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08:10 : Hello . We have, in fact, opened a live this morning to follow, not only these German announcements expected at midday, but also the rest of the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. You can follow it here.
08:20 : Hello France Info, are you going to do a special live on the German announcements? It’s terrifying to think that maybe this could tip NATO into the conflict…
07:58 : These procedures may not be obvious to everyone. In this article, we also explained to you why Poland, like other countries, must imperatively obtain the agreement of Germany before yielding these tanks to kyiv.
06:18 : Why does Ukraine demand these tanks so much from Western countries? A few hours before a possible German green light, our journalists Pierre-Louis Caron and Fabien Jannic-Charbonnel explain to you that the country, which has lost several hundred vehicles since the beginning of the conflict, has, among other reasons, badly needed to replace its obsolete tanks. (FREDERIC PETRY / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP)
07:58 : German leader Olaf Scholz is due to speak today at 1 p.m. in the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament. It is there that he intends in particular to give his agreement to countries, including Poland, which wish to deliver Leopard 2 tanks to kyiv, according to several German media such as the Spiegel and the NTV news channel.
07:58 : It’s 6 o’clock, let’s start right away with a point on the news:
• After’“arson on electric cables” in Seine-et-Marne yesterday, traffic will resume today but will remain “disturbed” departing from and arriving at the Gare de l’Est in Paris, with one in three TGVs during peak hours. The SNCF denounces “an act of sabotage”.
• Under pressure for days, Germany has paved the way for an authorization for allied countries to deliver Leopard heavy tanks requested by Ukraine, promising to respond “with due urgency” to a request to that effect from Poland. Several German media, including the Spiegel and the news channel NTV, estimate that Chancellor Olaf Scholz will give the green light today.
• The Senate adopted yesterday evening, in first reading, by 239 votes against 16, a bill favoring the construction of new nuclear reactors. The text was supplemented by controversial provisions such as the removal of the 50% cap on the share of nuclear power in the electricity mix by 2035.
• Bernard Laporte was released yesterday evening free of police custody, without prosecution at this stage, announced the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office. The president of the French Rugby Federation, withdrawn since mid-December, had been placed in police custody a few hours earlier, in a case of money laundering of aggravated tax fraud.