Unsurprisingly, the Republicans should come to the aid of the relative majority of Emmanuel Macron in the National Assembly to vote for pension reform in France. On their terms. In an interview at Sunday newspaperthe president of the right-wing Les Républicains party declares that he wishes “ to be able to vote for a fair reform that saves (the) pay-as-you-go pension system ” in France. Eric Ciotti wants ” small pensions are considerably upgraded » and poses other conditions to the government, on the « long careers ” notably.
According to the newspaper opinionthe legal retirement age will be raised to 64. at the rate of three months per generation “in order to get there” for people born after 1968 “.
And The Parisian Sunday specifies that the text will be presented within the framework of a amending social security financing bill “.
Is mass said? Not sure… In this same newspaper, the general secretary of the CFDT union of employees warns Elisabeth Borne. “ Attention, Madam Prime Minister, warns Laurent Berger (…) even with positive measures on long careers or hardship, we remain opposed to the reform with an age measure. There will be no deal with the CFDT », insists Laurent Berger again in The Parisian Sunday.
After Serval then Barkhane, France in the sands of the Sahel
January 11, 2013, it was ten years ago, France launched the Serval military operation. Ten years later, France is looking for the Sahel “. This is in summary the opinion of the Sunday newspaper. Which weekly, with one of the most daring formulas in these scorching latitudes, describes as ” polar » the current climate between France and Burkina Faso! So much so that, echoing the review Africa Intelligence, The JDD in turn evokes the possibility departure ” of ” the Saber force in Ouagadougou “.
Precisely, should French military bases in Africa be closed? For the weekly Current Values, there is no question. ” Courage let’s fleefulminates this magazine! Invoking the Malian failure, voices within the executive plead for the closure of our African bases “. So, Current Values warns. ” By abandoning its historic role as a provider of security, rather than seeking to reinvent it, France would lose the last intact plane of its influence on the continent at a time when its competitors are jostling there. “.
Effervescence at the arsenal
And also at a time when, under the effect of the war in Ukraine, the time has come for global rearmament. Russia, United States, China, India, Europe, this war ” put the planet’s armies and military industry back at the center of the game », is alarmed Marianne. ” Simple bout of fever or commotion before the disaster asks this weekly?
Referring to a possible new conflict, Marianne wonders what the Europeans would do if Turkey attacked Greece? (…) What would happen if the “Reis” decided to take part of an island? Erdogan could play from his central position today: in addition to his diplomatic weight in the Russian-Ukrainian war, let’s not forget that the one whose country provides Ukraine with drones now has NATO’s second army. A small stroke of the penknife at our Greek friends administered by Erdogan would undoubtedly arouse, among the Europeans, some martial declarations, but that would not go much further… until the next islet », guess Marianne.
The big laundry
An anniversary to conclude, the sixtieth of a creation known throughout the world, a creation made in France : the clothing and household linen pictograms which provide washing advice…
1963-2023, it has been sixty years since the very French International Labeling Group for Textile Care, based in Paris, created these five symbols, ” a tub for hand washing, a triangle for bleaching, a square for tumble drying, an iron for ironing and a circle for professional cleaning », signals The Weekend Echoes. Some countries, such as the United States or Australia, are certainly resisting, but “ the five symbols have since conquered the planet “, underlines this economic weekly. According to a 2021 Ipsos poll quoted by this magazine, if only 14% of French people know what the pictogram means ” circle “, 9 French out of 10 “ recognize the “picture” vat room » reports in goldsmith The Weekend Echoes. Whether or not you wash it as a family, dirty laundry has its symbols, and they are French. Cock-a-doodle Doo !