The editorial staff of “Libération” compiles the main news from this Tuesday, November 12 in the morning.
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.
Compulsory patent in 2027, anticipated maths, groups of needs… Something new with something old in Education
One year after the presentation of the first season of “clash of knowledge” by Gabriel Attal, supposed “raise the general level of students” but filled with false good ideas, the new Minister of Education is launching her Act II this Tuesday. Anne Genetet is relaunching an announcement already made by her predecessor: from June 2027, obtaining the Brevet in third grade will be compulsory to progress to second grade. The minister also wants to introduce next year in 4th and 3rd “one hour per week in a need group” – already implemented this year in 6th and 5th grade classes – with reduced numbers and taking into account the different levels of the students, either in maths or in French, alternating. The Minister of Education finally announces another change, already planned by Gabriel Attal: at the general and technological high school, an anticipated maths test will be introduced for the baccalaureate from June 2026 for all first year students.
A revaluation of pensions on January 1, 2025 “by half the inflation”
It is not the government which is making the announcement, but Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Republican Right (ex-LR) group in the Assembly. Invited on TF1's 8 p.m. show, the MP said Monday, November 11, that he had found a compromise with the government so that “all pensions” are revalued from the “half of inflation” from January 1, with a second catch-up for the smallest six months later. Only pensions “below the minimum wage” would benefit from this second measure. Among its savings options for 2025, the executive had initially proposed delaying the indexation of pensions to inflation by six months, with the aim of saving around four billion euros. The new measure will cost up to 800 million euros, the Budget Minister estimated this Tuesday morning.
North Korea ratifies defense treaty with Russia
Pyongyang and Moscow hand in hand. North Korea has ratified a historic defense agreement with Russia, sealing their rapprochement in the context of the war led by Moscow in Ukraine, the official North Korean agency KCNA reported on Tuesday. This treaty between these two countries provides in particular “immediate military aid” reciprocal in the event of an attack against one of the two countries. According to Kyiv, some 11,000 North Korean soldiers are already deployed in Russia in the Kursk region, occupied by Ukrainian forces.
In Gaza, 14 dead in strikes and 4 Israeli soldiers killed
Civil defense in the Gaza Strip announced this Tuesday morning the deaths of at least fourteen people due to Israeli strikes on the Palestinian enclave. The civil defense spokesperson also announces that “dozens of others [personnes ont] injured”. At the same time, the Israeli army announced the death of four soldiers, killed in the north of the enclave, bringing to 376 the number of Israeli soldiers dead in the Palestinian territory since the start of its land operation on October 27, 2023. . Follow our live coverage of the war in the Middle East.
French firefighters and rescuers sent to Spain
While the Spaniards are still looking for missing people in the Valencia region, largely affected by deadly floods at the end of October, the French Minister of the Interior announced Monday evening the imminent sending of reinforcements “in support of the population”. After the request for “the European solidarity” through Madrid, “40 rescuers from military civil security formations and around ten territorial firefighters will be engaged in the coming hours to support the hard-hit population”announced Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.
To be continued today
Israeli ambassador to France summoned
After the arrest on November 7 by Israeli forces of two French gendarmes on the site of Eléona, a French estate in East Jerusalem in Israel, the Quai d'Orsay summoned the ambassador of the Hebrew state this Tuesday in Paris “to provide explanations and discuss possible outcomes” according to the press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The diplomatic incident caused a strong reaction from the French political class.
The finance bill begins the end of its journey in the National Assembly
The deputies are called this Tuesday, from 4:30 p.m., to vote on the “revenue” part of the draft budget for 2025, very largely revised in the hemicycle. A rejection would send the text directly to the Senate, erasing the additional billions of euros voted by the left against the advice of the government, and preventing discussions on spending.
The report
United States: after the defeat of Kamala Harris, progressive activists put the Democratic Party on trial
In North Carolina, one of the pivotal states that delivered victory to Donald Trump, left-wing activists are slowly emerging from their despondency to try to analyze the defeat. And target Democrats disconnected from the working classes. Our report.
Analysis
COP29 in Baku: “If all countries were to follow Azerbaijan’s approach, warming would exceed 4°C”
Since Monday, the Azerbaijani capital has been the beating heart of climate negotiations, but the country is increasing its gas production, NGOs point out. For its part, Europe is behaving as a good student of reducing CO2 emissions while importing hydrocarbons to compensate for the end of Russian deliveries. Our analysis.
The portrait
Audrey Lamy, social fiber (b) the
Without denying the television that revealed her, the actress, sparkling and funny, puts her enthusiasm at the service of social comedies, revealing the causes that mobilize her. His portrait.
