Emmanuel Macron to meet Bernard Cazeneuve on Monday morning
Emmanuel Macron will receive Bernard Cazeneuve on Monday morning at the Elysée Palace as part of his consultations with a view to the appointment of the new prime minister, the former socialist prime minister confirmed on Sunday to the Elysée Palace. World. Although his name has been circulating for several days as a possible prime minister, “Bernard Cazeneuve does not ask, but if he does it is out of duty and to avoid additional difficulties for the country”Cazeneuve’s entourage said. The president will also meet former heads of state François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy.
On Saturday, in Blois, in the Loir-et-Cher, Olivier Faure insisted, during his closing speech at the Socialist Party’s summer university, on the persistent danger that the far right would rather repeat his call for the unity of his movement and the left. In Levens, in the Alpes-Maritimes, Eric Ciotti announced the creation of a new political group: the Union of Rights for the Republic.
In Flixecourt, on the Somme, the LFI deputy, François Ruffin, estimated that “If Emmanuel Macron does not set limits for himself, the Assembly will have to set limits for him by all means”. Finally, in Loyettes, in Ain, the resigned Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, took advantage of a meeting with a hundred Renaissance militants to mock the socialists who “decline” a socialist head of government and the republicans who do not want him to join their ranks either.
Paralympic Games: Emeline Pierre, Dorian Foulon, Marie Patouillet and Tanguy de La Forest in gold
On Saturday, France won a third gold medal at these Paralympic Games thanks to its runner Dorian Foulon in the 4,000m individual pursuit (C5). Also in track cycling, Alexandre Léauté and Gatien Le Rousseau won the bronze medal. In swimming, the Portal brothers brought two additional medals (silver and bronze) to the French delegation, in the 400m freestyle (S12). The first medal in athletics, a bronze, was won by Antoine Praud in the 1,500m (T46). Table tennis brought two bronze medals to France.
On Sunday, Emeline Pierre, Marie Patouillet and Tanguy de La Forest claimed France’s fourth, fifth and sixth Paralympic titles in para swimming, para cycling and shooting, on an already medal-rich day. France won six medals on Sunday, two bronze in para rowing and silver for Heïdi Gaugain, who was in the final of the para cycling pursuit against Marie Patouillet. In total, France won twenty-three medals, including six titles, and this total could be increased further with athletics and swimming in the evening. It is currently back at number 5.my place in the medal table.
Israel-Hamas war: six hostages found dead in Gaza Strip
The bodies of six hostages kidnapped during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 in southern Israel have been found in the Gaza Strip, including that of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, US President Joe Biden announced on Saturday afternoon. , said “devastated and outraged”. it is about “Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi and Ori Danino”the Israeli army said in a statement. Five of them were kidnapped at the Nova techno music festival. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the hostages had been “Murdered in cold blood by Hamas just before we reached them”.
“ [Benyamin] Netanyahu abandoned the hostages »He lashed out at the Hostages and Missing Families Forum (HMFM, the “hostages and missing families forum”, an organisation that brings together relatives of people kidnapped on 7 October), which announced several demonstrations at the end of the day on Sunday, particularly in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. For its part, the Histadrut, a powerful Israeli trade union, declared a “general strike” by Monday in order to force the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to reach an agreement for the release of the hostages.
In addition, three police officers, two men and a woman, were killed on Sunday in a “armed attack” in the southern West Bank, occupied territory where the Israeli army is carrying out a large operation “anti-terrorist”Israeli emergency services and law enforcement agencies reported. On Saturday, the Israeli army announced the death of one of its soldiers in the West Bank, where fighting is now concentrated in the Jenin refugee camp, a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups.
Germany: Far-right wins regional elections in Thuringia for the first time
Germany’s far-right has won its first regional elections in Thuringia. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, led by Björn Höcke, won, according to initial estimates, with between 30.5% and 33.5% of the vote.
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In neighbouring Saxony, the party is tied with the conservative CDU for first place in exit polls, with between 30% and 31.5% of the vote. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats suffered another electoral setback, with an estimated score of between 6.5% and 8.5% in these two states.
An AfD victory in regional elections would be a first for the country since the post-war period, as the party is unlikely to lead a government, but other parties have always rejected any coalition with it. It further undermines the chancellor’s unpopular coalition government with the Greens and the liberal FDP, one year before the 2025 general election.
These elections in Thuringia and Saxony come just over a week after the triple knife murder blamed on a Syrian in Solingen in the west of the country, which shocked the country and reignited a lively debate on immigration. AfD leaders sought to capitalise on the impact of the attack, accusing successive federal governments of sowing hatred. ” chaos “The alleged attacker, suspected of having links to the jihadist organisation Islamic State (IS), managed to escape an expulsion decision.
Henri Leclerc, lawyer and human rights defender, dies
Henri Leclerc died on Saturday at the age of 90 in Paris, after seventy years at the bar and as many years of tenacious defence of liberties. Mᵉ Leclerc was one of the last giants of his time, and when the rumour spread in the courts or tribunals that he was going to testify, colleagues, magistrates, students, discreetly slipped into the room to learn from the old master.
The world of justice, in mourning, paid tribute to him. Like many other lawyers on Saturday night “We have lost a tireless defender of freedoms whose commitment and talent will have left their mark on the bar and on our entire justice system. The Lion King is dead and we are orphans. Henri was an exceptional man, a faithful friend and a mentor. An inestimable loss, in these turbulent times when we will miss his intelligence and his burning passion for law and equality.”Malik Salemkour, honorary president of the League of Human Rights (LDH), lamented on X.
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