Did you miss the news this early morning? We’ve put together a recap to help you see things more clearly.
The showdown continues over fuels. The strike at the Esso-ExxonMobil refinery in Port-Jérôme (Seine-Maritime) was unanimously renewed this Wednesday morning, despite the threat brandished the day before by the Prime Minister to requisition the oil group’s depots. Shortly after, the CGT announced the same decision at TotalEnergies for all the sites in the movement. The union is also particularly upset with the way Matignon is handling the file. The CGT considers that the requisition “is not necessary” and especially “illegal”.
Despite the sanctions, Moscow is resisting economically. Mainly thanks to the energy windfall, the country’s economy is indeed showing resilience. According to a revised IMF forecast on Tuesday, Russian GDP is expected to contract by 3.4% in 2022, a far cry from doomsday international predictions in March, in the wake of the military intervention in Ukraine. But the challenges to be met in the longer term remain numerous. Russia will in fact find itself increasingly dependent on the energy windfall, while the sectors with high added value risk accentuating their lag.
Unlike Real Madrid and Manchester City, for Paris the qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League will wait. The club of the capital indeed obtained only the point of the draw Tuesday evening. The eye-catching opposition from Benfica and the turmoil behind the scenes around Mbappé, scorer from the penalty spot, did not allow Paris to do better than 1-1 at the final whistle. In Group H, PSG still remains co-leader (8 points) with Benfica, ahead of Juventus Turin (3 points), which sank 2-0 against Maccabi Haifa (3 points) and sees its chances of qualifying dwindling. reduce.