Did you catch any news over the weekend? We summarize the main information of the last two days.
Legislative elections in Italy: the extreme right favorite
The Italians went to the polls on Sunday September 25 to elect their Parliament, where, unless surprised, the far right should enter in force and propose the Prime Minister who will succeed Mario Draghi. The results will be known overnight. At only 45, Giorgia Meloni, leader of the post-fascist Fratelli d’Italia party, credited with nearly a quarter of the votes in the latest polls, is the favorite to lead a coalition government in which the extreme right would largely dominate the classical right.
Whichever government emerges from the elections, its path already appears to be strewn with pitfalls. He will have to manage the crisis caused by soaring prices, while Italy is crumbling under a debt representing 150% of gross domestic product, the highest ratio in the euro zone behind Greece.
The government unveils measures of the Social Security financing bill
While the Social Security financing bill will be made public at the beginning of the week, the government unveiled, this weekend, a few measures which will be submitted to Parliament. The Minister for Action and Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, announced in particular that one of the measures would consist of decompensating work stoppages issued by teleconsultation when these are not prescribed by the attending physician.
The Social Security budget for 2023 will also include a measure to extend the studies of future general practitioners by one year, encouraged to complete their course in medical deserts.
According to the draft Social Security financing bill, the Social Security deficit will be reduced significantly in 2023, to 6.8 billion euros, against 17.8 billion expected this year. The draft law consulted by Agence France-Presse on Sunday does not include any pension reform measure, while the executive is considering introducing an increase in the legal age or the contribution period by a amendment during the debates in Parliament in October.
Hundreds of protesters arrested in Iran
Protests have continued in Iran since the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest by vice squad in Tehran on September 13 for violating the strict dress code for women in the country.
According to the non-detailed official Iranian report, including demonstrators and security forces, 41 people were killed in nine days of protests. Only in the province of Guilan (north), “739 rioters, including 60 women” were arrested, the police chief said, according to the Tasnim news agency, speaking of the protesters. On Saturday, Iran’s main reform party, People’s Union of Islamic Iran, urged the state to rescind the veil requirement.
War in Ukraine: Moscow toughens penalties for deserters
In full mobilization of its reservists to fight in Ukraine, Moscow on Saturday toughened the penalties for deserters and arrested hundreds of demonstrators, after dismissing its head of military logistics. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed amendments providing for up to ten years in prison for soldiers who desert or refuse to fight.
But these firm measures did not deter opponents of this partial mobilization from demonstrating on Saturday across the country, where at least 710 people were arrested in 32 cities, including nearly half in Moscow, according to OVD-Info, a organization specializing in counting arrests.
Hurricane Fiona hits Canada
Hurricane Fiona hit the Atlantic coast of Canada hard on Saturday September 24th. Uprooted trees, swept away houses, damaged power lines… Late Saturday afternoon, up to nearly 500,000 homes were left without power in the provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Island -Edouard and New Brunswick.
Two women were washed away in Channel-Port-aux-Basques, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a police spokeswoman informed on Saturday. One of the two victims, carried away after the collapse of his house, was rescued and hospitalized, the other remains missing. Having become a post-tropical storm, Fiona was heading north on Sunday, continuing to weaken gradually.
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Marathon. Eliud Kipchoge breaks the world record in Berlin in 2 hours 1 minute and 9 seconds
Cycling. Remco Evenepoel et Annemiek van Vleuten sacrés champions du monde
Musique. Legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders died Saturday at 81
Movie theater. Death of actress Louise Fletcher, known for her role as a nurse in Flight over a cuckoo’s nest