The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, in Montpellier on April 19, 2021. – Guillaume Horcajuelo / AP / SIPA
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While the news is dominated by the health crisis, the deadly attack on Friday at the Rambouillet police station in Yvelines put the terrorist threat back at the top of the political agenda. If the government ensures that it does not react hot, Gérald Darmanin will however present this Wednesday in the Council of Ministers a new anti-terrorism bill. The latter had apparently been in preparation for several weeks. In the Sunday newspaper, the Minister of the Interior explains that the objective is to perpetuate the measures contained in the intelligence and anti-terrorism laws passed in 2015 and 2017. The text should in particular allow the DGSI to use even more algorithms for spotting on the Internet.
Jean Castex will also come at 1 pm in person to speak to the press on this text at the end of the Council. He will also take the opportunity to take stock of the state of health emergency. In addition to Gérald Darmanin, the Prime Minister will be accompanied by the Keeper of the Seals, Eric Dupond-Moretti.
For the first time since his election, Joe Biden will address the US Congress on Wednesday evening. The date is symbolic. It indeed coincides with the milestone of his 100 days at the White House, which he will spend on Thursday. If the Covid-19 should logically remain at the heart of the concerns of the Commander-in-Chief of the United States, the latter will also plead for massive spending, in infrastructure but also for education and the middle class.
It’s the big day for Paris. PSG will play this Wednesday evening in a semi-final first leg of the Champions League against Manchester City. In a pre-match press conference on Tuesday, PSG chose to bring in, extremely rare, Neymar. The player took the opportunity to slip a few anything but harmless messages. “My primary goal is the Champions League, not the Ballon d’Or,” he said, to sweep away the notion of individualism that has always stuck to him.
To know his state of mind on the pitch, but also that of the whole team, we will now have to wait until 9 p.m.