The info not to be missed
15,000 to 16,000 spectators are expected tonight at the Stadio Olympico for the enticing opening match of Euro Turkey-Italy, a festive kick-off of a competition that remains threatened by the Covid: Spain, Sweden and Russia in particular have already been affected by cases of contamination.
Anyway, in France, this competition should mark the return of the bamboche, especially as the Blues, reigning world champions, start favorites.
Also to remember
First G7 with Biden, last with Merkel.
After months of videoconferencing, the leaders of the great powers of the G7 resume discussions around the same table on Friday. The Covid obviously, and in particular the redistribution of a billion doses of vaccines, is on the program of this summit bringing together Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and the United States in the seaside resort of Carbis Bay, in the southwest of England. It will be the first for US President Joe Biden, and the last on the other hand for Angela Merkel… and perhaps Emmanuel Macron.
“The Covid is still there. "
Professor Gilles Pialoux, head of the infectious diseases department at Tenon hospital in Paris, called for caution this Friday morning. "No one can predict what will happen at the end of 2021," he recalled on BFMTV / RMC, depicting "a period of uncertainty" to be considered as "parole" and not perfectly acquired. The epidemic numbers are still trending downwards, as the vaccination begins to show the first signs of running out of steam.
The strange subject of Darmanin.
Traveling Thursday to Dijon, the Minister of the Interior took the opportunity to strongly attack the National Assembly, on an unusual register: “In the second round, there is the will that the National Assembly never wins a region.
We can clearly see the satanic mark that a victory for the RN would represent, ”he said before mentioning a potential drop in investments.
"The Republic in March must keep its calm," replied Marine Le Pen.
Euro: print the competition calendar
While the competition will be particularly dense in the first two weeks with 24 teams competing, we have concocted three A4 calendars to print:
Click on this link to download the group match schedule
Click on this link to download the final table schedule
Click on this link to download the complete schedule of meetings, with the channels which broadcast them