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Food manufacturers summoned to Bercy to obtain price reductions
In the fight against inflation, Bruno Le Maire intends to put pressure this Wednesday on the food industry. They are indeed summoned to Bercy by the government, which urges them to renegotiate with the supermarkets in order to bring down the very high prices on the shelves as quickly as possible. If, at the start of the war in Ukraine, certain industrialists “quickly passed on the rise (in cereal or energy prices), they less quickly passed on the recent drop” in certain prices, Emmanuel Macron lamented Monday on TF1. . The Head of State therefore called for “reopening negotiations” with large retailers. “The objective is that we absorb this (food) inflation by the fall,” he added, inflation measured at nearly 15% over one year in April.
In the so-called “Bismuth” affair, Nicolas Sarkozy fixed on his fate
What fate will justice reserve this Wednesday for Nicolas Sarkozy? Two years after an unprecedented conviction for a former head of state, the Paris Court of Appeal will deliver its verdict in the so-called “Bismuth” case, against the former president, his historic lawyer and a former senior magistrate. The former President of the Republic will be present for the delivery of the decision scheduled from 9 a.m., according to concordant sources. At first instance, on March 1, 2021, the former tenant of the Élysée Palace was sentenced to three years in prison, including one year, for corruption and influence peddling. This unprecedented sanction aroused the ire of the Sarkozy camp, which shouted haro on the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF), the latter denying himself of “doing politics”.
Thirty-nine people missing after sinking Chinese fishing vessel
Solidarity in response to a major shipwreck. An international search and rescue operation is underway to find the 39 crew members of a Chinese fishing vessel that sank in the Indian Ocean, state media reported on Wednesday. Chinese Premier Li Qiang called on the authorities to strengthen safety procedures for fishing operations at sea. The boat’s crew is made up of 17 Chinese sailors, 17 Indonesians and 5 Filipinos, according to the state broadcaster CCTV. The ship capsized around 3 a.m. Beijing time on Tuesday.