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End of life, Gaza, Paris Olympics, Depardieu… What did Emmanuel Macron say in “C à vous” on France 5?
The day after the adoption of the immigration law, Emmanuel Macron was the guest this Wednesday evening on the show “C à vous” on France. On the sidelines of the text, which caused a stir among the majority, the president spoke on other subjects including the bill on the end of life, the situation in Gaza and the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The president has once again promised a “new course” for 2024 and confirmed his enigmatic “meeting” in January to try for the umpteenth time to relaunch a decidedly complicated second five-year term. “I still have three and a half years ahead of me”, “I don’t plan to stop!” “, he asserted, combatively. “I want next year to tackle new major challenges and I will have to open it with a new direction”, “in the continuity” of the triptych “liberate, protect, unite”, he added .
Hamas – Israel War: The conflict left 20,000 dead in Gaza, according to Hamas
Israel has ordered new evacuations in the largest city in southern Gaza, while efforts continue on Thursday to obtain a truce in the territory where the death toll has now reached 20,000 according to Hamas. The Israeli army on Wednesday ordered on social media the “immediate evacuation” of an area “covering approximately 20%” of the city of Khan Younes, according to a report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( Ocha). “The extent of the displacements resulting from the evacuation order is not clear,” notes Ocha.
The Gaza Strip is deprived of electricity due to the total blockade exercised by Israel and many residents only have the radio and word of mouth to obtain information. According to Ocha, the area to be evacuated housed more than 111,000 inhabitants before the start of the Israeli offensive two months ago, and now has some 141,000 Palestinians taking refuge in 32 camps fleeing the fighting.
European justice cancels authorization of Air France-KLM rescue plan
A twist of theater, with still uncertain consequences: European justice annulled this Wednesday the decisions approving France’s massive aid to Air France and Air France-KLM during the health crisis, considering that the European Commission had made an “error in the definition of beneficiaries.
Seized by the airlines Ryanair and Malta Air who considered the aid measures “contrary to Union law”, the Court of First Instance of the European Union “allows these appeals”, he announced in a press release.
The concrete consequences of these judgments are uncertain. State aid, billions of euros which enabled Air France-KLM and its companies to overcome the health crisis which brought global air transport to a halt in 2020, has since been repaid, with interest.