Have you been off the news a bit lately? We summarize the main titles to remember from this weekend of Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 July.
Roundup of the Vél d’Hiv: Emmanuel Macron denounces “creeping” anti-Semitism and those who engage in “falsification” of history
Emmanuel Macron called, Sunday July 17, “Republican forces” at “redouble vigilance” in the face of anti-Semitism “even hotter” et « rampant » that twenty years ago, in a speech in Pithiviers (Loiret) commemorating the 80e anniversary of the Vél d’Hiv roundup. “Neither Pétain, nor Laval, nor Bousquet, nor Darquier de Pellepoix, none of them wanted to save Jews. It is a falsification of history to say so”also insisted the Head of State, who then affirmed that “Those who indulge in these lies have the plan to destroy the Republic and the unity of the nation”.
In this station where part of the 13,000 Jews arrested in Paris and the suburbs transited on July 16, 1942 and the following days, Mr. Macron took up the words of Jacques Chirac who in 1995 had recognized France’s responsibility in the roundup. of the Vel d’Hiv: “These dark hours forever sully our history. France that day accomplished the irreparable. »
France under the heat wave: 15 departments in red vigilance, more than half of the country in orange vigilance
A new wave of heat, which has become a heat wave, has settled over France. This is the 45e heat wave recorded in France since 1947; it officially started on Tuesday July 12. It is particularly intense and long-lasting, especially in the southern regions, where fires have devastated more than 10,000 hectares in Gironde.
Fifteen departments were placed on Sunday in “heat wave” red vigilance by Météo-France. This red alert, which recommends that the inhabitants of the areas concerned observe a “absolute vigilance” in the face of “dangerous phenomena of exceptional intensity”concerns the following departments: Charente (16), Charente-Maritime (17), Côtes-d’Armor (22), Dordogne (24), Finistère (29), Gers (32), Gironde (33), Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Landes (40), Loire-Atlantique (44), Lot-et-Garonne (47), Maine-et-Loire (49), Morbihan (56), Deux-Sèvres (79) and Vendée (85).
From Sunday until Tuesday, a breath of exceptionally warm air will sweep the country from the Bay of Biscay to the North Sea. The Atlantic arc will experience exceptional heat and a sustained wind on Monday and in the night from Monday to Tuesday, before a sudden cooling during the day on Tuesday, forecasts Météo-France.
Serbian cargo plane carrying ‘Serbian defense industry products’ crashes in northern Greece
An Antonov cargo plane crashed on Saturday evening July 16 in fields in the town of Paleochori Kavalas, in northeastern Greece. The plane, which left Serbia, had just, according to press reports, requested emergency landing authorization at the Greek airport of Kavala, but failed to complete the maneuver in time.
Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic confirmed on Sunday morning that the aircraft was operated by a Ukrainian company, Meridian, and announced that all eight crew members died in the crash. “I think they are also Ukrainians but we don’t have any information about that. They are not Serbs”said Mr. Stefanovic during a press conference.
The device “carried Serbian defense industry products”he wrote in a post on Twitter. Eleven tons of arms equipment from the Vali company were being delivered to the Bangladeshi government.
The “homophobic remarks” of Minister Caroline Cayeux denounced by a hundred personalities
A hundred personalities from all walks of life, including the presidential majority, denounce the “homophobic remarks” by Caroline Cayeux, in a column published on Saturday July 16 on the website of JDD. “How to accept the remarks made by the minister responsible for local authorities on the eve of the national holiday”ask the signatories.
Mme Cayeux sparked controversy this week by responding to Public Senate, who asked him about old statements dating from 2013 “on marriage for all and adoption for same-sex couples, described as reform of whim and design that goes against nature”. The Minister first said: “I obviously stand by my words. But I have always said that the law, if it were passed, I would apply it. » And to add: “I must tell you all the same that I have many friends among these people. Frankly, it’s a bad trial that I’m being made and it upset me a lot. »
Facing the outcry, Mme Cayeux backpedaled Thursday evening in The Parisianrecalling that her remarks, which she now judges “stupid and clumsy”, “go back ten years”. “And if I can’t deny having held them, of course I won’t use them anymore and regret them”she added, presenting her “sincerest apologies”.