“An acceleration of the fifth wave.” The words of Jean-François Delfraissy, the president of the Scientific Council, are quite clear: things will not work out in the coming weeks. It is necessary to hide, and continue to be vaccinated to avoid a reconfinement. The government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal, wants to be reassuring: even if “nothing is excluded”, no additional measure is for the moment envisaged thanks to the triptych mask – vaccine – sanitary pass.
It must be said that we are just starting to really measure the impacts of containments. Especially on young people, where there has been a doubling of depressive syndromes among 15-24 year olds according to a report by the Defender of Rights, Claire Hédon, published today. The closure of schools has also reinforced social phobias, says the report, which advocates the opening in all departments of a “house for adolescents” to respond as quickly as possible to the discomfort of a generation struggling to recover. the ups and downs of the crisis.
The various problems linked to Parcoursup had an unexpected consequence: the exile of French students to neighboring Belgium. The figures speak for themselves: the number of young French people studying in Belgium has jumped 25% in five years. An example: 5,900 French people, or 15% of the campus, study at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Certain sectors have more French than Belgians in their ranks, and this is starting to annoy our neighbors, told us Angélique Bouin, the franceinfo correspondent in Brussels, because it is the Belgian taxes that finance the training.
Don’t look for the “Fifteen minutes” tonight: we will be under a blanket, a cup of hot chocolate in our hand, daydreaming in front of Christmas Flow, the 100% French Christmas mini-series coming out tomorrow on Netflix. Because France also starts to these romances full of chocolates and good feelings.
We talked about the phenomenon of Christmas films with a few enthusiasts before handing our microphone to cinema sociologist Emmanuel Ethis to ask him what the recipe for the success of these films is.
Guests: Angélique Bouin, correspondent for Radio France in Brussels, and Emmanuel Ethis, sociologist of cinema
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