Germany: Angela Merkel’s troubled legacy

Germany Angela Merkels troubled legacy

In a Germany in the midst of an existential crisis, it is an understatement to say that Angela Merkel’s book of memoirs, entitled “Freedom”, which appears today, is an event. The next elections will be held in February 2025, the coalition around the social democrats is running out of steam, as is the economic model on which the country is based.

In short, the former chancellor, who was surrounded by an aura that was entirely positive when she left public life in 2021, must today face a whole series of criticisms. It’s the end of an era. Report in Berlin signed Delphine Nerbollier.

The fight against deforestation: the European setback?

This is a new setback for ecology European. The EU announces that it wants to roll back key legislation which requires companies that sell coffee, cocoa or palm oil to prove that their goods do not come from deforestation. The chronicle of Maiwenn Lamyjournalist specializing in the environment in the media background.

In Ivory Coastthe world’s leading cocoa producing country, we are preparing for this new European legislation which will eventually be imposed. Producers are getting organized and we are even getting a head start by trying to promote agroforestry. This is the report from our correspondent Bineta Diagne.

Rafaelle Fitto, a far-right European commissioner

The members of the new European Commission, the European executive, should be confirmed tomorrow by Parliament… 27 members, one per state, whose choice was not without debate!!! Among the most controversial candidates, candidate ItalianRafaelle Fitto, former minister of Giorgia Meloni and therefore a member of his far-right party, he should become vice-president of the Commission. His portrait is signed Blandine Hugonnet.

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