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Arras is preparing to pay a final tribute this Thursday to French teacher Dominique Bernard, stabbed to death on Friday in front of his middle school by a radicalized former student. The funeral of this 57-year-old professor, married to a teacher and father of three daughters who are now adults, will begin at the city’s cathedral at 10 a.m., in the presence of Emmanuel Macron and the Minister of Education Gabriel Attal. . Presided over by the Bishop of Arras Mgr Olivier Leborgne, the religious ceremony will be broadcast on a big screen on the Place des Héros, at the foot of the belfry. Classes will be suspended in the morning at the Gambetta-Carnot school campus, scene of the attack, allowing staff and students to attend.
In the Middle East, Wednesday was mainly marked by Joe Biden’s visit to Israel. With this trip, the American president wanted to play a double diplomatic card: to affirm his support for his Israeli ally while reassuring Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip. His mission was all the more perilous since a strike hit a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening, causing numerous deaths and provoking the anger of demonstrators in many capitals of the Arab world. Finally, to calm tensions a little, Joe Biden managed to obtain progress with the Egyptian president on the humanitarian aid expected by the Palestinians in Gaza. This will be able to start transiting through the Rafah crossing, from neighboring Egypt.
For the thirteenth time, Elisabeth Borne used 49.3 on Wednesday. This made it possible to adopt the revenue part of the 2024 budget despite the disagreement of the parliamentary opposition. This “is not a surprise”, but “we have no choice”, defended Thomas Cazenave, the Minister of the Budget. “The oppositions had announced that they would not vote for the budget, this was confirmed after 40 hours of work in Committee [des Finance] and the examination of 3,000 amendments”, “a record”, according to the minister.