The info not to miss
The Council of Ministers which began this Thursday at noon should have a little taste of nostalgia.
Because it is most likely the last for the current government team.
As he had announced before the second round, Jean Castex should soon announce his resignation.
Proof, moreover, that this meeting is not like the others: a buffet is organized to mark the end of the 2017-2022 term of office.
For some, this will undoubtedly be the last lunch as an active minister.
Doubt still hangs over the person who will take the head of the government.
During a trip to Cergy on Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron assured that he wanted a Prime Minister "attached to the social question, the environmental question and the productive question", without specifying whether he would rather be on the left or right.
For "I who believe in overcoming, political color does not say everything", he kicked into touch.
What else to remember
Decline in unemployment.
The trend recorded at the end of 2021 seems to be confirmed.
According to figures from Dares (Direction for the Animation of Research, Studies and Statistics), the number of category A unemployed fell by 5% in the first quarter of 2022, with 3.193 million registered.
Legislative negotiations have begun.
The left is active, to try to find an agreement for the June elections.
But it is not that simple.
If the discussion started several days ago between LFI and the Greens, it already seems to be at a standstill, in particular because of the sharing of places.
EELV claims that the Insoumis only agreed to give them 16 of the top 100 constituencies.
Regarding the negotiations with the Socialists, which began on Wednesday, François Hollande has already warned of a risk of "disappearance" of the PS, depending on the agreement reached with the Insoumis.
Antonio Guterres in Ukraine.
The UN Secretary General is currently visiting Ukraine for the first time since the start of the conflict.
The opportunity for him to ask Moscow "to agree to cooperate" with the investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in particular on the massacre of Boutcha.
"When we see this horrible site, I see how important it is to have a full investigation and to establish accountability," he said.
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Concern around nightclub injections.
The testimonies have multiplied in recent months.
On social networks, more and more young people say they have been bitten in clubs or at concerts.
Some describe no effect, others think they have received a drug.
Since the beginning of April, the authorities have counted about fifty facts of this kind.
This Thursday, three complaints were filed in Toulouse.
it concerns you
This is a fairly recent trend, but one that is likely to take hold.
The price of diesel is still higher than that of gasoline - which it exceeded for the very first time in March.
And this, even if the government discount of 18 cents per liter of fuel has made it possible to go back down below the symbolic bar of two euros per liter.
A high price which is explained in particular by the war in Ukraine: Russia is one of the main exporters of diesel, but since Europe is seeking to emancipate itself from its hydrocarbons, it must turn to other exporters, more distant.
The trend is therefore likely to last.
