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08:56 : War in Ukraine: “In the French political class, there is still too much complacency vis-à-vis Putin”, denounces Yannick Jadot, who assumes that “this remains a subject of disagreement” within the alliance of Nupes. https://t.co/FWO1qpk8rX
08:56 : According to Yannick Jadot, “in the French political class, there is still too much complacency vis-à-vis Vladimir Putin”. “It remains a subject of disagreement” within the Nupes alliance.
08:53 : “It was good to go there, especially with Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi because they are the three major economic powers of the European Union, but it’s a shame that it’s so late. This approach is good, but it’s the first since the war (…) Today, he does that [le voyage en Ukraine] to try to purge these statements about ‘be careful not to humiliate Russia’.”
08:24 : “Les Révélateurs” of France Télévisions dissected and passed through a lie detector the photo (below) produced by the former French soldier Adrien Bocquet, who claims to have witnessed war crimes committed by Ukrainian soldiers, serving in the controversial Azov regiment.
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08:20 : Since his arrival a month ago, a Ukrainian father who took refuge in France, suffering from serious cancer, has not been able to be taken care of because of an incredible administrative imbroglio which prevents him from benefiting, as a Ukrainian, temporary Medicare protection.
08:19 : The visit of Emmanuel Macron and European leaders to Ukraine resulted in an agreement on kyiv’s status as a candidate for membership of the European Union. A decision hailed by the Ukrainians, just like the new announcement of delivery of weapons, even if it would take even more, assures Anatoli. “It’s already not bad, but we need a lot more weapons because the front is very extensive. We need artillery, tanks, armored vehicles”he assures our journalist Yann Gallic, who yesterday interviewed several residents of the Ukrainian capital.
08:09 : We start the press review with the visit of Emmanuel Macron and European leaders to Ukraine, which occupies a large part of the front pages of the national media. The Parisian come back to this trip “high risk”, Release title “Visitors” and Le Figaro salute “Europe’s tribute to Ukrainian courage”.
08:02 : We begin with a first point on the news.
• A third of France is on heat wave vigilance with a thermometer often exceeding 40°C. Twelve departments are in particular on red alert. In total, 37 departments, or 18 million people, are concerned by the vigilance put in place by Météo France.
• Last day of campaigning for legislative candidates. The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, continues her tour of Calvados, Marine Le Pen will be in Pas-de-Calais while Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Julien Bayou will hold a press conference in Paris. Also relive in full the debate that took place last night on France 2 between François Bayrou (MoDem), Mathilde Panot (Nupes), Philippe Ballard (RN) and Jean-François Copé (LR).
• The French, German and Italian leaders as well as their Romanian counterpart have expressed their readiness to grant “immediately” Ukraine the status of candidate for membership of the European Union during their unprecedented visit to kyiv. Here’s what to remember from this trip. The European Commission must now give its opinion on this subject.
In a stage report from the Stade de France, the presidents of the culture and law commissions of the Senate, Laurent Lafon (centrist) and François-Noël Buffet (LR), denounced “unpreparedness” public authorities for the Champions League final on May 28.