The editorial staff of “Libération” compiles the main news from this Wednesday, January 8.
Every morning, the editorial staff of Libé selects the essential news in France, the rest of the world and those to follow during the day.
Five northern departments on orange alert for snow and ice
This Wednesday, January 8, the meteorological organization placed five departments in the north of France on orange snow-ice alert due to“an unexceptional winter episode” but notable enough to make driving conditions difficult. The North, Oise, Pas-de-Calais, Seine-Maritime and Somme will go into orange vigilance from 3 p.m. “Over the entire episode, we expect snowfall accumulations of 5 to 10 cm, locally 10 to 15 centimeters in Hauts-de-France and even peaks of around 20 cm in the Pas-de department. -Calais”, specifies Météo-France. The snowy episode should end around noon Thursday.
The TGV price increase comes into effect
From this Wednesday, the price of high-speed train tickets will increase by an average of 1.5% over the year – or 0.2 percentage points less than expected inflation of 1.7%. On average, prices will increase by “less than one euro per ticket”assured the director of TGV-Intercités at SNCF Voyageurs, Alain Krakovitch and “one in two tickets will be sold for less than 47 euros”. The minimum prices remain unchanged, as do the prices of Avantage and Liberté cards and the reductions to which they give entitlement. At the same time, the “Stop Fraude” system, which allows SNCF or RATP inspectors to check the addresses of offenders without a transport ticket, is effective from this Wednesday.
“Giant aperitifs” to celebrate the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen
Several hundred opponents of Jean-Marie Le Pen gathered Tuesday evening in several cities in France for “giant aperitifs” initiated by the collective Les Inverti.es, to celebrate with songs, smoke bombs and fireworks. artifice, the death of the founder of the National Front. On a sign in Paris brandished in the crowd of hundreds of people on the Place de la République: “This dirty racist is dead”. “Nothing, absolutely nothing justifies dancing on a corpse. The death of a man, even a political opponent, should inspire only restraint and dignity. These scenes of jubilation are simply shameful,” commented Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on bottles of champagne in hands.
A strong fire in progress in a beautiful neighborhood of Los Angeles
Multi-million dollar villas threatened by flames. A spectacular fire on Tuesday forced thousands of people to evacuate the hills overlooking Los Angeles, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood. It has already devastated nearly 1,200 hectares. The authorities identify “many structures already destroyed” explained California Governor Gavin Newsom during a press briefing Tuesday evening. Around 30,000 people are under evacuation orders, according to authorities. Warm Santa Ana winds, typical of the Californian winter, are still blowing up to 160 km/h in the region this Wednesday, according to the US Weather Service (NWS). Enough to spread the flames very quickly and place a “mortal danger”, although no injuries have been reported so far.
No need to be invested to multiply the provocations. During a press conference held Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago brothel, Donald Trump refused to rule out the idea of using force to annex the Panama Canal and Greenland. “I can’t assure you about either of them.”threatened the elected president, questioned about a possible use of armed forces to annex the canal, a vital artery of global maritime transport, and Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. Both are “very important for economic security” of the United States provocatively insisted the President-elect who will officially return to the White House on January 20. He also expressed his wish to see Canada become the American “51st state”. What's more after the announcement of the resignation on Monday of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
To be continued today
The Mayotte reconstruction project presented to the Council of Ministers
The bill for the reconstruction of Mayotte is presented this Wednesday to the Council of Ministers, a text which will notably make it possible to waive “for two years” from town planning rules. The objective is to enable public actors to “restore the living conditions of residents” of the small French archipelago in the Indian Ocean, devastated on December 14 by Cyclone Chido. This will facilitate the reconstruction of schools, infrastructure and housing. Nothing, however, on precarious housing, while François Bayrou had promised during his trip at the end of December “to prevent reconstruction” slums in Mayotte.
Didier Deschamps' announcement of his departure from the French football team
Towards the end of an era. The coach of the French football team, Didier Deschamps, must announce this Wednesday that he will leave his post in 2026, assured the evening before the Team et the Parisian. The coach, who led the Blues to the world champion title in 2018, should make his decision known this Wednesday on the set of 1 p.m. of TF1, according to these two sources. Didier Deschamps' lease on the Tricolores bench will end at the end of his contract and the 2026 World Cup. And this, regardless of the team's result during this competition. The departure of the Basque boss after fourteen years at Clairefontaine revives speculation about the arrival of Zinédine Zidane on the Blues bench.
The story
Death of Jean-Marie Le Pen: from daughter to rival, the tumultuous rise of Marine Le Pen facing “the man of her life”
After the death of the founder of the FN on Tuesday January 7, Marine Le Pen will walk for the first time without her father. From a childhood disrupted by absence to “patricide” in 2015, a look back at a relationship that borrowed from a bad soap opera as well as from ancient tragedy. Read here.
The interview
Lola Lafon: “We cannot live in an algorithmic bubble, we must find the courage to talk to each other”
In It was never too latethe writer creates, around current affairs chronicles written for Libéanother story centered on intimate current events: growing up, getting old, and how to reconnect with a “we” made up of exchanges and empathy. Read here.
The portrait
Matthew Glover and Jane Land, famous vegans
A long-time couple, these British animal rights activists are at the origin of the “Veganuary” campaign, a January vegan challenge. Read here.
