Every weekend, the editorial staff of Liberation selects the news that you should not miss in France and the rest of the world.
Who at Matignon? Cazeneuve and Bertrand received Monday at the Elysée, as well as Hollande and Sarkozy
Ministers still resigning and no new name for Prime Minister, more than fifty days after the legislative elections: Emmanuel Macron should (finally) decide at the beginning of next week. The Bernard Cazeneuve hypothesis is increasingly being whispered. The former socialist Prime Minister will in any case be received at the Elysée on Monday morning as part of the consultations led by the President to find a head of government. “not objectionable“. The LR president of Hauts-de-France, Xavier Bertrand, is also due to meet Emmanuel Macron a little later in the day. The latter will also receive Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, his entourage indicated to Release.
Israel: Discovery of six dead hostages in Gaza fuels anger
The Israeli army announced on Sunday, September 1st, that it had identified the bodies of six hostages brought back from Gaza to Israel, including two women and four men, one Israeli-American and one Israeli-Russian. Five of them – aged 23 to 32 – had been kidnapped at the Nova techno music festival by Hamas commandos during the terrorist attack on October 7th.An agreement for the return of the hostages has been on the table for two months. Without the delays, sabotage and pretexts, those whose deaths we learned of this morning would certainly still be alive,” denounces the Hostage Families Forum. A demonstration is planned for this Sunday evening in Tel Aviv and the Histadrut, the country’s powerful trade union center, has decreed a “general strike” this Monday to put pressure on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, in unison with the families of the hostages, their supporters and the opposition.
The little girl mowed down by a motorcyclist in Vallauris is dead
Kamilya, a 7-year-old girl who was knocked down by a motorcyclist in Vallauris (Alpes-Maritimes) on Thursday while she was crossing at a pedestrian crossing, died this Sunday, the family’s lawyer announced. “There was a spontaneous gathering this evening in Vallauris during which the father announced the death,” said Me Nabil Boudi. According to him, the investigation should be reclassified as of Monday in “manslaughter”. On Saturday evening, the motorcyclist, a 19-year-old man unknown to the justice system, was indicted. “for unintentional injuries resulting in total incapacity for work exceeding three months due to a clearly deliberate breach of a specific safety or caution obligation by the driver of a motor vehicle”. He was released after being held in police custody and placed under judicial supervision, a provision which carries with it a number of obligations and the surrender of his driving licence, as well as a ban on leaving the department.
Paralympic Games: Rain of French medals, France rises to 5th place in the table
Cycling, shooting, swimming… France has already won 23 medals, including six titles, and is in 5th place in the Paralympic Games table. The number could increase further with athletics and swimming in the evening. In track paracycling, Marie Patouillet won the final for the first time in her career against the ultra-favorite and double reigning world champion – also French –, Heïdi Gaugain. Gold also adorned the necks this Sunday of Tanguy de la Forest and Emeline Pierre, respectively in the finals of the 10-meter prone rifle shooting (category SH2) and the 100-meter freestyle (category S10). Find the highlights of the events this Saturday and Sunday.
Germany: Unprecedented victory for the far right in regional elections
Germany’s far-right has won a regional election for the first time. Exit polls show the party Alternative for Germany (AfD) won between 30.5% and 33.5% of the vote in Thuringia (in the east of the country). In neighbouring Saxony, it is neck and neck with the conservatives of the CDU for first place (it would gather between 30 and 31.5% of the vote). Enough to further weaken the German chancellor, a social democrat, in a tense context following the attack in Solingen.
Death of Henri Leclerc, committed and angry lawyer
The criminal lawyer, “last of the giants” of the bar died on Saturday, August 31, at the age of 90. During a career spanning more than sixty years, he pleaded the greatest cases of the 20th century: Lucien Léger, Richard Roman, Florence Rey, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Véronique Courjault, etc.
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Frédéric Grimaud: “We are making teachers vulnerable, so they are more likely to accept forms of subordination”
The start of the school year is a high point for the National Education system, but changes often take place quietly. Each time, a handful of teachers and unionists rise up and try to resist, but public opinion pays little attention to them. In Teachers, the new proletarians: Taylorism at schoolFrédéric Grimaud, doctor of educational sciences and primary school teacher, shows how, little by little, the teaching profession is changing. The result, in particular, of a breakdown of the collective accompanied by an inflation of reforms and injunctions. His interview.
Paralympic Games 2024: we went to listen to goalball, this silent sport where everything is played out by noise
Attending a goalball match (a sport for the visually impaired, a cross between handball and bowling) means taking part in a game of “king of silence” giant. The rules are simple, repeated repeatedly to supporters: simply be quiet during the game. That is, 90% of the time. On the field, players identify each other by sounds and teams multiply their strategies to disrupt their opponents. Report.
Mostra: in Venice, the parallel sections go straight to the struggles
On the fringes of the Venice festival, several filmmakers are presenting militant and galvanizing works. From the pre-apocalyptic genre film by Aude Léa Rapin to the organic odyssey of Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, not forgetting the impressive documentary by Hind Meddeb in Sudan. Our article.
