The info not to miss
The New Year should be saved. The SNCF unions approved the agreement proposed by management this afternoon. After repeated government pressure, the situation should therefore improve for the French who wish to move: the notices filed for a new strike on January 1 must be lifted.
“If the disturbances will remain unchanged for this weekend, this agreement allows the lifting of strike notices with the aim of a return to normal in the very next few days and in particular for the weekend of the 1st of An,” management said in a statement. She “welcomes that it is through social dialogue with the elected representatives of the railway workers that a way out of the conflict is found and that the demands of the captains have been heard”.
What else to remember
- Shots fired in Paris: two dead according to a first assessment. Two people were killed and four injured this Friday following gunshots in Paris, rue d’Enghien, in the 10th arrondissement. Among the injured, two are in absolute emergency. A man was arrested and taken into custody, according to a police source. Of French nationality, he would be, according to our information, a retiree from the SNCF, where he worked as a driver.
- Pogba case. According to our information, Mathias, the older brother of Paul, in pre-trial detention since September 17 in the case of extortion of which the star footballer of the Blues was the victim, was released this morning.
- Liberation of the “Snake”. French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who committed several murders across Asia in the 1970s and inspired the Netflix series “The Serpent”, was released from prison in Nepal on Friday. He will be transferred to France in the evening, according to his lawyer.
- Pension reform: what would it change for you? Two projects are on the table: postpone the legal retirement age from 62 to 65, or go to 64 by accelerating the extension of the contribution period. Male, female, full career, early retirement… Here is the impact of each scenario, depending on the profile.
- Argentines in the sights. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra crushed this morning the “vulgar” and “racist” behavior of certain Argentinian players. “The way the Argentine team acted following this victory is not worthy of the match we saw,” said the Minister of Sports. Yesterday, Noël Le Graët wrote to his Argentinian counterpart to complain about the behavior of the new world champions.
it concerns you
The opening of the counter for the wood energy check, initially scheduled for yesterday, has been postponed to Tuesday 27. This aid, up to 200 euros, should concern up to 2.6 million people.