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09:51 : ? Claire: “How come there is no union of the left?” ➡️ “It would take a long time to take stock of what brought us here”, answers Anne Hidalgo. “During these five years, my biggest regret is not having been more involved in national political life.” https://t.co/MyPK2n3GDu
09:50 : The Socialist presidential candidate also adds that her “regret”during the five-year term of Emmanuel Macron, was not to have “more involved in national political life”.
09:40 : ? Retreats ➡️ “My project is 62 years old, not a year older”, assures Anne Hidalgo, who wants to restore the criteria of hardship. “The obsession of E. Macron is to make those who work the most pay the most.” https://t.co/RafoW55Rlc
09:41 : If elected, Anne Hidalgo will not reach the legal retirement age. “My project is 62 years old, not a year older“she hammered on franceinfo. “Emmanuel Macron’s obsession is to make those who work the most pay the most”, she believes. She also specifies that she would not touch special diets.
08:51 : The PS candidate in the presidential election is again defending her measure to reduce VAT on petrol to 5.5%. She considers that it is better than the government’s “energy voucher” reserved for low-income households (annual tax income of less than 10,800 euros for a single person), because the reduction in VAT will affect “the middle classes”.
08:41 : In the second round, “in the face of the extreme right, I will be there, no matter what”assures Anne Hidalgo, who refuses for the moment to say what her vote will be at that time.
08:48 : “We must stop everything related to the import of Russian gas, because it is a gas of shame”, launches Anne Hidalgo on franceinfo. The subject is very sensitive for Europeans. Germany thus clarified yesterday that it could not do without Russian gas deliveries “short term”while “only” 17% of the gas consumed in France comes from Russia.
08:33 : It’s 8:30 am, it’s time for “Presidential Mornings” on franceinfo! Today, it’s Anne Hidalgo’s turn to take part in the question and answer game. You can listen to it here.
08:39 : If he is elected (which is, given the voting intentions, highly unlikely), Jean Lassalle promises to organize three referendums from September 2022 on the establishment of the RIC (citizens’ initiative referendum), on the recognition of the blank vote, and on a reduction in VAT on hydrocarbons from 20% to 5.5%.
08:29 : That’s it, it’s done. It is under the aegis of the notary that I concluded last night, in Pau, an official act legally committing me to the respect of my campaign promises. https://t.co/d1Zq42QFVV
08:49 : The candidate Resist! in the presidential election, Jean Lassalle, signed a notarial deed in which he undertakes to donate all of his property if he is elected and betrays his promises made to voters, he reports on Twitter .
07:22 : “Perhaps we should review the rhythm of our legislative elections, re-examine the question of the articulation between the presidential and the legislative elections”loose the candidate Emmanuel Macron, in an interview with the regional daily press. “We must find ways to better involve the people on a regular basis“according to him.
07:30 : And presto, we continue with a first point on the news:
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will speak to the UN Security Council following the discovery of massacres attributed to Russian forces in Boutcha, where he went yesterday. Russia denied any responsibility, assuring that it was going to present “docs” proving it. Here’s what to remember from yesterday.
• Jean-Luc Mélenchon holds the last big meeting of his presidential campaign in Lille by multiplying in eleven other cities thanks to holograms. The third man (credited with 16% of voting intentions) is trying to upset the match between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, whose gap is closing (26.5% to 21%), according to our Ipsos Sopra Steria poll.
• Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, a former militia leader, will be the first person to be tried before the International Criminal Court for the atrocities committed in Darfur (Sudan), the scene of a bloodbath almost twenty years ago. He is charged with 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed in 2003-2004.
• The IPCC, the group of experts on the climate of the UN, published the third part of its sixth report yesterday, devoted to the solutions to be brought to the crisis. Here’s what to remember.