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While the law was promulgated by Emmanuel Macron in mid-April, pension reform nevertheless continues to appear on the political agenda. The presidential majority will “unite” this Wednesday in committee at the National Assembly to torpedo a proposal to repeal the retirement age at 64, in the face of upwind opposition against an attempt to “muzzle” them. The examination by some 70 deputies of the Social Affairs Committee, from 9:30 a.m., is a first round for this text carried by the independent group Liot, before its arrival on June 8 in the hemicycle. And each side is already hoping to score decisive points. Because despite the low chances that this initiative has of succeeding on the legislative level, it maintains the flame of the opponents of the reform, before a new day of mobilization on June 6th.
Tensions are once again high around the Korean peninsula. Pyongyang announced on Wednesday that it had tried to launch a “military reconnaissance satellite” but that it had “damaged at sea”. The shooting caused confusion in Japan and Seoul. The sirens sounded, accompanied by a “critical emergency” alert sent by the town hall of the South Korean capital at 6:41 a.m. accompanied by a thunderous ringtone on all mobile phones in the city. The South Korean military has since released images of the wreckage of the satellite and its launcher, which it said it recovered from the Yellow Sea, 200 km from Eocheong Island, far off the western coast of the peninsula.
Even back to the wall, a champion never lets go. And on Tuesday evening, Gaël Monfils entertained the public at Roland-Garros by successfully applying this adage. In distress in the middle of the fifth set, when saving a 0-5 ball against the tough Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the “Monf” found unsuspected resources to overthrow everything in its path (3-6, 6-3, 7 -5, 1-6, 7-5). Above all, at the end of a disappointing day for French tennis, the 36-year-old Habs signed one of his two most memorable career matches. Present at Roland-Garros, our journalist Jérémy Laugier comes back for you on this “night session” of anthology.