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12:03 : Noon, let’s take a look at the news of the day:
• A new health defense council begins to better respond to the fifth wave of the epidemic. “A priori it is not a question of restrictive measures but of incentives “, learned France Televisions from a source close to the executive. The issue of vaccination for 5-11 year olds will also be on the agenda.
The former head of the civilian government, Aung San Suu Kyi, was sentenced to four years in prison by the military junta, for “incitement to public disturbances and violation of health rules related to Covid-19”. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, considers that this decision “in a rigged trial with secret proceedings in a military-controlled court is nothing but politically motivated.”
Anti-racist activists were attacked by participants yesterday during Eric Zemmour’s meeting in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis). “We did not imagine that it could go wrong at this point”, reacted on franceinfo the president of SOS Racisme, Dominique Sopo.
The ArianeGroup company will develop a reusable mini-launcher, in order to compete in particular with the Americans of SpaceX, pioneers of this technology, announces the French Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire.
11:16 : The deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes Eric Ciotti will welcome Valérie Pécresse, designated candidate of the Republicans in the presidential election, at the airport of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) at the end of the morning. During their lunch, Eric Ciotti, who came second at the LR congress, will ask the candidate that they form “a tandem, on the Sarkozy-Fillon model during the 2007 campaign”, said his entourage to France Televisions.
10h55 : The Bobigny public prosecutor’s office specifies to franceinfo that an investigation was opened and entrusted to departmental security, about the violence committed inside the Parc des Expositions, yesterday, during the meeting of Eric Zemmour in Villepinte (Seine- St Denis).
10:45 a.m. : The custody of the man who seized Eric Zemmour yesterday continues today, Franceinfo learned from the Bobigny prosecutor’s office. On the sixty arrests in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis) yesterday, the prosecution announces this morning “sort”, by verifying the conditions of these arrests, the legal regularity of police custody and the qualifications retained.
10:23 a.m. : This morning I welcome @vpecresse in the Alpes-Maritimes at my home in Nice and Saint-Martin-Vésubie to support it and define the contours of this common campaign according to the wishes of the activists. I wish his victory. Nothing will be possible without a strong right.
10:23 a.m. : Eric Ciotti, who today receives Valérie Pécresse in the Alpes-Maritimes, also ensures that he will not join Eric Zemmour. “I have a goal, it is to beat Emmanuel Macron” and “I think it’s much more difficult” with the polemicist, he explains to France Bleu Azur.
10:21 am : “I am a Republican, I am engaged in his campaign and I say it very clearly. ” Guest of France Bleu Azur this morning, Eric Ciotti ensures that he supports Valérie Pécresse, after the success of the candidate for the LR congress this weekend. The deputy had criticized the president of the Ile-de-France region for not taking up some of her proposals.
09:07 : 9 a.m., let’s take a look at the news:
• A new health defense council is taking place today to better respond to the fifth wave of the epidemic. “A priori it is not a question of restrictive measures but of incentives “, learned France Televisions from a source close to the executive. The issue of vaccination for 5-11 year olds will also be on the agenda.
The former head of the Burmese civilian government, Aung San Suu Kyi, was sentenced to four years in prison by the military junta, for “incitement to public disturbances and violation of health rules related to Covid-19”
Anti-racist activists were attacked by participants as they came to denounce the “racism” Eric Zemmour during his meeting in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis) yesterday. “We did not imagine that it could go wrong at this point”, reacted this morning on franceinfo the president of SOS Racisme, Dominique Sopo.
Eric Zemmour was injured in the wrist after a man grabbed him before going on stage, Franceinfo also learned from one of his spokespersons. The candidate received a temporary incapacity for work of 9 days, according to his relatives, and intends to file a complaint.
8:59 am : Franceinfo guest this morning, the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, reacted to the progress of Eric Zemmour’s meeting yesterday in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis). Senator LR evokes “violence vis-à-vis Emmanuel Macron, Valérie Pécresse and the media” from the far-right presidential candidate.
08:36 : The fifth wave of the Covid-19 epidemic worries the teams of presidential candidates, four months before the first round of the ballot. “We were making militant pots, but we stopped because of the resumption of the epidemic”, particularly regrets the entourage of Valérie Pécresse, interviewed by our journalist Thibaud Le Meneec.
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08:32 : “My project will not be watered down. It can be enriched, spiced up but not distorted by the proposals of my other candidate comrades.”
Guest of France Inter this morning, the Republican candidate for the presidential election, Valérie Pécresse, recalls that “the militants decided very clearly for my project”. “Eric Ciotti will obviously have a special and singular place in my campaign “, she assures, however.
09:06 : “We never imagined it could get out of hand at this point.”
On franceinfo, the president of SOS Racisme, Dominique Sopo, returned to the aggression of anti-racist activists by participants in Eric Zemmour’s meeting yesterday in Villepinte. “An absolutely incredible wave of violence broke out against them, with chairs that flew, blows that rained on the activists, who were five to be injured, two of whom had to be treated by firefighters”, he denounces.
07:31 : Hello, the official list of candidates will be published no later than March 11, 2022, that is to say the fourth Friday before the first round of the presidential election.
07:31 : What is the date for the validation of the April presidential candidacies? Will run, won’t run, candidate, not candidate… it’s getting worse and worse! A circus !
7:20 a.m. : Here is a first point on the news:
• A new health defense council is taking place today. “A priori it is not a question of restrictive measures but of incentives “, learned France Televisions from a source close to the executive. The issue of vaccination for 5-11 year olds will also be on the agenda.
Anti-racist activists were attacked by participants as they came to denounce the “racism” Eric Zemmour during his meeting in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis) yesterday. Several journalists also report having been cursed and the “Quotidien” team was temporarily exfiltrated from the room.
Eric Zemmour was injured in the wrist after a man grabbed him before going on stage, Franceinfo also learned from one of his spokespersons. The candidate received a temporary incapacity for work of 9 days, according to his relatives, and intends to file a complaint. The suspect was taken into custody.
The departments of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées will be on orange alert until tomorrow morning due to avalanche risks, warns Météo France.