Have you been off the news a bit over the past two days? We summarize the main information to remember.
Pension reform: at least 14,000 people demonstrated in Paris, according to an independent count
At least 14,000 people demonstrated in Paris against the pension reform bill on Saturday January 21, according to a count by the cabinet Occurrence for a media collective, including The world. According to a police source, the demonstrators were around 12,000, when the organizers estimated the number of participants at 150,000.
The procession, led by youth organizations supported by La France insoumise (LFI), walked between the Places de la Bastille and Place de la Nation without notable incident. We were far from the crowds observed during the day on Thursday, which brought together between 1.2 million and 2 million demonstrators throughout France, according to estimates by the Ministry of the Interior or the General Confederation of Labor ( CGT).
Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz display the rediscovered unity of the Franco-German “locomotive”
It was a question of putting an end to it after months of disagreements and misunderstandings. Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz displayed, Sunday, January 22, in Paris, the found unity of the Franco-German tandem. The French president assured that this « couple » would do “the choice of the future”as he has “know how to do it at every turn of the European construction”. “Germany and France, because they have cleared the path to reconciliation, must become pioneers for the rebuilding of our Europe”he declared in a willingly lyrical speech.
“The future, like the past, depends on the cooperation of our two countries (…) as the locomotive of a united Europe”two countries capable of exceeding their “differences”abounded, for his part, the German Chancellor, evoking a “fraternal couple”.
Russia promises ‘retaliatory measures’ against French media after freezing of RT France assets
Moscow promised on Saturday to take “retaliatory measures” against French media in Russia, after the bank accounts of RT France, the French branch of the Russian channel RT, which is suspended in the European Union (EU), were frozen.
Friday, the unions of RT France had denounced the freezing of the accounts of the chain in France. “With this sanction, nearly a hundred employees and around fifty journalists will probably fall into unemployment”, were moved in a statement by the FO (Force Ouvrière) and SNJ (Journalists’ Union) sections of RT France. According to them, the accounts “are frozen by decision of the State” French.
The Ministry of the Economy had challenged this interpretation, assuring that the chain’s assets had been frozen in application of the most recent European sanctions.
The re-election of Olivier Faure at the head of the PS confirmed, but Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol still disputes it
The election of Olivier Faure at the head of the Socialist Party (PS) was confirmed on Sunday by the commission of verification, but his competitor, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, still disputes the result of the vote of the members.
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According to the commission, Olivier Faure, outgoing first secretary, won with 51.09% of the vote against 48.91% for Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, said the PS in a press release. The mayor of Rouen, however, requests the resumption of the work of the commission, which “have been interrupted”and accuses his rival of a “forced passage”.
The two men claim since Thursday evening to have won the vote of the members. Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, who denounces irregularities, asked the commission for checking the votes to verify the results of the ballot. While the Socialists meet next weekend in congress in Marseille to ratify the results, the party is more than ever weakened.
California shootout kills 10 in majority Asian town near Los Angeles
A shooting killed ten people and injured at least ten on Saturday night in Monterey Park, southern California, United States, authorities said on Sunday, adding that the suspect is still at large. Police did not provide any description of the suspect, nor did they specify the type of weapon he used.
A man opened fire in a dance hall as residents celebrated Lunar New Year, better known as Chinese New Year, police said.
Monterey Park, a city of some 61,000 people, mostly of Asian descent, is located eight miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
And also, on the sports side:
Rallye WRC. Frenchman Sébastien Ogier wins his 9ᵉ Monte-Carlo, a record
Biathlon. Les Bleues victorious in the relay at Antholz-Anterselva before the Worlds
Alpine skiing. At 42, Frenchman Johan Clarey takes another podium in Kitzbühel
Australian Open. World No. 1 Iga Swiatek knocked out in Round of 16
Australian Open. Caroline Garcia qualifies in pain for the round of 16