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The protest over the pension reform crossed borders on Tuesday to invite itself to the Netherlands where Emmanuel Macron is making a state visit. While addressing students in The Hague on the future of Europe, the President was briefly interrupted by angry activists. “Where is French democracy? “, they in particular howled from a platform, unrolling a banner on which was written in English “President of violence and hypocrisy”. “The day you say to yourself ‘when I disagree with the law that has been passed or the people who have been elected, I can do what I want because I decide for myself the legitimacy of what I do’ , you put democracy in danger”, replied the Head of State when he was able to speak again after a minute’s interruption.
In France, the hour of truth is approaching for the unions, now suspended from the decision of the Constitutional Council. The “Wise Men” must announce Friday at the end of the day if they validate the decried project of the government, or if they censor it in part or in its entirety. They will also judge whether the left’s request for a shared initiative referendum (RIP) is admissible or not. The unions have planned by then a 12th day of strike and demonstrations, Thursday, with a route in Paris from the Place de l’Opéra to that of the Bastille.
Children are increasingly glued to tablets, smartphones or other televisions. A worrying trend. The time spent by children in front of screens has indeed increased in recent years in France and exceeds health recommendations, underlines this Wednesday the first major national study on the subject. Main results: daily screen time is on average 56 minutes at 2 years old, 1h20 at 3½ years old and 1h34 at 5½ years old. This is longer than the recommendations of the World Health Organization, which recommends not exposing children under 2 to screens, then limiting the time to 1 hour a day between 2 and 5 years old.
Three months before the World Cup, Hervé Renard is on cloud nine with Les Bleues. Tuesday at Le Mans, the French women’s team won a first benchmark success by dominating the Canadian Olympic champions (2-1), a shock rich in lessons for the new coach. After ten days in office, the former boss of Saudi Arabia has not only restored enthusiasm to a selection in crisis, he has observed many players at work, but above all he has now won two successes. important in a friendly, after the spectacular victory against Colombia on Friday in Clermont-Ferrand (5-2).