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The standoff continues around the pension reform. Opponents of the text will again demonstrate everywhere in France this Tuesday, for a tenth day of high-risk action with “significantly more” young people raised against an inflexible government, and an “unprecedented” security system. The crowds will indeed be supervised by 13,000 police and gendarmes, including 5,500 in the capital. Five days after renewed mobilization, train traffic will remain limited with three out of five TGVs and one out of two TERs on average according to the SNCF. And getting around by car will not necessarily be easier, with 15% of service stations running out of at least one fuel, especially in the west and south.
Following the Sauvé report published in October 2021, the Church continues to question it. The bishops are meeting in Lourdes from this Tuesday with the aim of taking substantive measures against sexual violence. The some 120 members of the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF) have an appointment in the Marian city with 75 lay people, who have submitted to the episcopate a 270-page preparatory report containing several proposals for reform, the fruit of a work of 18 months. They will be examined and possibly amended in workshops until Wednesday. The bishops will retain some of them and will decide by vote on Thursday and Friday morning.
The Blues can say thank you to Benjamin Pavard and Mike Maignan. The France team emerged victorious Monday against Ireland (1-0) from a bitter fight in the fervor of Dublin, a success which already clears up its road to Euro-2024. In front of the 50,000 excited spectators at the Aviva Stadium, the Blues turned their backs to clinch a second consecutive victory in these qualifiers, less convincing than against the Netherlands (4-0) on Friday. To allow the Tricolores to escape at the head of their group, goalkeeper Mike Maignan, successor to Hugo Lloris, released two exceptional parades at the very end of the match, to maintain the advantage obtained by Benjamin Pavard with a dry strike. of which he has the secret (50th).