Useful tool or consumer deception? Several associations are asking the Council of State to ban the “high environmental value” (HVE) agricultural label, accused of “greenwashing” and consumer deception, in a letter sent out on Monday. The request on behalf of seven associations for the defense of consumers, the defense of the environment and the promotion of organic farming “aims at the cancellation of the regulatory provisions” implementing the HVE. “It was filed on Friday,” assured AFP Nadine Lauverjat, general delegate...
The Principality of Monaco must better fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, said the Council of Europe on Monday, in a report that the Monegasque government immediately said it was “determined to implement”.Intervened on the spot, at the beginning of 2022, Moneyval, the anti-money laundering body of the intergovernmental organization calls for "fundamental improvements to strengthen the effectiveness of the supervision, investigation and prosecution of money laundering and the confiscation of proceeds of crime”.In terms of terrorist...
The city of Nice was pinned by the courts for having made the Lino-Ventura theater available free of charge to a Muslim association on June 15, 2018, for Eid el-Fitr, the end of Ramadan celebration. In a judgment dated December 19, which annuls the municipal decree signed at the time to authorize this loan and that 20 minutes was able to consult, the Administrative Court of Appeal of Marseille considers that the Union of Muslims of the Alpes-Maritimes (Umam) should...
It is an investigation that will not change the face of the world, or rather of the last World Cup. FIFA announced on Friday to open proceedings against Argentina for events that occurred during their victory in the World Cup final in Qatar, against France (3-3 after extra time, 4 shots on goal to 2). It targets in particular “possible violations of Articles 11 [comportement offensant et violation des principes du fair-play] and 12 [incorrection de joueurs et d’officiels]. »The...
“Liberty”, “fraternity”. For ten days, the word "equality" has been missing on the pediment of the town hall of Grues (Vendée). The mayor, Gilles Wattiau, himself decided to cover it with a black tarpaulin in order to protest against the lack of access to healthcare on its territory. “The right to health is supposed to be egalitarian throughout the territory and it is up to the State to ensure this,” he explained in the columns of West France.A symbolic action...
Guaranteed with spoiler. You haven't followed anything from the weekend, we'll recap it for you with our Sunday "Five retro news".1. The McKinsey InquiryOn Sundays, politicians like to go to TV and radio studios. This was the case of MP Nupes Clémentine Autain and Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire. Surprisingly, they do not have the same opinion on the use of consulting firms by Emmanuel Macron and by the government. For one, it demonstrates "a love story" between...
The ethics officer of the National Assembly pinned Grégoire de Fournas on Thursday for "ethical breach", after the elected RN promoted his wine on his deputy Twitter account, we learned from a parliamentary source. The chosen one is indeed a winegrower in the Médoc, in Gironde."Many people have contacted me to order me wine," he wrote Wednesday, mentioning a site and thanking for the "support", a message since deleted. The President of the Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet had seized the ethics...
The report is severe and the words harsh. In a report presented this Friday to the city council, the regional chamber of accounts curbs the management of Marseille's municipal museums, denouncing pell-mell museums without strategy, "insufficient" public services with low attendance and opaque costs.The report, dated December 2021, was delayed due to the long electoral reserve period in early 2022. Revealed in full ahead of Friday's council by local investigative outlet Marsactuthis damning report examines the situation of the eleven...
Did you miss the news this early morning? We've put together a recap to help you see things more clearly.It's the end of vacation for the executive. The Council of Ministers is meeting this Wednesday at the Elysee Palace, in a climate filled with uncertainty linked to the war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation, pending parliamentary hostilities which will not resume until October. After three weeks at Fort de Brégançon, Emmanuel Macron therefore meets his government, the day after...
It was hot, very hot. Very, very, very hot even at the start of the week in Rennes. Everywhere, the vegetation, like the population, suffered, suffocating by more than 40 degrees. An exceptional heat wave which reinforced an already very complicated situation on the question of water. On drought alert since the end of May, Ille-et-Vilaine even went into “enhanced alert” on July 18 on the decision of the prefect Emmanuel Berthier. Consequence: In some areas, the watering of lawns,...
