In their last pages, the weeklies are praising paradise islands to extend our vacations this week: Point invites you to play James Bond at “ Mamula, rock fortress off the coast of Montenegro “. Les Echos Week-End sell on their side a bohemian retreat » under the Mykonos sun.
Overpriced dream getaways erased by the nightmare news of an escape island: that of Lampedusa. The Italian island became a goal to leave “ the other hell of migrants ” : therefore The Obs designates Tunisia. Coming from Sudan, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, the exiles “ are met with a surge of violence » according to the weekly, particularly in the suburbs of Sfax.
The Obs met the associations. They bear witness to the jubilation of the inhabitants during manhunts against black Africans, their homes burned, their fractures caused by falls to escape the flames, the kidnappings, the sequestrations, the tortures, the rapes…
Violence unleashed by Kaïs Saïed, is outraged The Obs. The Tunisian president affirmed that sub-Saharan immigration was part of a “ criminal plan to change the demographics of Tunisia “. It was last February, which did not prevent the President of the European Commission from signing an agreement with Tunis in July in order to strengthen cooperation in controlling migratory flows “. An agreement overshadowed by the arrival of several thousand migrants on Lampedusa in recent days.
The drama of the Italian island « relaunches the debate in Europe on the duty to distribute asylum requests between the 27 » hope the Obs.
At the top of the French state, there is talk of isolation
Story from the Interior with the first cops of France, to whom The Obs gives the floor in a file on “ the real power of the police “. Interior ministers must deal with the influence of powerful unions. And we learn that “ peacekeepers are the most unionized body in the country “.
Brice Hortefeux, minister from 2009 to 2011, recounts “ the anxiety of having your police against you “. Because, remember The Obs“ even if agents do not have the right to strike, they can lay down their arms “. The weekly thus recalls “ sick leave which has piled up in police stations » after the placement in pre-trial detention of an agent of the Bac de Marseille. The latter is suspected of having seriously injured a young person during the riots in the Marseille city.
Another revealing anecdote: in June 2020, Minister Christophe Castaner promised “ zero tolerance » against agents who “ the subject of a proven suspicion of racism “. Knee-jerk reaction from the general secretary of a police union: “ What you said is unacceptable, either you correct the situation or I’ll shoot you. »
A month later, Castaner arrived from Place Beauvau. His successor Gérald Darmanin does not remember any “ big discrepancy » with the unions. He is still in office, more than three years after his appointment.
Paris Match captivated by an island of wealth and glamour…
The weekly devotes no less than 22 pages to the state visit to France by King Charles of England last week. Red carpet, chandeliers and gilding, France took out its ceremonial attire to welcome the sovereign of a formerly enemy nation. In front of the Palace of Versailles, the weekly is ecstatic about the luxury and the parade of Dior, Saint-Laurent and Chanel dresses and ensembles worn by prestigious guests: billionaires, singers, actors, and other sportsmen.
The success of “snus” in Sweden and in football
Pause in the metaphor, time to smoke a cigarette for some or to place snus on the gums. Weekend Echoes tell how these mini sachets of tobacco powder allowed Sweden to reduce its rate of daily smokers to around 5%. The lowest level in the entire European Union.
Butts have become extremely rare in Stockholm, in favor of discreet round packets very popular with Swedish youth who are gradually abandoning cigarettes, without giving up nicotine, a substance very concentrated in snus. The product is therefore banned in the rest of the EU.
Despite this prohibition and the health risks, snus is all the rage among footballers according to the magazine The Team. Professionals and young hopefuls alike, many are addicted to the sachets, seen as performance and therefore career accelerators… but probably also as a tool to better cope with pressure, because ” some play to provide meals for their family, from the age of 13-14 “.
In Greenland, independence through forgotten sports
The Magazine Team relates how the Arctic island dreams of becoming independent from Denmark. 70% of its 56,000 inhabitants want this change, according to polls. And to affirm the singularity of Greenland in the face of the continent and the former colonial power, local parties are banking on ancestral sports.
Among them, the kneeling jump: a seal hunting technique where you propel yourself as high as possible from your knees. So impossible to practice for novices. A showdown to serve the possibility of an island.