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The Secretary of State in charge of disabled people, Sophie Cluzel, will be a candidate in the regional elections in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. "The presidential majority will be represented in the first round," she said on Friday on Franceinfo. This is a new episode of the political soap opera that has shaken the Paca region for several days. The announcement made on Sunday by the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, of the withdrawal from the LREM list for the benefit of the Republicans and of the outgoing president and right-wing candidate, Renaud Muselier, had led to a crisis within the LR. The latter finally brought "their support" to their leader in Paca after having obtained the assurance that there would be neither minister nor LREM parliamentarian on his list. Sophie Cluzel should have been able to join the list led by the right,as first mentioned by Renaud Muselier. “There is an alliance which does not have the conditions to be respected today. So I continue, I trace my path, as always, ”announced the Secretary of State.
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An attack foiled, six members of a neo-Nazi group arrested.
This neo-Nazi group would have wanted to attack a Masonic lodge.
This morning, six members of this small group called "Honor and Nation" were arrested in the Doubs and Alsace, according to information from BFMTV, confirmed this Friday at Le Parisien.
They are suspected of having wanted to target a Masonic lodge with explosives.
10 million euros to protect police stations.
An envelope of 10 million euros will be released to secure the police stations announced this Friday, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, while he was traveling in a police station in Sarcelles (Val d'Oise). A decision taken "in particular following the tragedy of Rambouillet", on April 23, where a police officer was stabbed to death at her workplace. Jean Castex also paid tribute to Eric Masson, this policeman shot dead two days ago in Avignon during an anti-drug operation. "More than ever, we will continue to deploy additional police and gendarmes on the ground, accelerate the renovation of your premises," assured the Prime Minister.
The third wave "seems to be broken" in Germany.
During a press conference, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Germany appeared to have overcome the third wave of Covid-19, saying it "appeared to be broken." “The number of infections is falling again but still remains at a high level,” he nevertheless qualified. Germany was strongly affected by this third wave, pushing it to introduce drastic measures to curb contamination. The country has also opposed the lifting of patents on anti-Covid vaccines while several countries including the United States are in favor.
Inclusive writing prohibited at school.
It is now official, inclusive writing is prohibited, especially in schools and the ranks of the Ministry of National Education.
Jean-Michel Blanquer had announced Sunday in an interview with the
Journal du Dimanche
that he intended to "clarify" the use of this writing.
According to the Minister, “the complexity and instability” of inclusive writing “constitute as many obstacles to the acquisition of language as of reading”.
“These artificial pitfalls”, he adds, “hamper the efforts of students with learning disabilities received within the framework of the public service of the inclusive school”.
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For the launch of its new single, the British group Coldplay did not do things by halves since it was from the International Space Station that it was unveiled. For this, Chris Martin and his gang called on the French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. The latter had the privilege of broadcasting the very first notes of this piece entitled "Higher Power", after having spoken during the night by videoconference with Coldplay. "We try to find the astronaut in each of us, the one capable of doing extraordinary things," said the leader of the group, Chris Martin, about their new song.