” Here we areexclaims The cross. The pension reform is underway. Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne presents the main lines on Tuesday, before the debates in Parliament in February. The government wants to move quickly and outpace the mobilization of opponents. The debate is indeed presented in bad conditions, deplores the Catholic daily, with the confrontation of two camps which seem to have no other option than to make the other bend. A distressing situation, which reflects the belligerent way of doing politics in France and the poor quality of social dialogue. »
A confrontation expressed in the press with on the one hand Le Figaro. “This pension reform cannot be discussed”says the right-wing daily. “The financial projections of the current system promise us twenty-five years of deficits for a total of 600 to 900 billion euros. (…) It is therefore no longer time to quibble if we want to preserve our pay-as-you-go model. (…) The reform to come certainly does not shine with immense ambition, point again Le Figaro. (…) But what is done will no longer be done. First tempted by an obtuse opposition, the right, which seems to have regained its lucidity, has no choice but to support it. »
And on the other side there is Humanity : “This pension reform project will remain in its conception as a model of verticality and ideological blindness, thunders the communist daily. An economically unjustified, socially deleterious and politically retrograde text. All imposed on the unions and all the French people on the tired air of ‘there is no alternative’, so dear to Margaret Thatcher. »
And The Human to conclude : “by contempt for democratic membership, Emmanuel Macron takes the risk of inflaming a social climate already weighed down by the explosion of prices and a slowing economy. »
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“Threats to Brazilian democracy”
Also on the front page, the coup by Bolsonaro supporters in Brazil… With many comments this morning. Starting with this remark from Release : “the attack on Brazilian places of power on Sunday, by supporters of former President Bolsonaro, warns Lula and the Democratic heads of state that they must never let their guard down in the face of the far right. »
“Threats to Brazilian democracy”exclaims The world. “The claim of populists to arrogate to themselves the exclusive right to speak in the name of a widely fantasized people renders them incapable of respecting the rules which guarantee the proper functioning of a democracy, starting with the peaceful transfer of power within the framework of an alternation. (…) The task of President Lula, forced to deal with the resilience of a majority Bolsonarism in Parliament and at the helm of many Brazilian states, already promised to be difficult. Now he is forced to lead the counter-offensive in the name of the values of democracy. »
“For several hours, Brazilian democracy was hanging by a thread”sigh South West. “This putsch attempt reduces Bolsonarism to a factional movement that justice will work to reduce. However, Lula’s new mandate promises to be downright perilous. And after such chaos, the former steelworker will need all his political skills to try to reforge Brazilian unity. »
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Noël Le Graët: the noose is tightening…
Finally, back to France, with Noël le Graët in the hot seat…
“Now we have to go”spear The Parisian with a large photo of the boss of the French Football Federation. “Under the scope of an investigation for harassment, already criticized for his slippages on racism and homophobia, Noël le Graët, 81, is unanimous against him, after his attack on Zinedine Zidane. Outings that harm the image of French football. »
The Team is no exception… The Teamwhich publishes the testimony of Sonia Souid, players’ agent, who denounces the inappropriate behavior of Noël le Graët towards him, between 2013 and 2017. “Four years during which, she says, the president of your Federation hits on you every time, asks you to see you, invites you to his place, dangles things for you, when the only thing he wants is for you to share his bed. »
Comment by The Team : “the vice is tightening… (…) Dropped by the public authorities and now challenged internally, the president of the FFF will have difficulty convincing that he can go through with his mandate. »
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