Around Renaud Dély and Marc Fauvelle, Neila Latrouspolitical journalist at franceinfo, and Etienne Girardeditor-in-chief at the expressdiscuss the news of Monday, September 19, 2022.
Adrien Quatennens: exemplary withdrawal or “circulate there’s nothing to see”? Mélenchon stirs up trouble…
The deputy of the North, Adrien Quatennens, suspends his functions as coordinator of LFI and number two of the movement. He published a statement on Sunday in which he acknowledges several disputes and acts of violence against his wife who filed a handrail at the police station. And in particular a slap. He has decided to retire from his duties, and is at the disposal of justice.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon hailed his “dignity” and his “courage” and renewed his “trust” and his “affection”castigating the “police malice”the “media voyeurism” and the “social networks”without mentioning the wife of Adrien Quatennens. Three hours later, a rare thing, the leader of rebellious France tried to rectify the situation by specifying that a slap is “unacceptable in all cases”.
Can Adrien Quatennens remain a deputy?
Should he resign?
Is there real malaise within LFI?
Diplomatic puzzle in London: why invite MBS to the funeral of Elizabeth II and not Vladimir Putin?
The funeral of Elizabeth II takes place Monday in the British capital, nine days after the death of the queen. Over 2,000 guests are expected at Westminster Abbey. Neither Russia nor Belarus are represented. The outraged Kremlin in a press release by the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy denounces the attitude “immoral” of London and “blasphemous with respect to the memory of Elizabeth II”. The Russian authorities are upset that even North Korea is invited.
London at the forefront of support for Ukraine and very hostile to Putin?
A staging of Moscow and Vladimir Putin vis-à-vis his people to whom he explains that Russia is a victim of Russophobia?
Why invite Mohammed bin Salman? Become essential again despite the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi?