We hope you were able to enjoy your weekend. We spent these two days checking the news. And it’s time to sum it all up.
1. Violent demonstrations in Guadeloupe
The tension rose a notch this weekend on the side of Pointe-à-Pitre in opposition to the vaccine pass. Blockades resumed Saturday morning in Guadeloupe, after another night of looting and fires during which police and gendarmes were targeted by gunfire, despite the curfew imposed in the face of the degradation of the anti-health pass mobilization . An interministerial crisis unit was chaired by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and Overseas Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Saturday at 6 p.m. At the end of this, the dispatch to the island of about fifty members of the elite forces of the GIGN and the Raid was announced. A meeting would be held Monday evening around Prime Minister Jean Castex, Minister of Health Olivier Véran, parliamentarians and presidents of the assemblies of Guadeloupe. Gabriel Attal, government spokesman, described the current situation on Sunday as “unacceptable”.
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Weekend of extreme tensions also in Austria and the Netherlands, where governments have had to take drastic measures to fight the 5th wave which threatens to overwhelm hospitals.
2. Mayors call for the re-election of Emmanuel Macron
It is not the crazy love between the President of the Republic and the mayors, but some of the latter came out of the woods this weekend to call for a second term of Emmanuel Macron. More than 600 of them, including Edouard Philippe (Le Havre), Christian Estrosi (Nice), Hubert Falco (Toulon), Christophe Béchu (Angers), Caroline Cayeux (Beauvais), or Olivier Klein (Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis) signed this forum published on Saturday in order to “continue the relationship of trust that in five years, [ils ont] been able to weave with the State ”.
More info: On the left, the question of gathering comes back tirelessly. Yannick Jadot hopes to achieve it in January around his name, he says in an interview with JDD.
3. Several thousand demonstrators #NousToutes
At the call of the collective #NousToutes and about sixty associations, they were several thousand to demonstrate this Saturday in Paris and in several cities of France against violence against women. The #NousToutes collective is asking “the next government” for a billion euros “to finance public policies that affect the entire population”. Society “is ready to set in motion against violence,” notes #NousToutes. “The political will and the means are missing. Our report can be read here.
More info: The “yellow vests” also beat the pavement on Saturday in Paris, mixed with anti-pass. The movement celebrated its three years, but many left it. They told us why.
4. The NRJ Music Awards honor Ed Sheeran
The 23rd edition of the awards ceremony was broadcast on Saturday on TF1, live from Cannes. 4.1 million people watched the ceremony on the channel. Among the highlights of the evening, we will remember the emotion of Slimane, who won with Vitaa the rewards for “French-speaking group or duo” and “clip of the year” for the video of De l’or, the two trophies awarded to Ed Sheeran (international male artist and international song for Bad Habits) or even Eva’s surprise victory in the French-speaking female artist category. The detail is there.
More info: Jacques and Thomas Dutronc appear on stage, it’s coming soon. Thomas Dutronc will sing and accompany his father on the guitar in a series of concerts in 2022, emphasizing in Jacques’ repertoire “the period 1966-1969, that of his great classics” they announce in the JDD.
5. The exploit of the Blues against New Zealand
This is the feat that French rugby has been waiting for for years. Fabien Galthié’s men defeated the All Blacks on the lawn of the Stade de France 45 to 25 (the match to relive here). We explain to you how the Blues have cut New Zealand to pieces, the fantastic revival of Romain Ntamack as if you were there, the records broken by the France team during this meeting, but also why we should not be ignite after this victory.
More info: Missing for several days, the Chinese tenniswoman appeared on Saturday evening on images filtered by a journalist close to power. They show the smiling Chinese player at the restaurant with her coach and this Sunday during a tournament in Beijing. These images remain “insufficient to show that she is free”, answers the WTA, which manages the women’s circuit.
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