Mikhail Gorbachev is buried this Saturday in Moscow… The funeral will take place without the presence of Vladimir Putin, due to the Russian president’s busy schedule. Officially…:
” Certainly, admits Le Figaro, of the ” national funeral elements“, including a guard of honor, will be present at the burial of the last leader of the USSR (…) But the deliberate absence of Vladimir Putin nevertheless constitutes a “ message without ambiguity, according to journalist George Pozner, a veteran of the Russian media scene, who recalls that “ the two men had a very different view of the world . A euphemism, when you know how much the current head of the Kremlin has always deplored the collapse of the USSR, which his predecessor has rushed towards him, which earned him the tenacious hatred of many of his compatriots. With the war in ukraine in the background, the distance between the leaders seems even greater », complete Le Figaro.
This absence of Vladimir Putin at this funeral is, in any case, enough to shock Hubert Védrine. ” The way the regime organizes funerals is crummy“, said to the Parisian the former adviser to François Mitterrand. In an interview-memories to this daily, Hubert Védrine, who was also Minister of Foreign Affairs, believes that Vladimir Putin held the last leader of the USSR, during his lifetime, “ from a distance “. In The Parisian Hubert Védrine still says that Mikhail Gorbachev “ was not understood and was even rejected by the Russians“.
True-false suspense in Chile
D-1 in Chile for the constitutional referendum. While the vote is compulsory (under penalty of a fine for abstainers), its outcome remains uncertain. The country holds its breath. Chili “ at the time of the big leap “, spear Release while Chilean voters are called upon to approve or reject a text intended to replace the current Constitution (which dates from the Pinochet era, forty-two years ago).
The text of the referendum is in the form of a 170-page book holding ” a whole country in suspense “, assures Releasepresenting the said text as “ a major breakthrough in the country’s history “. However, this daily admits that, in the polls, the rejection of the text would have ” 4 to 12 point lead “. And Libé points out that the opponents of the reform of the Constitution, who see it as a ” leftist firebrand “, are just as much “ mobilized than those who intend to approve it.
Retailleau candidate LR
In France, a new candidacy to lead the Republicans, that of Senator Bruno Retailleau. “ Yes, I will be a candidate for the presidency of the Republicans “, said the latter to the Figaro. The president of the LR group in the Senate assures this daily that he is not a candidate “ against anyone “, but in presenting his candidacy, Bruno Retailleau affirms that he wants to avoid “ a face-to-face between two camps that would play one-upmanship “, in reference to the candidacies of Eric Ciotti and Aurélien Pradié, and in which he perceives “ a frontal impact“likely to” to break ” the party.
The war of the rights will not take place
Precisely, could this upcoming election at Les Républicains ignite a new war within the French right? It is, in any case, what seems to fear this conservative newspaper which is Le Figaro. “ While Éric Ciotti carries an assumed identity and security line, Aurélien Pradié claims a social and more societal discourse. The gap is so wide between these two that many elected officials, executives and LR activists fear one more fracture within a party which, for fifteen years now, has continued to shrink in the manner of a skin of grief. Until then described as “right-handed”, Retailleau can hope to pose as a unifier of different sensitivities”obviously hope this daily.
The choice of the future head of the Republicans? It will be “the election of all dangers “, warns in One the dailyopinion, as the back-to-school meeting of the Youth of this party opens today. The battle, in any case, promises to befierce», predicts opinion. Which newspaper, on its website, publishes a column initialed by 519 young Republicans, and in which the signatories give their support to the candidate Éric Ciotti.