The info not to be missed
A new Defense Council this Wednesday at the Elysee Palace.
The opportunity for Emmanuel Macron to discuss the reopening of nursery and primary schools, scheduled for next Monday.
But also, according to some media, the possible relaxation of the 10 km rule, introduced for four weeks at the very beginning of April.
According to a source close to the executive quoted by AFP, this restriction could be lifted on May 2 and a reduction in the curfew envisaged from that date.
Contacted, Matignon did not confirm these leads at the end of the morning.
During this meeting, the government was also to discuss the reopening of terraces and cultural places, mentioned around mid-May.
Other issues were also on the program, such as the mandatory ten-day quarantine for passengers coming from countries where variants are the majority.
Gabriel Attal, government spokesperson, is due to speak at around 1 p.m. during his weekly update, to be followed in our direct line.
What to also remember
The reactions multiply after the announcement of the verdict in the George Floyd case.
Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering this African-American on May 25.
US President Joe Biden spoke quickly after the verdict, saying it could be a “significant change” and that the time had come for the United States “to come together”.
Barack Obama called for "the fight" to continue to fight racism and police violence.
Bill Clinton, Boris Johnson or Madonna and LeBron James have also reacted on social networks.
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The Super League project turns into a fiasco.
The football world has experienced a real earthquake since the announcement of the creation of a new European league, bringing together 12 big clubs. But in the face of the outcry, the six English clubs in the group backed down and announced their intention to withdraw from the project. Faced with this fiasco, the organizers of the Super League said, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, that they would "reconsider the most appropriate steps to reshape the project". Since then, Inter Milan and Atlético de Madrid have also retracted.
India is sinking deeper into the crisis.
The country recorded more than 2,000 Covid-19-related deaths on Wednesday, its worst toll since the start of the pandemic.
The coming weeks do not look better since India has counted 295,041 new contaminations, one of the highest daily tolls in the world.
It is even three times more than the record recorded in the country in September 2020, during the first wave.
The EU has adopted the target of reducing its carbon emissions by "at least" 55% by 2030.
The figure was debated, as the leaders of the Twenty-Seven wanted a reduction of 55% while the European Parliament demanded a decrease of “at least 60%”.
An agreement was finally reached very early today.
The unexpected info
One of the Disneyland Paris hotels will be transformed, as of this Saturday, into a vaccination center. It will welcome, only on weekends, volunteers for vaccination, eligible for the Pfizer vaccine. At least 1,000 people should be able to receive an injection every day. The firefighters of the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service of Seine-et-Marne (Sdis 77) will mostly take care of the vaccination in the Disney's Newport Bay Club hotel. The installation of this vaccination center was initially scheduled for the first half of April.