Social diary. This Monday, Elisabeth Borne will welcome, in Matignon, the Confederation of small and medium-sized enterprises (CPME) and the Medef. The objective of this meeting is to discuss the social agenda. On the program: inflation and certain union demands, such as the reform of unemployment insurance, which the bosses are opposed to. A multilateral meeting could then be scheduled to move forward on this social agenda after the controversial pension reform.
Military programming law. From this Monday, the military programming bill (LPM) will be debated in the National Assembly. The text provides for a large increase in the budget over the next seven years, but leads to military equipment targets by 2030 revised downwards. The need identified for the armed forces amounts to 413.3 billion euros over seven years (2024-2030), i.e. 40% more than for the previous LPM. The government intends to order, among other things, 130 armored vehicles (38 Jaguars and 92 Griffons) to replace those sent to Ukraine.
Global warming. The government kicks off its new strategy on Tuesday to deal with a warming that could reach 4 degrees. For this, it is launching a public consultation on Tuesday until the end of the summer to define the reference warming trajectory for the adaptation of France, on which it will base the next French adaptation plan to climate change expected for the end of the year. “The global reality of global warming is essential […], we must therefore prepare concretely for its inevitable effects on our territory and on our lives”, explained Christophe Béchu, the Minister of Ecological Transition.
Saint Brevin. A few days after the resignation of Yannick Morez, the former mayor of Saint-Brevin, a march in his support is organized this Wednesday by the PS and the Association of Mayors of France. After agreeing to the relocation of a Reception Center for Asylum Seekers (Cada) in his town, he was the target of insults and violence. Opponents set fire to his house and his two cars.
Tariq Ramadan. Swiss justice will say this Wednesday whether Tariq Ramadan is guilty of rape or not. The defense pleaded acquittal, facing the prosecutor who had requested three years in prison, half of which was closed. The complainant’s lawyer, who accuses the Swiss Islamologist of having raped her in 2008 in Geneva, for his part denounced an act of “torture and barbarism” to convince the judges to condemn the preacher. The verdict is expected at 11 a.m.
Ecuador. In order to counter the threat of impeachment for corruption which weighed against him, the Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso dissolved, last Wednesday, the Parliament, on the grounds of a “serious political crisis”, leading to early elections from which the opposition could however leave reinforced. It is therefore this Wednesday that voters are called upon to express themselves. He can represent himself. This is the first time that an Ecuadorian head of state has used this right of dissolution, which can only be used once during the first three years of his mandate.
Canes. It’s already the end on the Croisette. Saturday will be the closing ceremony of the 76th Cannes Film Festival. This year, the festival will have caused a lot of talk. For the choice of the opening film, already. Maïwenn’s film, Jeanne du Barry, with Johnny Depp was selected. For a video in which the general manager is seen arguing with a police officer, next. The latter accused him of riding a bicycle on a sidewalk.
Türkiye. The first round of the presidential election will not have made it possible to designate a winner. On Sunday, the Turks are again called to the polls to decide between Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the outgoing president, and the social democrat Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. The latter tries to seduce the right-wing electorate to increase his chances of victory.
Sports. The Roland-Garros tournament opens on Sunday. The tournament will be played, however, without its king, Rafael Nadal having withdrawn through injury. PSG could finally lift their 11th title of champion of France. A draw is enough for them against Strasbourg to put Lens out of reach. In rugby, we play the last day of the Top 14, which means that on Sunday evening the play-off table will be known. La Rochelle, recent European champion, will try to win its first national title. Direction Italy, with the end of the Giro, for the moment undecided. At the dawn of this third week, it is a Frenchman, Bruno Armirail, who wears the pink jersey, a first since 1999.
