This first in the United States, the indictment of a former president in a criminal case … This is Donald Trump, who should be heard on Tuesday by justice, in New York, within the framework of the so-called “Stormy Daniels” case. Donald Trump is suspected of having, through one of his companies, paid 130,000 dollars to this actress and director of pornographic films, in order to buy her silence on their alleged affair, while he was campaigning for his election, in 2016.
” An indictment for history “, launches the site of the newspaper Release. This daily explains that justice can reproach him ” falsification of accounts ” from one of his companies for the payment of $ 130,000 to Stormy Daniels, but also an alleged violation of American election financing laws, if said payment was made ” In the middle of the countryside “.
Bolsonaro, back on the sly
In Brazil, after three months of exile in Florida, former President Jair Bolsonaro made his return to the country yesterday. The “party” of his return was “spoiled” by the government of the Federal District, which invoked security reasons to isolate the international airport of Brasilia, prohibiting the gatherings of supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, underlinesLe Figaro. In fact, the return of the former president to Brazil “ promises to be strewn with pitfalls, warns this daily: he is entangled in a case of jewelry offered by Saudi Arabia and is being prosecuted in about fifteen legal proceedings which could earn him a series of convictions and probably his ineligibility for eight years “, anticipates the newspaper.
Macron, from Charybdis to Scylla
In France, the popularity of Emmanuel Macron is close to the alert rating. The president is paying a heavy price in public opinion for his pension reform. The support of the French for the mobilization against this very controversial reform is undeniable. According to an Odoxa survey for Le Figaro2 out of 3 French people still support the mobilization against the pension reform but also and above all 6 out of 10 “ also believe that the movement will continue, and perhaps even become more and more violent “, points out this daily. 61% of French people also want Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne to be replaced, and 58% find that dissolving the National Assembly would be a good idea.
In this context, indeed, the popularity rating of Emmanuel Macron collapses. Only 23% of French people have a good opinion of their president (this is 10 points less than Odoxa’s previous barometer) while that of the Secretary General of the CFDT union, Laurent Berger, gains 20 points, to reach 58% favorable opinions. His proposal for “mediation” and putting the pension reform “on hold” is approved by 78% of French people. Another winner of this poll, the Secretary General of the CGT union, Philippe Martinez, who won 12 points, with 43% of favorable opinions.
Marine Le Pen, who sleeps dines
But the big winner is also and above all Marine Le Pen. The figurehead of the National Rally draws the chestnuts from the fire of this political and social crisis. Marine Le Pen is “the profiteer”, launches in OneRelease. According to this newspaper, Marine Le Pen is licking her chops. Since mid-January, the double crisis, social and political, for which the Head of State bears responsibility, has benefited him. The ingredients on which the far right has been feeding for a long time have found themselves, in concentrate, on the table in recent weeks (…) By also putting Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the same bag, macronie contributes to the trivialization far right “.
SO, Freed warns. “ There is an emergency, warns this newspaper. Because the Republican front, the next time, will no longer work. Emmanuel Macron should also remember it a little more: he was probably the last to take advantage of it… “.