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Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are making eyes at the voters of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. For this, the two presidential finalists clash in particular on the ground of purchasing power, the number one concern of the French, but also on that of pensions. This Tuesday, the candidate-president must go to the Grand-Est. In Mulhouse, he will meet caregivers, then go to Strasbourg in the evening, two cities having carried Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the lead on Sunday with 35-36% of the vote. For her part, Marine Le Pen must express herself in the media first in the morning on France Inter then in the evening on 20 hours from TF1. She must also shoot her campaign clip and hold a press conference on the theme of “democracy” in Vernon, Eure.
Cold War-style espionage is back in Europe. Following a very long investigation by the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), France decided to expel six Russian spies who, according to it, operated under cover of their embassy in Paris and “whose activities proved contrary to (its) national interests,” the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. On Twitter, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin immediately praised the work of French counterintelligence.
Karl Nehammer does not return from Moscow with good news, nor even with hopes. The Austrian Chancellor, the first European leader to be received by Vladimir Putin since the start of the war in Ukraine, said Monday he was “pessimistic” about the “logic of war” of the Russian president after his meeting. According to him, “we should have no illusions”, because Putin’s objective is to record “a military success” quickly.