The French army convoy on its way to Mali was again attacked by demonstrators, but this time in Niger. After having been blocked for several days by several hundred young people mobilized by the ” Coalition of African Patriots of Burkina Faso “In the locality of Kaya, the French military convoy, while crossing Téra, in western Niger, was again blocked by” a thousand demonstrators », Specifies the French staff, reports Sunday Newspaper.
Previously, The chained Duck had already been moved by the incident at Kaya, in which this satirical weekly discerned ” a humiliating situation for the staff ” French. ” Who will dare to explain why French soldiers are today wandering the roads of the Sahel? », Already wondered The chained Duck, “ those who, at the high school or elsewhere, will still have to justify the presence of French people in the Sahel have their work cut out for them », Remarked the irreverent palmipede of the French press.
West Indian autonomy? Chick!
Spectacular position taken by the Minister for Overseas France in the social crisis shaking the French Antilles. Sébastien Lecornu, Saturday, paved the way for a debate on the autonomy of Guadeloupe. This island in the French Antilles is “ on a volcano “, spear Sunday Newspaper. Not to evoke Soufrière, the local volcano, but “ anger “Which seized this island of the French Antilles,” like an overseas remake of the yellow vests “.
Then ? So the Minister of Overseas France threw a stone in the pond. “ I will have no taboos, said Sébastien Lecornu in a video message. Some elected officials asked the question, in hollow, autonomy from its current status as an overseas department or region (…) The government is ready to talk about it “.
For Le Parisien Sunday, the Minister of Overseas Territories thus played “ a stroke of poker “. Some Guadeloupean actors “ ask that the statute be able to evolve towards an Overseas collectivity to give them more autonomy, Sébastien Lecornu told this newspaper. It is not in the government’s plan, but why refuse the debate? “. But beware, he adds, “ autonomy does not mean independence. French Polynesia and New Caledonia are already in a logic of autonomy. However, they do not threaten national unity! (…) I repeat, I’m not afraid of taboo debates (…) I know what I’m doing “.
” Autonomy is certainly not independence, he repeats in Sunday Newspaper, I will not refuse this debate if it is asked (…) I prefer a frank debate around this question than pretenses », Declares Sébastien Lecornu in The JDD.
When the congress goes wild!
It is at the end of a congress next Saturday that the right-wing Les Républicains party will nominate its candidate for the 2022 presidential election in France. But whoever he (or she) is, none of the five contenders, at this point, would qualify for the second round.
” No “congress effect” is felt in the responses of the French », Notes Sunday Newspaper, based on an Ifop survey for this weekly and South-Radio. If the first round took place today, Emmanuel Macron would come out on top with 25 to 28% of the voting intentions, ahead of Marine Le Pen, from 19 to 20%, regardless of the candidate The Republicans. In all cases also, Eric Zemmour would point in third position, with between 14 and 15%.
In the second round, Emmanuel Macron would win, with 54% of the voting intentions (down 2 points compared to the previous poll), against 46% for Marine Le Pen.
No enemy on the right for Peltier
The Republicans, precisely, with this position taken by their vice-president Guillaume Peltier. He has so far supported the candidacy of Xavier Bertrand. It’s over. Guillaume Peltier has changed his mind.
“I decided to bring my sponsorship and vote in the first round for Eric Ciotti”, said the very right-hander Guillaume Peltier to the Parisien Sunday. “I no longer want a seal with the voters of Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen. How can we claim to repair France if we put aside 40% of the French? “, asks Guillaume Peltier in the Parisien Sunday.