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Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou have left Argentina. The two French rugby players charged with rape took a plane to France on Tuesday evening, after being authorized by the courts to leave the South American country. After checking in at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires, the rugby players headed to the immigration area without making a statement. They then boarded an Air France plane shortly before midnight. They are expected in Paris this Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. As they watched the two French XV players leave, their lawyer decried “a horror film that should never have existed”. The two 21-year-old internationals have nevertheless been charged, for nearly two months, with aggravated rape because it was committed in a group.
While the French are waiting for a name for Matignon, it is finally a name for the Élysée that came out on Tuesday. Without much surprise, if not for the timing in the middle of a political crisis, Edouard Philippe announced that he will be “a candidate in the next presidential election” in the columns of Point. The former Prime Minister of Emmanuel Macron, between 2017 and 2020, took the opportunity to fire arrows at the current head of state, who will not be able to run again. He thus criticized the decision to dissolve the National Assembly and explained that he had advised Emmanuel Macron to “keep Élisabeth Borne”, whom the president decided to replace with Gabriel Attal.
The solution to the puzzle for Matignon continues to be long awaited. Fifty days after the resignation of the Attal government, the interminable quest for a new Prime Minister, capable of imposing himself on a fragmented Assembly, continues at the Elysée. After circulating the Thierry Beaudet lead on Monday – a man unknown to the general public, who could have become a “technical” Prime Minister – the Elysée was leaning “rather” towards “a political solution” on Tuesday evening, according to a close friend of Emmanuel Macron. With this in mind, the presidency continued to put forward the names of two experienced figures, one from the left, former Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, the other from the right, President of Hauts-de-France Xavier Bertrand. But as always, the appearance of a new name cannot be ruled out. So as not to miss anything in the event of new developments, the editorial staff of 20 Minutes remains mobilized with a live and numerous articles.