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While there was hope yesterday, nothing should ultimately change this Thursday in Gaza. The truce agreement reached on Wednesday between Israel and Hamas, providing for the release of 50 hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners, is slow to materialize. According to Israeli officials, it will not ultimately come into force before Friday. The fighting therefore continues in the Gaza Strip, as do the negotiations.
This is a real political earthquake in the Netherlands, which should have repercussions beyond its borders. Geert Wilders’ far-right Islamophobic party won the legislative elections on Wednesday. However, victory does not necessarily mean power. To take the post of Prime Minister, Geert Wilders will have to form a government coalition, which for the moment is very far from certain. While waiting to know the outcome of difficult negotiations, on Wednesday it was his anti-immigration message which found the most favorable response among voters. The PVV thus won 35 seats, according to an Ipos poll, while the left alliance of Frans Timmermans is second with 25 seats and the center-right VVD won 24 seats. This new political situation risks being received with apprehension in Brussels: the PVV has promised a referendum on whether or not the Netherlands should remain in the European Union.
Emmanuel Macron is on the ground this Thursday to once again defend his desire to reindustrialize. The Head of State will thus unveil in Chartres, in Eure-et-Loir, an investment of more than two billion euros from Danish Novo Nordisk in the production of drugs for diabetes and obesity. Determined to pose as a “reformer” and to refine his assessment by the end of the five-year term in 2027 when he will not be able to run again, he is continuing his offensive on the terrain he knows best: that of the economy. . Accompanied by Ministers of Health Aurélien Rousseau and Ministers of Industry Roland Lescure, the president is expected on site at 4 p.m.