The president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, will go this Saturday, October 19 from 11 a.m. to the Poussay fair in the Vosges. This is the third time that the MEP has made the trip to this friendly event. A stroll through the fair stands is planned until midday. Each year, nearly 1,200 exhibitors meet at this agricultural fair. The origins of this fair date back to the 16th century.
On Sunday, another political figure will go to the Poussay fair: Sarah Knafo. The MEP aims to meet farmers this time to reflect “what we can do concretely for them in the European Parliament” she wrote on her X account.
2 – Presentation of the Samuel Paty prize at the Sorbonne
The presentation of the Samuel Paty prize at the Sorbonne University will take place this Saturday, October 19, a little more than four years after the professor’s assassination. The Samuel Paty prize aims to reward class projects centered on “democratic principles and values”. This project was launched in 2021 by the Association of History and Geography Teachers. Faced with competition from Parisian and private high schools, students from the Choiseul high school (Tours) and the Pasteur Lamartine high school (Perpignan) will be awarded this famous prize.
3 – World Food Show in Paris
The world food fair in Paris Nord Villepinte will begin tomorrow and end on October 23. This show welcomes producers, distributors, restaurateurs as well as importers-exporters. SIAL aims to be “a source of inspiration for the entire global food community”. Around 130 countries are represented at this show which welcomes around 7,500 exhibitors. The show is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
4 – 83rd ceremony of homage to those shot at Châteaubriant
Sunday October 20 will take place the 83rd ceremony of tribute to those shot at Châteaubriant (Loire-Atlantique) where 27 hostages were murdered on October 22, 1941 on the orders of Adolf Hitler. These people were assassinated in retaliation for the death of Nantes Feldkommandant Karl Hotz, killed two days earlier by young French resistance fighters. The general secretary of the CGT, Sophie Binet, will be present during this ceremony. She will speak around 3:30 p.m.
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5 – The Good News of the day
A few months after the Olympic Games, Léon Marchand continues to shine. The swimmer achieved the best time in the heats in the 100m medley in Shanghai, China: 51 seconds.
He qualified for the final ahead of the Swiss Noe Ponti (52 sec 00) and the Chinese Wang Shun (52.15). In the final this Friday, he faces the Chinese, Pan Zhanle, double gold medalist in Paris.
