge in the context of its activities until 2014 in Syria. The company is suspected of having paid nearly 13 million euros, in particular to terrorist groups, including IS, in order to maintain the activity of a cement factory in the country.
Legislative. A left that leaves united, a right and far right dispersed, facing a majority that leaves favorite: the parties have until midnight to submit the last names of their candidates for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19.
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Soccer. Who will accompany PSG, already crowned champion of France, in the Champions League, Monaco or Marseille? Will AS Saint-Étienne inherit the place of play-off in order to ensure its maintenance? Ligue 1 delivers its final verdict on the last day of the championship. On the Ligue 2 side, Auxerre (3and), Paris FC (4and) and Sochaux (5and) will play the L1 accession play-offs this week, just like Quevilly-Rouen, at the bottom of the rankings, who will try to avoid relegation to National. Paris FC will receive FC Sochaux Montbéliard on Tuesday, the winner of this confrontation will go to Auxerre on Friday.
Tennis. Will Djokovic be titled a third time on Parisian clay or will Rafael Nadal, despite a recurring foot problem, recover his property? The young Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, a great revelation at the start of the season, is aiming for a first grand slam title at the Roland-Garros tournament which begins on Sunday.