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This time there will be no going back. The Council of State gave the government two months on Thursday to take the decree setting up the technical control for motorized two-wheelers, in accordance with a European obligation that France has always been reluctant to apply.
Minister Delegate for Transport Clément Beaune reacted immediately, stating that the government would apply “of course the decision of the Council of State” and that he himself would specify “in the coming days the timetable and the methods of the technical control”, in a communicated. At this stage, the exact date on which the motorcycles and scooters will be subject to technical control in France is not known.
After weeks of negotiations, America can breathe. By a vote of the American Congress, the United States suspended Thursday the ceiling of their debt and dismissed, within a few days, the threat of a default. “This is a great victory for the economy and for the American people,” said President Joe Biden. According to the US Treasury, the world’s largest economy had only until Monday to avoid bankruptcy.
America, like almost all major economies, lives on credit. But unlike other developed countries, the United States regularly come up against a legal constraint: the debt ceiling, its maximum amount of indebtedness, which must be formally raised or suspended by Congress.
Marion Bartoli may have experienced Thursday on the Suzanne-Lenglen court the most beautiful and the worst interview of her post-career as a professional player. She saw a Daniel Altmaier moved to tears being warmly applauded by the public after his exploit against Jannik Sinner. Then shortly after 11 p.m., she simply could not question Taylor Fritz, winner of Arthur Rinderknech, who was the last Frenchman still in the running at Porte d’Auteuil.
Unheard of in the history of the Grand Slams, where it is customary to listen to the winner of the day for a few moments, even when he has eliminated a player from the host country. But there, the bronca was deafening against the American player. His supposed fault? To have celebrated his victory by chambering the Lenglen with a finger on his mouth, before giving him kisses in response to the whistles.