Tag: Social issues
when the utility phone rings empty
Calls in the void, imprecise answers… The magazine 60 million consumers and the defender of rights denounce in a survey published Thursday the obstacle course faced by the French who…
growth at its highest for almost 50 years
Like India, the countries of Southeast Asia are vigorously taking over from Asian growth. Last year, the Philippines’ economic growth exceeded 7%, its highest level in 50 years. And this…
undocumented workers on the construction sites of the Paris 2024 Olympics
REPORTAGE After the controversies that marked the Football World Cup in Qatar, the organizing committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games dreamed of a socially exemplary meeting. In June 2018,…
pensions, the majority put to the test of parliamentary debate
The next important step regarding pensions is the parliamentary debate. At a time when the unions hope to increase the mobilization, the executive is playing the card of examining the…
against the pension reform, the Nupes and the RN file a referendum motion
MPs Nupes and RN announced on Tuesday, January 24, the filing of referendum requests on pension reform, one of them to be examined on February 6, at the start of…
Barriers to education still strong for girls in crisis areas
On the occasion of World Education Day, this January 24, several NGOs recall the extent to which inequalities between girls and boys persist in access to learning. Within regions in…
In California, the tech sector lays off heavily. Crisis in sight?
More than 220,000 employees in the new technologies sector in the United States have been laid off since 2022. A sector that doubts and seems to be wavering at a…
Barbara Pompili: the text of the pension reform “not balanced enough to be voted on as it stands”
If the text on the pension reform remains as it is, Barbara Pompili could not vote for the National Assembly. How was his position taken within the Renaissance group? Interview…
Elisabeth Borne provides after-sales service for her pension reform in front of the press
The head of the French government Élisabeth Borne did not participate in the report of the Council of Ministers during which the pension reform was presented on Monday, January 23,…
In France, young men are more sexist than older ones
Sexism is not declining in France, particularly among young people, notes the High Council for Equality (HCE) in its report published Monday, January 23, 2023. The report of High council…