Jean-Michel Trogneux : l’extrême droite US fait revivre une vieille théorie du complot sur Brigitte Macron
news.movim.eu / Numerama · Tuesday, 12 March - 17:35
Une théorie du complot, clamant que Brigitte Macron serait une personne trans, est partagée par des personnalités de l'alt-right américaine. La fake news, qui date de 2021 en France, fait son retour à quelques mois des élections américaines et européennes.
Macron announces assisted dying bill to go before French parliament in May
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 11 March - 12:59
President says new law would open possibility of requesting assistance in dying under certain strict conditions
Emmanuel Macron has said a bill on assisted dying has been drafted and will go before the French parliament in May.
The legislation would enable doctors to prescribe a lethal substance to those in full control of their faculties but suffering incurable illnesses whose pain cannot be relieved.
Continue reading...Germany’s reputation for decisive leadership is in tatters when Europe needs it most | Simon Tisdall
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 9 March - 17:01
Olaf Scholz’s endless dithering over Ukraine is playing into Putin’s hands
National stereotypes are unfair, insulting – and strangely reassuring. It’s somehow good to know in an unpredictable, fast-changing world that Italians may be relied upon to be melodramatic, the French rude, the Americans loud and the English drunk. When nations act out of character, and refuse to conform to type, it feels a little disconcerting.
This seems to be what’s happening in Germany today as Europe looks on, perplexed. What has become of that hackneyed Teutonic efficiency, decisiveness, reliability and steely-eyed determination? The past victors of countless poolside deckchair skirmishes now flirt with chaos in ways that make Westeros look well ordered.
Continue reading...Macron says battle for abortion rights is not over as France updates constitution
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 8 March - 12:50
President says France ‘will not rest until promise is kept throughout world’, as it becomes first to explicitly protect rights
In an emotional ceremony marking the enshrining of the right to an abortion in the French constitution, Emmanuel Macron said the historic change was the sealing of a long battle for “freedom, a fight made up of tears, tragedies and broken destinies”.
He said the occasion was a reminder of “the fate of generations of women deprived of the most intimate of choices: whether or not to have a child”.
Continue reading...France demands investigation after 112 Palestinians killed during aid delivery
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 1 March - 11:30
Emmanuel Macron says civilians were ‘targeted by Israeli soldiers’ as they gathered to get food from trucks in Gaza
France has called for an independent investigation into the deaths of more than 100 Palestinians in Gaza who had gathered around aid trucks delivering food on Thursday.
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, said civilians had been “targeted by Israeli soldiers” and called for an immediate ceasefire.
Continue reading...Macron opens Paris agricultural fair to protests from farmers
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 24 February - 18:47
French president greeted by whistles from hundreds of demonstrators as some clash with police
Hundreds of protesting farmers clashed with police in Paris as Emmanuel Macron toured the annual agricultural fair on Saturday. The French president had opened the fair as angry farmers blew whistles and shouted insults.
Riot police initially kept the protesters at a safe distance as he toured the fair, tasting honey from Normandy and cheeses from the Alps, and shaking hands with exhibitors. But as he entered the fair’s livestock area, hundreds of demonstrators crashed the gates and clashed with police.
Continue reading...Angry French farmers storm into Paris agriculture fair
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 24 February - 09:20
Protesters clash with police before planned visit by French president Emmanuel Macron
A group of French farmers stormed into a Paris farmers’ fair on Saturday before a planned visit by Emmanuel Macron, amid anger over costs and regulations .
Facing dozens of police officers inside the fair, the farmers shouted and booed, calling for the French president’s resignation and using expletives aimed at him.
Continue reading...‘Virile’ exchanges expected as Macron heads to annual French farming show
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 23 February - 13:09
President faces uncertain reception at Salon d’Agriculture after weeks of protests by furious farmers
Most politicians kiss babies; French leaders pat cows and make a fuss of lambs.
The Salon d’Agriculture, the country’s annual farm show that opens on Saturday, is a date presidents cannot afford to miss.
Continue reading...« Ce n’est pas une bonne idée » : Macron s’agace de la loi européenne sur l’IA
news.movim.eu / Numerama · Tuesday, 12 December - 10:33
Emmanuel Macron s'est exprimé le 11 décembre sur la récente loi européenne sur l'intelligence artificielle (AI Act). Il craint que cette réglementation ne mette encore plus en difficulté le Vieux Continent face à des géants comme la Chine et les États-Unis.