Beginning of the agricultural fair, presidential election in Nigeria, Nupes meeting against pension reform… All the news for this Saturday.
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Agriculture. The traditional Agricultural Show opens its doors this Saturday. It will be inaugurated by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron. Great mass of French agriculture, the event has taken place at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center, in the south of Paris, every year since 1964. After a year of war and a desperately dry summer, one of the “key axes of the displacement” of the president will be to “strengthen the sovereignty” of France, by supporting “an agriculture which produces to feed the French and which adapts to new environmental challenges”, it was indicated on Wednesday at the Elysée.
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Opposition. La Nupes meets in Nantes for a meeting against the pension reform. On site, several headliners from the left will be there: Boris Vallaud, Ian Brossat, Manon Aubry, Alexis Corbière or Johanna Rolland, mayor of Nantes.
Earlier in the day, at 9 a.m., the municipal police officers of Strasbourg went on strike for 24 hours, again to protest against the pension reform.
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Vote. For the first time since the return to democracy in 1999, Nigeria could experience a two-round presidential election, as the growing popularity of an outsider candidate and a shortage of banknotes have disrupted the campaign. At 80, President Muhammadu Buhari is stepping down after two terms marked by an explosion of insecurity and poverty in this country where 60% of the population is under 25 years old. Voting day is marked by the risk of violence.