The editorial staff of Libération summarizes the main news of Monday, July 1.
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Legislative: will he or will he not withdraw?
A big mess is expected until 6pm on Tuesday, the deadline for withdrawals by candidates still in the running. Or not. After the unprecedented score of the RN in the first round of the legislative elections, a hundred left-wing or Macronist candidates involved in three-way races have already withdrawn in order to counter the far-right party. On the left, the order was given on Sunday: if the RN is in the lead, the activists in third position must withdraw. An instruction that has been followed rather well. In the presidential camp, on the other hand, it is difficult to express themselves in unison. In front of his ministers, Emmanuel Macron affirmed that «not a voice” should not “go to the far right”recalling that the left had mobilized against the RN in 2017 and in 2022, allowing its own accession to the Elysée. Several Renaissance candidates have announced their withdrawal, such as Sylvie Casenave-Péré, who came third behind Marie-Caroline Le Pen in Sarthe. But a few diehards are clinging to their campaign, like Loïc Signor in Val-de-Marne.
Legislative: will it debate or not?
It was THE clash of the day. Six days before the second round of the legislative elections, this Monday, July 1, the president of the RN Jordan Bardella said to himself “ready to debate with Jean-Luc Mélenchon». An invitation that in a few hours gave rise to a ping-pong of punchlines, some of which bordered on schoolyard level. The affair unfolded in five acts. First act: the response of the rebel, who preferred to put an LFI candidate other than himself in the spotlight. Second act: the surprise entrance of Marine Tondelier. Passing through the window, the environmentalist protested: “After Manuel Bompard and Olivier Faure [la semaine dernière, ndlr]it is my turn to represent our coalition in the 3rd debate.” Third act: the Ecologists’ chorus of support for the latter, the party condemning in a press release a “almost exclusively male media presence” in recent weeks. Fourth act: Jordan Bardella’s response. Wound up like a cuckoo, the MEP, on the verge of accusing Jean-Luc Mélenchon of being scared, suspects him of avoiding the debate. And the apotheosis of the fifth act, with Marine Tondelier’s final reply: “Ah ok so it’s really official: Jordan Bardella only wants to debate with men”.
Euro 2024: Les Bleus push aside Belgium after a tense match
How long it was, this Monday, July 1st, at the Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena. It took until the 84th minute for France to find the back of the net, in the round of 16 against Belgium. A goal from substitute Randal Kolo Muani, on a pivot shot topped and deflected by the thigh of Jan Vertongen, unstoppable for poor Koen Casteels. The final blow for the somewhat rejuvenated Red Devils, who failed to turn the tide and are therefore eliminated from Euro 2024 by France on the smallest of marks. Just like during the 2018 World Cup.
Presidential immunity: Supreme Court gives Donald Trump breathing space
The conservative-majority US Supreme Court on Monday sent back to lower courts the question of Donald Trump’s criminal immunity as a former president, further delaying his federal trial in Washington, four months before the election. With the six conservative justices against the three progressives, the Court considers that “The President has no immunity for his unofficial acts” but that he “is entitled to at least a presumption of immunity for his official acts”. This decision is “a great victory for our democracy and our Constitution,” Donald Trump, who is campaigning to return to the White House, immediately reacted.
#MeToo cinema: Jacquot and Doillon in police custody in Paris
Filmmakers Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, accused by actresses, including Judith Godrèche, of sexual violence, were taken into custody by the Brigade for the Protection of Minors on Monday, July 1, according to sources close to the case. The two men, who deny these accusations, arrived at the Regional Directorate of the Judicial Police in Paris at around 9:30 a.m., accompanied by their lawyers. Benoît Jacquot “will finally be able to speak before the courts”reacted his counsel, Julia Minkowski, who denounced a “criticizable” jail. “A free hearing should have been decided”she added.
Moselle: Death toll from shooting at wedding in Thionville climbs to two
A second person died this Monday, July 1, following a shooting at a wedding in Thionville (Moselle) on the night of Saturday to Sunday, June 30, indicates the specialized interregional jurisdiction (Jirs) of Nancy. On Sunday, his vital prognosis was engaged. The death of this second victim brings the toll of the shooting to two dead and four injured, two of whom are less seriously injured. “For two other victims, initially hospitalized in a state of absolute emergency, the vital prognosis is no longer engaged”said Vincent Légaut, deputy prosecutor in Nancy, in a press release. An investigation has been opened by the Jirs of Nancy for “organized gang murder and attempted organized gang murder”The perpetrators of the shooting, several armed and hooded men, fled.
Can we escape a far-right majority? We’re talking about it on Twitch. Having come out on top in the first round of the legislative elections, the National Rally is now dreaming of obtaining an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Who could stop them? Has the “page of Macronism” been turned? We’ll be discussing it from 7 p.m. live on Twitch, with Thomas Legrand, columnist at Libération, Léa Chamboncel, journalist and political columnist, and François Malaussena, parliamentary advisor and political commentator. Visit our Twitch channel.
Annie Ernaux: “History will judge Macron very harshly, but it will also judge us if we leave France to a racist party.” The 2022 Nobel Prize winner, who supported Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the last presidential election, looks back at the RN’s score in the first round of the legislative elections and calls for a Republican blockade on July 7.
Why Emmanuel Macron missed his meeting with suburban France. While the President has not been blind to the growing divide between metropolitan areas and peri-urban and rural areas, his public programs have come up against the issue of purchasing power and persistent inequalities in access to care.
Black Dolls: ‘I wanted my daughter to be able to attach to a reflection of herself’ In the wake of the documentary “Black Barbie” which looks back at the history of the first black Barbie, available on Netflix, Release collected testimonies from black women who grew up without toys that looked like them and from parents faced with this problem.
My first time completely naked: “It’s very soft, enveloping and completely desexualized.” One day, they took off their jersey and almost never came back. For Liberationthey tell their discovery of nudity in the wild. In the first episode of our series, Armand (1), 38 years old, landscaper in Paris.
