Death of Frédéric Mitterrand, deficit at 5.6% of GDP, EU summit on Ukraine, rejection of CETA… Franceinfo news from Thursday March 21, 2024

Around Bérengère Bonte, those informed debate the news of Thursday March 21, 2024.

The themes :

Frédéric Miterrand: Former Minister of Culture and television man Frédéric Mitterrand died Thursday in Paris at the age of 76, after a battle with cancer. Nephew of former president François Mitterrand, minister under Nicolas Sarkozy, this unclassifiable personality, a great film buff, announced in April 2023 that he was “sick”, without saying more.

With Matteu Maestraccijournalist in the culture department of franceinfo

Deficit: Bercy’s services envisage a slippage in the public deficit to 5.6% of GDP in 2023. Jean-François Husson, senator LR, who led a control mission to the Ministry of the Economy on Thursday denounced a “disastrous budgetary management” and the “information retention” from the government on these figures.

Ukraine: European leaders, meeting at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, are looking for ways to better arm Ukraine, after a new call for help from its president and in the face of a Russian threat considered increasingly worrying.

With Angelique Bouinpermanent correspondent for Radio France in Brussels

CETA: In a climate of extreme tension in the midst of an agricultural crisis, a convenient left-right alliance allowed the Senate on Thursday to oppose the ratification of the Ceta free trade treaty between the European Union and Canada.

With Mathilde Dupréco-director of the Veblen Institute

The informed :

Armelle Le Goff, deputy editorial director of the weekly Le Point

Claire Planchard, editor-in-chief General information from the Ebra group

Bruno Cautres, CNRS researcher at CEVIPOF, the Political Life Research Center, teacher at Sciences PO

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