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• #POLITICS The deputy of the RN, Grégoire de Fournas, wrote to Carlos Martens Bilongo after his racist interpellation in the Hemicycle, assuring that they were addressed to the migrants of whom the deputy LFI spoke, and not to the speaker himself. The latter accuses him, on franceinfo, of “distort the truth”. The office of the National Assembly is meeting this afternoon to discuss a possible sanction.
• #ENERGY EDF has again revised downwards its nuclear electricity production forecasts for 2022, suggesting additional difficulties for the end of the year. A setback justified by the extension of the shutdown of four reactors affected by a corrosion problem.
• #UKRAINE Nearly 4.5 million people in Ukraine were without electricity overnight due to Russian strikes against the country’s infrastructure. President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced an “energy terror”. Here’s what to remember from the day.
• #FOOT Finally some good news for French clubs in the European Cup: Nantes and Monaco have validated their ticket for the rest of the Europa League, where they join Rennes, and Nice continues its journey in the Europa League Conference.
• One in four Europeans declares that they are in a precarious situation, which leads them to give up certain needs, points out a barometer from the Secours populaire. Because of a “difficult financial situation”62% of Europeans have already restricted their movements and 47% have already given up heating their homes despite the cold.