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Standoff in Bercy on the question of the Budget
As François Bayrou’s general policy speech approaches on Tuesday, negotiations are intensifying on pensions and the 2025 budget. After the meetings Monday January 6 and Wednesday January 8 with the Minister of the Economy Eric Lombard and his colleague from Budget, of which they had demanded “remarkable concessions”the socialist representatives have set their demand: the Socialist Party asks the government to suspend the application of the age measure of 64 years for six months, the time of the renegotiation of the pension reform, indicated this Friday, January 10 socialist senator Patrick Kanner. This is the price for their non-censorship of the government. La France insoumise, which refused to attend these meetings, castigated the behavior of its allies in the New Popular Front. The Minister of the Economy, Eric Lombard, welcomed this Friday evening a dialogue with the political forces of Parliament which “will allow us to move forward”emphasizing that “the synthesis” exchanges would be sent to the Prime Minister on Saturday.
Algerian influencers: “Algeria seeks to humiliate France”, according to Retailleau
Despite his expulsion to Algeria decided by French justice, the “Doualemn” influencer was refused by his country on Thursday – he was back in France in the evening, where he was placed in an administrative detention center in Seine -et-Marne. An “extremely worrying” signal for the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau. This Friday, the Beauvau tenant declared: “We can clearly see that Algeria seeks to humiliate France”. Unable to force Algeria to accept the influencer on your territory, Bruno Retailleau still intends to put pressure on the country. He would thus like to use the “commercial leverage”, by playing in particular on the “customs tariffs” et “development aid”. The influencer is accused of having published videos on Tiktok calling for torture aimed at “an opponent of the current regime in Algeria” according to the public prosecutor of Montpellier.
Fires in Los Angeles: the toll rises, the fires still out of control
This remains an intermediate assessment, as rescuers see their searches complicated by flames still out of control. But as it stands, 10 people have died in the fires that continue to ravage the Los Angeles area, the Los Angeles County Department of Forensic Medicine announced Thursday evening. So many people whose identities are being verified. Some 10,000 buildings have been reduced to ashes, and 180,000 people remain under evacuation orders. The Californian authorities announced the reinforcement of hundreds of military units. A nighttime curfew has been decreed in the disaster areas, which have become targets of looting, local authorities announced this Friday.
Stormy Daniels affair: Donald Trump found guilty but escapes any sentence
Donald Trump became the first elected president in the history of the United States to be convicted this Friday in the affair of secret payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. “A shame for the system”denounced the billionaire. This conviction, which he did everything to avoid before entering the White House, is above all a very symbolic moment. Because at the same time as he sentenced Trump, New York judge Juan Merchan pronounced this Friday an exemption from sentence. With this sentencing, more than seven months after being declared guilty by a jury of twelve unanimous citizens before a Manhattan criminal court, Donald Trump will enter the White House on January 20, at the age of 78, with the label of ‘a criminal.
Nicolas Maduro described as “illegitimate” president following his inauguration
Outgoing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in on Friday for a third six-year term at a ceremony in Caracas. The opposition, which claims victory in the July presidential election, describes the Venezuelan leader’s swearing-in as “coup d’état”. The European Union, London and Washington denounced the“illegitimacy” of the Venezuelan leader following his inauguration. A package of economic sanctions and visa restrictions were also imposed.
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