Saturday October 26, 2024, more than two million people are called to the polls to choose the composition of Parliament and therefore the future government.
After Moldova, Georgia votes this weekendwith Russia’s war against Ukraine as a backdrop. The legislative elections take place on Saturday October 26. The day will be closely monitored: tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets last spring to protest against the law on foreign interference, called “Russian law” by the opposition, and the ruling party “Georgian Dream » has moved closer to Moscow in recent months. While waiting for Saturday, a largely pro-European Georgian youth is mobilizing. Reporting from Tbilisi, Robin Dussenne.
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It is THE a subject which haunts the European Council, without consensus ever being found either on the means of stopping the trafficking and violent exploitation of human beings, nor on the means of developing the legal immigration which the continent needs, according to many analysts. The last European summit was taken up by the questioning of the pact on migration and asylum adopted in the spring, and the angry question is that of the expulsion of people in an irregular situation. Sophie Dupuy’s explanations.
In Rome, Saint Peter’s Basilica is getting a makeover. THE Vatican is preparing to welcome millions of pilgrims in 2025 for the Jubilee. On this occasion, the basilica and its masterpieces are restored: Michelangelo’s Pietà, the historic throne of the popes, and the Baldachin, the most imposing structure in the heart of the Basilica, a masterpiece by Bernini which It had not been retouched for over 250 years. Visit to the summit scaffolding above the tomb of the first pope, Saint Peter, with our correspondent Blandine Hugonnet.
Vincent Théval’s musical choice: Antonio Zambujo & Yamada CostaSteel nerves (Portugal).