Joe Biden” did he get carried away “, asks himself The Sunday Journal. In Poland, yesterday, the American president indeed castigated his Russian counterpart “ the butcher “. One more shock formula from him towards Vladimir Putin, whom he has already twice called ” war criminal “.
But reading the weekly press, one wonders whether the President of the United States is simply trying to regain the initiative. With the midterm elections also in sight, and the expected breakthrough of the Republicans led by former President Donald Trump, eager for revenge in 2024.
Biden “the beard”
Because at home, Joe Biden is “ largely inaudible “, notes thus Point. He offers too much of the image of age to impose himself as the commander-in-chief the country needs. His speeches full of good intentions and good feelings “ don’t print ” not. “ His slips, yesterday charming, become disturbing “, underlines this weekly.
Which again points to the failure of the American president to ” maintain the unity of the Democratic Party, which is torn between moderates and the left, under the eyes of the media. However, behind the election of (mid-term this year), there is that, otherwise important, of 2024. That the incumbent represents himself seems excluded given his age, anticipates Point. But the vice-president, Kamala Harris, does not convince anyone, complete this weekly. No credible candidate appears today on the Democratic side while opposite Trump is preparing to take his revenge (…) In any case, there is no doubt that the presidential election of 2024 will be a moment of extreme tension », predicts Pointraising the specter of election violence to come in the United States.
French apathy
The presidential election in France… Two weeks before the first round, the campaign seems to have been relegated to the background by the news of the war in Ukraine, raising fears of strong abstention. “ When France is bored “, spear The Expresswith reference to an editorial published on March 15, 1968 by newspaper The world… just before the outbreak of the politico-societal upheaval of “ may 68 !
Does this mean that the destiny of France is about to be shaken up again? Far from implying it, this weekly, however, without drawing any further conclusions, underlines what could, indeed, appear as a historical parallel. ” Never has an election seemed so boring, therefore regret The Express. A winner announced a long time ago and already well established at the Élysée Palace, competitors kept at a safe distance, a Covid cocktail + war in Ukraine which crushes all other subjects, a string of candidates radicalized but harmless on the results of the ballot boxes , and a gigantic blind spot when it comes to talking about vision “, regrets this weekly.
Consequence a priori predictable, feared by this magazine – and it is far from being the only one to fear it – abstention, which in France is evoked in a colorful formula, that of voters deserting the voting booths, preferring instead to go to angling. “ Not fooled, more and more French people want to skip their turnso emphasizes The Express. During the legislative elections of 1967, only 1 voter out of 5 abstained. In April (next), 1 in 3 could go fishing. What further increase the disconnection between citizens and their representatives. It is urgent to break with this mortal boredom and to wake up the campaign », enjoins The Express.
Banco for the “Z” at the Trocadero
This is precisely what Éric Zemmour intends to do this afternoon in Paris. To try to climb to the second round of the presidential election (which the polls do not promise him), the candidate of Reconquest! throws all its forces into a giga-meeting at the Trocadéro, the same where Nicolas Sarkozy, in 2012, then François Fillon, in 2017, had organized mass electoral rallies.
” More than 50,000 people are expectedis surprised The Parisian Sunday (…) It is true that not many people, apart from Jean-Luc Mélenchon, can claim to rally so many fans in this sleepy campaign. » that Éric Zemmour, admits this newspaper.
But it could be his swan song », warns The Sunday Journal ; at the Trocadéro, this afternoon, Éric Zemmour ” play it all “.