” United States, Europe, China : global recession alert exclaims The world. ” Gas shock in Europe, very sharp rise in interest rates in the United States, endless confinements and serious real estate crisis in China… One by one, the major engines of the world economy are stalling, peaks the evening daily, even go into the red. (…) A disturbing consensus is emerging among economists : the euro zone will be in recession by the end of the year; the United States may be able to avoid it, but it will not escape a serious brake; as for China, engine of the world economy for a quarter of a century, its growth has never been so precarious. We must add the United Kingdom, probably already in recession, Central Europe, hit hard by the war in Ukraine, or a plethora of emerging countries going through a serious crisis. : Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Pakistan almost bankrupt, Turkey swept away by galloping inflation (80 %). »
Zaporizhia: a Fukushima-style scenario?
Another subject of concern and not the least: the nuclear power plant of Zaporizhia in Ukraine endangered by the bombardments… “ Daily bombardments, Ukrainian employees of the plant occupied by the Russians terrified and exhausted, problems with the power supply of the generators : the Zaporizhia site is in a critical state », is alarmed Release.
” “We are getting closer every day to a scenario like in Fukushima,” coldly asserts an employee of the plant, who like many of his colleagues continues to go to work supervised by enemy soldiers to thwart a disaster scenario. Because Zaporizhia is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, remember Release, and illustrates with chilling perfection the warning issued earlier this month by UN Secretary General António Guterres : “Humanity is only one miscalculation away from atomic annihilation. It could be, for example, a miscalculation in a poorly practiced blackmail tactic.” »
And Release to ask oneself: Do the Russians really know what they are doing in this nuclear power plant turned into a military base, around six reactors of 1 000 megawatts each ? It has now been five months since they took control of it, and the International Atomic Energy Agency, tired of waiting for an appeasement, will try to cross its doors in the coming days. (…) With ahead of her, a critical mission for peace in Europe “.
All right!
On the front page of Le Figaro: “ France increasingly to the right “. ” The electoral year which has just taken place carries with it the confirmation that in France, the protest vote is now the majority phenomenon, point Le Figaro. This is revealed by the latest study by Fondapol, a vast survey carried out between April and last June with three samples, each bringing together more than 3,000 people. (…) A protest vote that benefits the RN. »
And more broadly, therefore notes the newspaper, “ Fondapol comes to the conclusion that the vote for the right represents 53 % of votes cast in the first round of presidential elections. This figure even reaches 57.7 % with consideration of Macron voters sharing right-wing values “. Comment of Figaro : “ If the Head of State must decide to govern on the right, it is not only because the composition of the Assembly requires it, but above all because those who elected him want it. “.
Paris: the bikers will crash…
Finally, the end of free parking for two-wheelers in Paris… Motorized two-wheelers, of course. ” Hidalgo launches the hunt for scooters “, spear The Parisian on the front page. ” From Thursday, drivers of two-wheelers running on gasoline will have to pay between two and three euros per hour to park in the streets of the capital. A measure intended to fight against pollution and noise but which goes badly with those concerned. »
Indeed, result, tip The Parisian“ Only the wealthiest bikers will circulate in Paris, whose machines are not necessarily the quietest or the slowest. Like an invisible toll that only opens the streets to those who can afford it. A boost to gentrification… »