Tag: Social issues
a government seminar, but what for?
All the ministers are taking part, on August 31, in a government seminar organized at the Elysee Palace in the wake of the Council of Ministers. It was Emmanuel Macron…
caution remains in order despite the return to calm after the violence
The Iraqi capital has regained its calm: no mortar shell fire, no bursts of automatic weapons. The previous night had been marked by violent clashes between rival militias after the…
Olivier Faure, first secretary of the PS, calls on the socialists to “go beyond the conflicts”
The Socialists are making their political comeback this weekend on the banks of the Loire in Blois. The “rose party”, heavily defeated in the presidential election with 1.7% of Anne…
of citizens invest in solar energy
Autumn is approaching in Europe and with it particularly high energy bills due to the war in Ukraine. In France, individuals are protected from rising prices by an “energy shield”…
in Edinburgh, no more garbage collection due to strikes
The Summer of Rage continues in the UK. In many sectors of the economy, employees are mobilizing to demand increases, while inflation exceeds 10%. In the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, in…
Emmanuel Macron, the government and the “end of abundance”: “They are clumsy”
Introducing the Council of Ministers, Wednesday August 24 at the Élysée, the French president underlined the seriousness of the challenges of the start of the school year by calling on…
farmers hit hard by the drought this summer 2022
Drought, heat wave, the year of all climatic records hit French farmers hard. With our special correspondent in La Roche-sur-Yon, Matthew Bonhoure Many French peasants gathered in Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux for the…
after the lifting of the state of emergency, the hope of a way out of the economic crisis
The state of emergency has been lifted since Thursday morning in Sri Lanka after months of demonstrations for the departure of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. In the country, the economic situation…
ten years after Marikana, conscience and dignity at the scene of the tragedy
South Africa commemorated, this Tuesday, August 16, the tenth anniversary of the Marikana massacre. In this mining region, northwest of Johannesburg, in 2012, a demonstration by miners ended in a…
one year later, where is disaster assistance?
A year ago, the southern half of Haiti was hit by a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2. If the earthquake was felt everywhere across the island, the major damage was…