That of MBS in Paris, “ a host as cumbersome as it is essential “, title The Parisian. After Athens, the Saudi crown prince arrives in the French capital and will be welcomed this evening at the Elysée by Emmanuel Macron, who has just returned from his tour of Africa. Few details have filtered on the program of the visit of MBS. We know that Emmanuel Macron and the Crown Prince are going to dinner together. MBS will be greeted on the red carpet in the courtyard of the Élysée, under the lenses of the photographers to immortalize the scene.
” A cynicism infuses international relations », point the daily The cross. For Emmanuel Macron, the ground has already been leveled with his official visit to Saudi Arabia 8 months ago. It was a form of geopolitical realism that guided his decision to visit the kingdom, becoming the first Western leader to meet Mohammed bin Salman since the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ” The French president had already calculated the crown prince’s rehabilitation by then, and knew it would happen sooner or later », thinks to know Release.
So why such a comeback of MBS and so fast? Mainly because of the war in Ukraine and its threats to the world’s energy supply. Americans and Europeans hope that Saudi Arabia increases its production by 2 to 3 million barrels of black gold, in order to compensate for the drying up of the Russian tap.
Donald Trump’s first steps towards the 2024 presidential election, title Le Figaro
It was his first speech in Washington since leaving the White House. ” The former US president described in an apocalyptic speech the bankruptcy of America under Joe Biden “, note Le Figaro. A country that is going to ruin under the government of extremist and corrupt democrats, cities transformed into war zones, says the former American president, and the need therefore for a firm hand to save America from chaos. Donald Trump carefully avoided announcing his candidacy for the presidential election in 2024. But his recommendations to save the United States from disaster sounded strongly like those of a future candidate.
Labor shortage : the youngest impose their conditions
” It’s a revolution that we didn’t see coming “, notes the editorialist of the Parisian. The labor market awaits young graduates or not, with open arms. Yesterday set aside, today desired, young people are returning to favor on the labor market, at a time when the upturn continues on the employment front. ” Faced with the belly dancing of recruiters, young people find themselves in a position of strength, continues The Parisian. They manage to negotiate their salaries and working conditions. It even happens that young people do not give any more news, after having chosen another offer “. This attitude raises the hairs of bosses, castigating that the new generation no longer has ” want to work “. And to conclude: The social partners, union representatives, employers and the government will have to take these changes into account when they rethink our social model. “.
“ I’ve never been so sick in my life »
This is the testimony of a young man victim of monkeypox, comments collected by our colleagues from Release, haswhile contamination continues to increase with nearly 2,000 confirmed cases in France. ” It was like a poison kiss “says Thomas. It is indeed by kissing another man at a party that this 26-year-old executive thinks he has been contaminated. If the virus can be transmitted by prolonged contact with the skin of the infected person, it can also be present in saliva, postilions or even on objects (bedding, clothes, dishes, bath linen). Thomas pleads in favor of a strengthening of the training of caregivers and an intensification of prevention among the population.