Moscow, recalls the newspaper The cross, “ threatens to turn off the tap “, so that Europe ” rushes on American gas and the United States intends to become the world leader in the export of liquefied natural gas. ” The United States has the means to match its ambitions. Their export capacity is estimated at 100 million tonnes, to which are added 186 million tonnes of “dormant potential”. », details the newspaper while specifying that ” the United States currently lacks long-term contracts“.
On his side, Opinion refers to the “ Germany’s weaknesses » Updates in this gas crisis with this metaphor of the cicada and the ant, the fable of La Fontaine: « Poland prepared for the worst. Ignoring the warnings, the Federal Republic clung to Vladimir Putin’s gas (…) Berlin even let Gazprom, which operates a third of the gas storage structures in Germany, only partially fill them before winter. Result: these reserves only reach 33% of capacity. And Germany could find itself very deprived when the north wind comes. »
So to get rid of Russian gas, other countries are putting solutions in place, like Estonia and Finland, which are interested in Release with a report on the port of Paldiski. A “ titanic ship which plays the role of small LNG port will soon be visible offshore: “ almost 300 meters long, around fifty wide, this infrastructure can store (and refrigerate) up to 170,000 cubic meters of liquefied gas “.
A sizeable project and equally sizeable issues because, as a reminder Release, ” liquefied natural gas could be up to twice as polluting as natural gas “.
Liberation publishes today an extensive investigation on Carlos Ghosn
The newspaper reveals the content of his hearing in June 2021 by a judge from the Nanterre court. And ” investigators suspect the existence of a system of “corruption” and of “organized money laundering“whose epicenter would be far from France and Japan, where Renault and Nissan have their respective headquarters. Precisely in Oman “. Carlos Ghosn” could thus have built up a fund of some 80 million euros thanks to one of the Renault-Nissan distributors in the Persian Gulf »
Will the Socialist Party and the Communist Party join the agreement concluded between La France insoumise and Europe Écologie Ves Verts
” So close to the goal “, title Humanity, which states that the negotiations are still ongoing. Perhaps they could succeed today: that the seal of the agreement intervenes on May 3, for the 86 years of the victory of the Popular Front would not spoil anything “, already imagine the daily life. Whatever the day ultimately turns out, this agreement “ opens the possibility of thwarting the usual scenario of legislative elections reduced to a mere formality for the elected president “.
He refuses to join La France insoumise, Stéphane Le Foll expresses himself in the columns of the Parisian/Today in France. The former socialist minister of François Hollande and mayor of Le Mans believes ” that part of the PS electorate will abstain or vote Macron for the legislative elections.
Forand Figaro, ” the mélenchonistes succeeded in making their partners bend ” but “ the cathedral of the united left still remains to be built. and the newspaper cites two participants in these lengthy discussions. ” A socialist summarizes: “It’s really a roller coaster.” And an Insubordinate concludes: “You see dark baron ? It’s the same thing, but times 100.” »
world press freedom day
Humanity gives the floor to Stella Moris, the wife and lawyer of the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, who risks being extradited and sentenced to 175 years in prison. Stella Moris believes that ” his health declines over his years in prison and captivity “. Above all, she warns: Anthony Blinken talks about press freedom, condemning war crimes in Ukraine. It is a very good thing. But why extradite and try to send a journalist to prison for denouncing war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan? This type of position leads other governments to do the same “, according to her.
Referring to the fate of a murdered Ukrainian journalist, West France evokes the propaganda carried out by Russia and recalls this credo in its editorial: “ The truth will set you free. »
Because it is freedom that is threatened, according to Michel Beuret, in Release. Editorial manager of Fondation Hirondelle, present in ten countries in Africa and Asia, he believes that constraints ” growing stronger weigh on information professionals in conflict zones. With a real disparity of situations. Thereby “ it is perhaps easier today for a journalist to move around in Ukraine than in Mali or Burkina Faso “.