The editorial staff of Libération summarizes the main news of the day of September 13.
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Emmanuel Macron wants a “national sports festival” every September 14
On the eve of the grand parade of Olympic athletes on the Champs-Elysées, the President of the Republic announced this Friday his wish to create an event comparable to the Fête de la Musique, but this time for sport. Every September 14, the anniversary of the parade. “We must come together around a popular sports festival, which takes place in the streets, in schools, in dedicated sports complexes. In our towns, our villages, our neighborhoods.”he detailed in an interview with Parisian.
The Court of Auditors torpedoes the deployment of the Universal National Service
The Court of Auditors draws up a very critical initial assessment of the implementation of this system, deployed throughout France since 2019. It points out in particular a “situation of disorganization and emergency management” et deplores goals “which remain uncertain” coupled with a cost “vastly underestimated”. Intended to eventually become compulsory for around 800,000 young people per year, it has so far only involved volunteers aged 15 to 17.
INSEE confirms return of inflation below 2%, a first in three years
For the first time in three years, inflation fell below the symbolic threshold of 2% in August – 1.8% to be precise – INSEE announced this Friday. After reaching 2.3% over one year in July, the increase in the consumer price index moderated the following month due to a “very clear slowdown in energy prices”.
Retirement insurance website hacked, data stolen
A few days after cyberattacks targeting Boulanger and then Cultura, it is the turn of the pension insurance to have personal information stolen. Around 370,000 people have had their social security number and address compromised, announced the National Old Age Insurance Fund (CNAV). “No banking data, no data relating to payments, retirement, career or benefits paid have been compromised”she temporized.
China to raise retirement age by three years
To compensate for the demographic decline and the slowdown in economic growth, the Chinese will have to work longer. Three more years, the country’s authorities announced on Friday. The retirement age for men will thus be gradually raised to 63, compared to 60 currently. For women, it will go from 50 to 55 or from 55 to 58, depending on the type of work performed. This increase will extend over fifteen years starting on January 1, 2025.
Meta to use public Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI in UK
After admitting to doing the same thing in Australia, Meta announced on Friday that it plans to train its artificial intelligence models with public posts from its Instagram and Facebook users in the United Kingdom. Mark Zuckerberg’s company will begin “in the coming months” using content shared by adults, the company said. It will use public posts, including photos, captions and comments.
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Tensions within the NFP: “We tend to dramatize any division on the left as if it were the end of the world”
As the New Popular Front displays its divisions on the eve of the Fête de l’Humanité, historian Gilles Candar considers the opposition between reformists and revolutionaries to be over. He believes that the left should take advantage of its diversity. His interview.
Against child prostitution, the fight of mothers: “It’s horrible to recognize your child on an escorting site”
Often exposed to violence in the past, increasingly younger teenage girls are being trapped by pimps who are using social networks as their hunting ground. Despite the increase in the number of victims, the public authorities are struggling to act. Our investigation.
Russian offensive in Ukraine: “It’s a shame, we were so happy in Pokrovsk”
The city of Donbass is partially deserted due to the intense shelling by Moscow’s forces for weeks. The remaining residents, who expect to have to evacuate, have to deal with a curfew, shortages of water, electricity and gas. Report.
