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Dozens of hectares of vegetation caught fire again this weekend in the Pyrénées-Orientales
Flames have again ravaged dozens of hectares of vegetation this weekend in the Pyrénées-Orientales. While the fire at the foot of Canigou, which ravaged 280 hectares in the commune of Castelnou, was declared under control on Saturday morning, the Catalan firefighters had no respite with four fires breaking out on Saturday. The A9 motorway even had to be temporarily closed in both directions.
And just yesterday another fire broke out near the motorway near Saint-Estève. Controlled at 7pm, it preceded two other fires this time in Perpignan just behind the Porte d’Espagne shopping centre. 3,000 m2 went up in smoke.
READ ALSO: Pyrénées-Orientales: the fire set, surveillance operations continue
Carole Delga “dismayed” by the indictment of two departmental elected officials from Aude
In a press release, the president of the Occitanie region Carole Delga expressed her “consternation” after learning of the indictment of two Aude deputies who had previously been the subject of a defamation complaint by three Rassemblement National deputies from the department. The woman, who is also president of Régions de France, denounces in particular a political manipulation.
As a reminder, the Aude departmental elected officials Hervé Baro and Kattalin Fortuné were notified of their indictment for defamation last week. The latter had been the target of a complaint filed by the deputies Christophe Barthès, Frédéric Falcon and Julien Rancoule two years ago. A complaint filed following a Facebook publication by the department’s elected officials which pointed out “the resurgence of the fascist ideologies of the extreme right”, while making a link with the three deputies of the National Rally. On X, Christophe Barthès said he welcomed this indictment and indicated that he and his colleagues will not let anything go by.
Suspension of Immaculate Conception principal continues to divide
In Pau, after the sometimes contested suspension of the headmaster of the Immaculate Conception, Christian Espeso, the academic secretary of Unsa Education, Franck Hialé, made a point of recalling this weekend in the columns of the newspaper South West that this decision by the rectorate follows a very specific procedure which should not be confused with an attack on private education. “It is the person who ran this establishment who is targeted,” the union representative indicates in particular.
Bayonne and Toulouse mobilize in support of Gisèle Pélicot
Several rallies in support of Gisèle Pélicot and other women victims of sexual violence and chemical submission were organized across the country this weekend. In the southwest, a hundred people, mostly women, gathered in front of the courthouse in Bayonne on Saturday. A thousand people demonstrated in the streets of Toulouse to salute the courage of Gisèle Pélicot.
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