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12:55 p.m. : What do Republicans think of a possible “political agreement” majority, as Nicolas Sarkozy proposed this weekend? “This is not the option we took”, assures Renaissance MP Jean-René Cazeneuve on RFI. The elected official, who is also general rapporteur for the Finance Committee, recalls that the coalition agreements“it’s not in the French tradition”.
12:02 : It is noon, here is the point on the news:
• Electric day in perspective at the National Assembly. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will have to face this afternoon the motions of censure of the Nupes and the RN on the 2023 budget. However, these two texts have no chance of being adopted.
• Big favorite to succeed Liz Truss after the abandonment of Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, former finance minister, could be appointed Prime Minister this afternoon by the Conservative Party.
• A lithium mine in France. This is the project announced this morning by the company Imerys. This metal is an essential component of electric batteries. The deposit is located in the basement of a kaolin quarry in Beauvoir, in the town of Echassières (Allier).
• Hundreds of people are expected this afternoon in Lillers (Pas-de-Calais) for the funeral of Lola, 12, whose savage murder shocked the country. A ceremony that his parents want “worthy”far from “political unrest”.
11:25 a.m. : Is the government going to use 49.3 again? Already used twice on the budget texts, the Minister of Labor assured this morning that he “will do[t] everything” in order to avoid going through this article of the Constitution to have the future pension reform adopted. “Entering into a discussion by saying: ‘in any case, we will end with a 49.3’, does not make sense”, declared Olivier Dussopt at the microphone of Public Senate.
09:11 : It is 9 a.m., here is the point on the news:
• Electric day in perspective at the National Assembly. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will have to face this afternoon in the Assembly the motions of censure of the Nupes and the RN on the 2023 budget. However, these two texts have no chance of being adopted.
• A lithium mine in France. This is the project announced this morning by the company Imerys. This metal is an essential component of electric batteries. The deposit is located in the basement of a kaolin quarry in Beauvoir, in the town of Echassières (Allier).
• Hundreds of people are expected this afternoon in Lillers (Pas-de-Calais) for the funeral of Lola, 12, whose savage murder shocked the country. A ceremony that his parents want “worthy”far from “political unrest”.
Boris Johnson throws in the towel. The former prime minister is giving up on running for the succession of Liz Truss and thus making an improbable comeback two months after being pushed out of 10 Downing Street.
08:45 : “A motion of censure is the moment when we say if we have an alternative project, I do not see any in the opposition.”
On franceinfo, the minister scolded the RN and the Nupes, which will defend this afternoon two motions of censure against the government. “At least the Republicans” have “The sense of responsibilities” and the “Courage to say, ‘Let’s move on, France must have a budget'”he slipped.
07:09 : We get up on the right foot with a first point on the news:
• Electric day in perspective at the National Assembly. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will have to face this afternoon in the Assembly the motions of censure of the Nupes and the RN on the 2023 budget. However, these two texts have no chance of being adopted.
Boris Johnson throws in the towel. The former prime minister is giving up on running for the succession of Liz Truss and thus making an improbable comeback two months after being pushed out of 10 Downing Street.
• The two Koreas exchanged warning shots this morning. The two countries accuse each other of breaching the disputed maritime boundary with one of their ships.
• Hundreds of people are expected this afternoon in Lillers (Pas-de-Calais) for the funeral of Lola, 12, whose savage murder shocked the country. A ceremony that his parents want “worthy”far from “political unrest”.