Did you miss the news this early morning? We’ve put together a recap to help you see things more clearly.
The presidential finalists have only ten days left to convince voters. The campaign will therefore be in full swing this Thursday. On the program for the day: a trip dedicated to ecology for Emmanuel Macron and the first big meeting of the between-two-rounds for Marine le Pen. The outgoing president will be welcomed in Le Havre by his former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. He will visit the port in the afternoon, before going to the Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbine production plant. Long day in perspective also for Marine Le Pen: guest of the show The Four Truths on France 2 at 07:30, she will respond at the beginning of the afternoon to the readers of Provence before holding an evening meeting at the Parc des Expositions in Avignon.
A single word is creating dissension between kyiv and Paris. But it must be said that the term in question is particularly heavy with meaning. Emmanuel Macron’s refusal to denounce Wednesday a “genocide” in Ukraine by the Russian army is “very hurtful”, thus deplored Volodymyr Zelensky. During the day, the French president had indeed chosen not to use the term “genocide” used by Joe Biden to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of it in Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron believes that “the escalation of words” does not allow us to move towards a cessation of the war, nor to “rebuild peace”.
After making use of his right to silence during his previous interrogation, Salah Abdeslam finally agreed to deliver “his truth” on Wednesday on the night of November 13, 2015. What does it matter if the specially composed assize court had initially planned from questioning him on “the aftermath” and on his life spent in Brussels hideouts, until his arrest on March 18, 2016, he chose instead for his final hearing to return to the night of the attacks. The main accused took the opportunity above all to explain why and when he had chosen, according to him, to give up: “I park the car, I go into the café, I sit down, I order a drink, I see people laughing, dancing. I think, I understand that I’m not going to do it, I get back in the car, I drive. »