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By going to Vienne this Thursday, Elisabeth Borne will try to meet the needs of the inhabitants of rural areas. The Prime Minister arrives for this with her “France rurality” plan under her arm, the outlines of which were unveiled on Wednesday. Comprising around forty measures, it is “focused on the issue of territorial equity”, that is to say, according to Matignon, ensuring “all territories and in particular rural territories the same opportunities “. In total, the rural world represents 22 million inhabitants and 90% of the surface area of France.
It is a text that worries both the left and associations fighting against poor housing. Parliament definitively adopted on Wednesday evening a bill from the presidential majority toughening the penalties against squatters. This will notably make it possible to speed up the procedures in the event of unpaid rent. The Keeper of the Seals Eric Dupond-Moretti defended a “balanced wording, because it reinforces the rights of owners without calling into question the protection of occupants in good faith”. But for the socialist Denis Bouad, the bill “seems symbolic of a certain blindness vis-à-vis the housing crisis”. In its annual report, the Abbé-Pierre Foundation estimated the number of homeless people in France at 330,000, or 30,000 more in one year.
Football fans can breathe: the Women’s World Cup narrowly avoids the black screen. The competition, which will take place from July 20 to August 20, will finally be visible on free television channels in 34 European countries. In France, M6 and France Télévisions announced on Wednesday the joint purchase of the rights. Barely more than a month before kick-off, in Australia and New Zealand, it is therefore a long battle that ends between Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, determined not to sell off prices and European broadcasters, cooled by the sums requested, far too high according to them in relation to the audiences and advertising revenues expected.