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Anger does not fall back into the street. Lille, Toulouse, Paris, Strasbourg, Dijon… Trash cans overturned and burned, barricades, throwing projectiles at the police, smoke bombs: the adoption on Monday of the pension reform after the rejection of motions of censure provoked many demonstrations interspersed with incidents throughout France. In the capital, shortly after 12:30 a.m., 171 people were arrested, according to a police source. In an attempt to regain control, Emmanuel Macron will speak on the TF1 and France 2 channels on Wednesday during a live interview at 1 p.m. Before that the president will bring together this Tuesday the main executives of the majority at the Elysée, including the Prime Minister.
Olivier Dubois will be able to repress French soil. Hostage for two years of jihadists in Mali and released on Monday, he will be welcomed at midday at the Villacoublay air base, near Paris, by Emmanuel Macron. Monday afternoon, he was smiling and visibly moved when he got off the plane at Niamey airport, accompanied by Jeffery Woodke, a Christian humanitarian who had been kidnapped on October 14, 2016 in Niger. Olivier Dubois, of whom it is not known whether or not he remained in Mali throughout his detention, was the last Frenchman held hostage by an organization other than a state since the release in October 2020 of Sophie Pétronin, also kidnapped in Mali.
The France team has a new captain. Kylian Mbappé has been appointed to this position by Didier Deschamps to replace Hugo Lloris, who has retired from international football, we learned Monday evening from a source close to the Blues, confirming information from the Figaro and of The Team. At 24, the player with 66 caps accepted this new function after a discussion Monday evening with his coach. Deschamps also spoke with Antoine Griezmann, promoted to vice-captain in place of Raphaël Varane, who also retired from international duty after the 2022 World Cup.