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The Paris judicial court will examine on Friday at 11:00 a.m. an appeal filed by Eric Ciotti against his exclusion from the Republicans after his alliance with the National Rally, AFP learned. The Republicans for their part postponed until Friday “for organizational reasons” the political office which was to validate this Thursday at the end of the afternoon his exclusion. Read more » today
Gabriel Attal said Thursday “favorable” in a televised debate with the boss of the RN Jordan Bardella and the leader of LFI Jean-Luc Mélenchon during the legislative election campaign. This debate “must be between those who have been more or less identified as potentially Prime Minister at the end of these elections (…) with Jordan Bardella for the extreme right and his allies, Jean-Luc Mélenchon for the extreme left and its allies, and then myself for this progressive bloc“, judged the Prime Minister. Read more » today
Bruno Barde was removed from his post Director of the Deauville American Film Festival following accusations of sexual assault against seven employees between 2014 and 2023said this Thursday Hopscotch, the group which oversees the activities of the person concerned. “If it is true that I have a Latin temperament, that I am an aesthete, who is perhaps too easy to compliment, I have never made a remark with a sexual connotation, nor had the slightest gesture or incitement to sexual or sexist nature towards my colleagues“, he defended himself. Read more » today
A man was indicted on Wednesday for “aggravated murder” after the discovery on Monday of the body of an octogenarian at her home in Férin (North), AFP learned on Thursday from the Douai public prosecutor’s office. This 82-year-old lady died of “asphyxia” and also had several stab wounds. The murder could have “was preceded or followed by sexual assault or rape“, said prosecutor Frédéric Fourtoy. Read more » today
Damien Abad will represent himself in his constituency of Ain, with a view to the legislative elections. “I am going as a various right-wing candidate without label“, indicated the related deputy Renaissance, adding that he had the support of the presidential majority. The ex-minister was indicted for attempted rape and placed under assisted witness status for two other accusations of sexual violence. Read more » today
