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10:26 : Candidates were invited today to present their proposals concerning sport to the French National Olympic and Sports Committee. But only three of them (Yannick Jadot, Fabien Roussel and Anne Hidalgo) answered the call. So is sport the poor relation of the countryside? Here is what the contenders for the Elysée are proposing on the subject.
10:29 : “Child protection is failing. Far from being a system of support and assistance to children and families, coherent and efficient on all territories, it is subject to multiple paradoxes and dysfunctions which sometimes have tragic consequences on the future of children and adolescents.
09:37 : They denounce a “glaring lack of resources”a legislative development that has given “the primacy of the repressive over the educational” and transferred responsibilities to departments that they are unable to assume. In a column published on our site this morning, 250 justice, education and health professionals, elected officials, association activists and union representatives are calling for presidential candidates to take action on child protection and juvenile justice.
08:51 : “I do not at all dispute the fact that there are public procurement rules. The subject is the place taken by these consulting firms in government policy.”
Asked about the McKinsey affair, Adrien Quatennens reacts on franceinfo. “We believe that the public administration has ample means to respond to these major missions”he said, assuring that “it will be over” if its candidate is elected.
08:33 : Ten days before the first round of the presidential election, the campaign continues to accelerate and franceinfo receives Adrien Quatennens, coordinator of France Insoumise, LFI deputy from the North and support of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. He is currently the guest of “Presidential Mornings”. Follow the interview live.
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08:34 : “It is easier to target benefit recipients than to recognize that the public authorities have not met their own obligations and that they are not applying those already set.”
In a column published in The World (paid article)the president of the Institut de l’engagement, at the initiative of the RSA in 2009, criticizes the proposals of Emmanuel Macron and Valérie Pécresse to condition the active solidarity income more strictly, considering “that it is rather up to the public authorities to improve their support for employment”writes the newspaper.
08:07 : As revealed by the analysis of the programs carried out by the association Les Shifters in collaboration with franceinfo, the candidates dare not put their feet in the dish by offering to eat less meat. So why does the measure not work? Answer in our article.
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07:55 : In France, agriculture is the second source of greenhouse gas emissions. To reduce this share and thus fight against climate change, the country has announced an ambition to “limit excess consumption of charcuterie and meat (excluding poultry)”. But the measure does not convince the presidential candidates.
08:07 : Gabriel Attal provoked many reactions by posting a video of support for candidate Emmanuel Macron from his Twitter account. But from the first images, a banner leaves little room for doubt as to the function of the speaker, with the mention “spokesperson of the government”. Is this mixing of genders contrary to the Electoral Code? Answer in our article.
07:36 : While the first round is approaching, former President Nicolas Sarkozy has still not given his support to Valérie Pécresse and will not go to the big Parisian meeting of the candidate scheduled for Sunday. “A disavowal that questions his true intentions”writing The Parisian.
07:22 : Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron are perceived as the candidates best placed to improve purchasing power, but they only convince 32% of French people. Jean-Luc Mélenchon ranks third, with 28%, while Valérie Pécresse gets 22%. The survey can be found here.
06:32 : 74% of the French believe that purchasing power has deteriorated over the past five years, according to a survey by Ipsos Sopra-Steria for France Télévisions and Radio France. However, if they believe that men and women politicians can have a real influence on the subject, the presidential candidates do not really inspire confidence.