Tag: Senator
Valérie Boyer, senator from Bouches-du-Rhône and vice-president of the Republicans
Political Tuesday receives Valérie Boyer (@valerieboyer13), senator from Bouches-du-Rhône and vice-president of the Republicans. Valérie Boyer is interviewed by: – Frédéric Rivière (RFI) – Roselyne Febvre (France 24). Live-tweet @MardiPolitique…
Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu in court for organ trafficking
For three weeks, British justice has held the trial of a Nigerian senator. Ike Ekweremadu is accused of organ trafficking: he allegedly brought a young man from Nigeria to London…
Turkey is furious with this senator who put the US-Turkey fighter jet deal on hold
Turkey may agree to accept Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership if the US sells Turkey 40 new F-16 fighter jets and modernization packages for its existing F-16 fleet. This has…
United States: why the defection of Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema weakens Joe Biden
“I declare myself independent of the defective partisan system of Washington”: this was announced on Friday, December 9, Kyrsten Sinema in a video. By leaving the Democratic Party, the 46-year-old…
In the United States, the defection of a Democratic senator weakens Joe Biden
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema announces that she will henceforth be registered as an independent and not as a Democrat. This could reduce Democratic room for maneuver in the Senate. ”…
Laurence Rossignol, Vice-President of the Senate, Senator for Oise, former Minister
Tuesday Politics receives Laurence Rossignol (@laurossignol), vice-president of the Senate, senator from Oise, former minister, president of the Women’s Assembly. Laurence Rossignol is interviewed by: – Frédéric Rivière (RFI) –…
Republican Senator Josh Hawley plans to vote against Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership in the United States
The US Senate is scheduled to discuss NATO expansion late Monday Finnish time. French and Italian ratifications are expected on Tuesday. Republican senator representing the state of Missouri in the…
In Australia, in his oath of office, a senator called the country’s ruler, Queen Elizabeth, a conqueror
Indigenous Lidia Thorpe of the Greens finally had to read the oath of office in her usual form after the Speaker held out her tail. An indigenous senator in Australia…
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin Buries Joe Biden’s Climate Plan
This is undoubtedly the fatal blow to Joe Biden’s climate plan. Rebellious Joe Manchin, a Democratic senator from West Virginia, confirms that he will not sign it, even in its…
Support for F-16 sales to Turkey from US Senator Graham
US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham stated that he supports the sale of F-16s to Turkey and that Turkey is an important NATO ally despite the differences. “I support the Biden…