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08:18 : Hello @VinzYannick Jadot recalled during a trip on air pollution in Ivry-sur-Seine, a few days agothan “ecologists have never hesitated to build republican fronts against the far right”, reports BFMTV. He therefore clearly implies that he would block Marine Le Pen by voting for Emmanuel Macron in the event of a second round between the two candidates.
08:16 : Quick question: Did Jadot say what he would do in a Macron-Le Pen second round?
08:13 : The Chief Executive of hong kong, Carrie Lam, announces that she will retire in June and will not seek a second term. While her supporters see her as an inflexible loyalist to Beijing, her critics see her as the one who oversaw the collapse of Hong Kong’s political freedoms and its reputation as a stable regional business hub. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
08:00 : “I think we have to consider that we are at a crime scene. As far as possible, we have to identify the causes of people’s deaths, the types of injuries, the positions of the victims, identify the names, collect the testimonies of witnesses and survivors. It is on this basis that we can confirm that these are (…) war crimes.”
On franceinfo, the head of Human Rights Watch called for “absolutely thorough investigations are carried out as soon as possible” on these deaths.
07:57 : The mayor of Boutcha, in Ukraine, Anatoliy Fedoruk, where Russian troops are accused of having killed residents before withdrawing, affirms on BFMTV that the local authorities believe “the death toll at 350, all civilians”.
07:51 : The coronation of van der Poel, a record Paris marathon, imperial Carlos Alcaraz… Our colleagues from franceinfo sport offer you a look back at a dense weekend, marked by the insolent youth of Mathieu van der Poel, Iga Swiatek or Carlos Alcaraz. (AFP)
07:48 : Be careful if your identity papers have expired: the deadlines for renewing them are particularly long at the moment, especially in the Paris region. In town halls, delays can be up to five months to obtain an appointment. And you have to add three weeks for the issuance of the papers.
07:43 : Conservative Rodrigo Chaves, a former World Bank executive, was yesterday elected president of the Costa Rica for a four-year term, in a country in the throes of an economic and social crisis. He promised to provide solutions to the problems: the foreign debt, equivalent to 70% of the GDP, the poverty rate of 23% of the population, unemployment at 14%, and the corruption scandals in the public sector.
(EZEQUIEL BECERRA / AFP)
07:47 : There also remains the question of the integration of seniors into the labor market. France has one of the lowest employment rates for 60-65 year olds in the EU. A situation that is not found in Sweden, which offers several schemes to support employees towards retirement. All the details in this article.
07:47 : Julie Landour, sociologist at PSL Paris-Dauphine University, explained to me that she considered the financial justification as “ideological” : “the reforms of 2003 and 2010 [laquelle a repoussé l’âge légal de départ à 62 ans] focused precisely on funding issues. Pension expenditure must not exceed 14% [du PIB] from now on. We don’t see the effects yet, because it’s a process that can be seen over a long period of time”.
07:29 : Why 65? The first explanation, according to the supporters of the reform, is financial, and would make it possible to reduce the deficit of the system. The second is linked to the increase in life expectancy. But these two reasons do not convince specialists on the subject.
07:27 : It was one of the great reforms of Emmanuel Macron, abandoned because of the Covid-19 pandemic. If he is re-elected, the candidate president has promised to push back the legal retirement age to 65, instead of 62 currently. In this article, I explain the questions that arise around the campaign proposal.
07:17 : The moment of truth is approaching for the presidential candidates who are starting their last week of marathon campaigning. the Sunday newspaper examines the issues that could harm the presidential candidate’s campaign, while The voice of the North devotes its front page to the proposals of the candidates on the pension reform.
07:52 : Here are some of your diaries of the day. As expected, many titles still evoke the war in Ukraine, in particular the discovery of mass graves in towns abandoned by Russian forces near kyiv.
07:00 : You are right, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban won a fourth victory in a row last night in the legislative elections, with 53.35% of the vote against 34.75% for the opposition, according to almost final results. During the campaign, the ultra-conservative leader, ideologically close to Vladimir Putin, refused to deliver arms to Ukraine and to consider sanctions that would deprive Hungarians of precious Russian oil and gas.
06:58 : It seems that Victor Orban is victorious, what is his position towards Putin?
07:54 : Almost all of the Government of Sri Lanka resigned last night, after record-breaking protests over food, fuel and medicine shortages. The president was due to appoint a new government today, which could include some of the resigning ministers.
(ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)
06:44 : The weather will still be very cold, with severe frosts this morning and rainy during the day in the northern third of the country, according to Météo France. The maximum will gain a few degrees with 7°C to 12°C on the northern half, 10°C to 13°C degrees in the south, 12°C to 16°C on the Mediterranean rim.
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07:54 : The current cold spell worries arborists and winegrowers. The Bordeaux vines suffered temperatures of -3°C to -7°C this weekend. But it is currently difficult to assess the losses caused by frost. “The buds were just starting to bloom. It’s not until they’ve all been budded that we’ll have an idea of the damage done,” according to Stéphane Gabard, president of Bordeaux AOC wines, at France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
06:23 : In terms of awards, pop singer Olivia Rodrigo won the Grammy Award for “revelation of the year” against rappers Saweetie and The Kid Laroi. And Jon Batiste, a 35-year-old African-American pianist, won “Album of the Year” for We Are.
07:55 : “War. What is the exact opposite of music? The silence of ruined cities and slain people.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky intervened yesterday via a recorded speech during the 64th edition of the Grammy Awards, equivalent of the Oscars for American music. He asked for support from his country, after more than a month of invasion by Russia.
07:57 : Here is a first point on the news:
• The Russian army denies having massacred civilians in Boutcha, while the Ukrainian president speaks of “genocide” after the discovery of several hundred corpses in the streets of this city near kyiv. France 2 was able to get there.
If Météo France no longer places any department on orange alert, the cold snap continues in France until Tuesday. Arborists and grape growers are expecting the worst. The French are invited to moderate their electricity consumption by the RTE network manager this morning.
A new demonstration in tribute to Yvan Colonna, a Corsican independence activist fatally attacked in prison, degenerated into violent clashes yesterday in Ajaccio. Fifteen people were injured, according to the prefecture.
Two teenagers are being tried from today, behind closed doors, by the Pontoise juvenile court for Alisha’s Assassination, aged 14, in March 2021 in Argenteuil (Val-d’Oise). They face up to twenty years in prison.
6:00 am : Hello everyone ! I am happy to see you again so early in the morning, for a week of highly political news. We start in a moment, after a (big) coffee for me. Good morning on franceinfo.fr 🙂