The transition to the new year is making headlines this Wednesday, January 1, 2025. Some, however, notice that the revelers are becoming more and more well-behaved, as Financial Times« clubbers in the party capitals of the world are going home earlier »we are told. In Germany, we even talk about club death – the death of clubs. The British daily takes the example of Watergate. This Berlin club has just closed permanently, after welcoming its last partygoers all night.
The Financial Timeswho likes numbers, even did his calculations. “ The proportion of club nights lasting beyond 3 a.m. decreased in 12 of 15 » capitals of nightlife. According to the newspaper, this is due in particular to the “ growing popularity of daytime events and festivals ». The famous millennials prefer festive events between “5 and 10 p.m. ».
The newspapers this morning are especially lit up with fireworks, to celebrate the new year. In images, and even in video, the New York Times shows how the world celebrated the new year. We see orange lights above the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, a sparkling Arc de Triomphe in Paris; Big Ben is also framed by a glowing final bouquet… the American newspaper also shows Syrians in Damascus, smiling, also setting off fireworks.
2025 without Bashar al-Assad in Syria
Syrians are entering their first year without Bashar al-Assad in 25 years and most are relieved. The Cross even speaks of a certain “ euphoria ». The French newspaper publishes a report in Damascus where “ customers have found a smile again »in front of a “ subsidized bakery ». « Before we were only allowed seven pancakes, now it’s twelve, rejoices a grandfather” who leaves with full arms.
THE ” flour and fuel trucks supply bakeries and gas stations »observes the newspaper. The new power also turns a blind eye to “ sellers of contraband fuel from Lebanon ».
An already bleak new year, for some newspapers
The newspapers are not necessarily enthusiastic about the idea of entering 2025. “ The year of all dangers »title itself The Country in an editorial. The Spanish newspaper thinks above all of the return to power of “ capricious, erratic and always disruptive Donald Trump »in the United States. Precisely, the president-elect, who will take office on January 20 in Washington, will face a period of “ European weakness »estimated The Country« due to the political precariousness of the two main powers” : Germany which is awaiting early legislative elections and France, with “ the fragility of François Bayrou’s government”.
« Europe, on the brink of the abyss, faces an accumulation of threats by 2025”confirms Washington Post who also notes that Germany and France “ seem for the moment practically ungovernable, their center-left and center-right parties being discredited”.
In France, the my fault by Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron “ admits the failures of dissolution »écrit Le Figaro. « A first mea culpa on the dissolution of the National Assembly »bounces HuffPost. The president acknowledged that his decision to dissolve this Assembly “ produced more instability than serenity”.
The newspaper Humanity recognizes Emmanuel Macron “ a form of self-criticism »but inflicts this assessment on him: “ can do better” and gets annoyed, for example, by a “ umpteenth satisfaction regarding the reopening of Notre-Dame ».
Finally, ” like his powers, taunts Liberation, Emmanuel Macron's wishes are shrinking ». The speech lasted “ less than eleven minutes, by far the shortest since 2017 »notes the newspaper.
