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Elysium. Emmanuel Macron will present his wishes to the Nation on Saturday. The Head of State will comply with this traditional exercise for the sixth time. For his wishes for 2023, Emmanuel Macron has planned to deliver a message of confidence and unity to the French, explained the Élysée. He should return to the year 2022, also mentioning the war in Ukraine and the pension reform.
READ ALSOIn the factory of presidential wishesNew Year’s Eve. The government will be alongside the many agents mobilized for the New Year’s festivities on Saturday. Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne accompanied by François Braun, Minister for Health and Prevention, then by Sonia Backes, Secretary of State for Citizenship, will meet with emergency personnel from the Argenteuil hospital center, before going to the Argenteuil police station and the departmental gendarmerie group in Pontoise where he will be presented with the security measures put in place for New Year’s Eve. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin will hold New Year’s Eve in Mayotte, alongside the police, and will take stock of the commitments made last August, particularly in terms of security.
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Brexit. Saturday will mark the second anniversary of the UK’s exit from the European single market. On December 31, 2020, after four and a half years of a Brexit saga rich in twists and turns, the British had thus completed their historic break with the European Union.
READ ALSOBrexit: what changes for Europeans and the BritishSport. The start of the 45th edition of the Dakar, 4,704 kilometers long, will be given on the shores of the Red Sea on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. The 465 vehicles will set off for an 11 kilometer prologue, before completing 14 days of rallying through Saudi Arabia, for the fourth year in a row. In motorcycles, Briton Sam Sunderland will try to retain his title, while Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota) will face strong competition in cars, including Stéphane Peterhansel (Audi Sport), Carlos Sainz (Audi Sport) and Sebastien Loeb (BRX).
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