Council of Ministers, Abad affair, murder at the Qatar embassy, ​​the Amorim track at PSG: the information to remember this afternoon

The info not to miss

A first Council of Ministers to truly launch Emmanuel Macron's second five-year term, almost a month after the re-election of the Head of State.

At its opening, Emmanuel Macron called on the government of Elisabeth Borne to engage in "new action in substance and form", "in the light of new challenges".

"This government resembles the French", assured for her part the new government spokeswoman, Olivia Grégoire, at her end, evoking, on the purchasing power front, a bill before the legislative elections, and a tripling of the Macron bonus.

Elisabeth Borne's team comes on stage less than three weeks before the legislative elections on June 12 and 19.

Its fate is therefore suspended at the end of the ballot which will define the new majority.

Half of the members of the government (14 out of 28) are directly in the running and will have to leave the government if they are beaten, under an instruction issued by Emmanuel Macron, as in 2017.

What else to remember

• Damien Abad accused of sexual violence.

  The first Council of Ministers is held in an atmosphere weighed down by accusations of rape against Damien Abad, new Minister of Solidarity in the Borne government.

  Mediapart revealed during the weekend rape accusations dating from 2010 and 2011 targeting Damien Abad, who denies them en bloc.

  “I have no more elements than the fact that the case has been closed without further action,” replied the head of government.

  In a press release which relates details of his intimate life, the minister, suffering from arthrogryposis, assures that the acts or gestures of which he is accused are "simply impossible" because of his disability.

  "Justice is the only one who can decide," said government spokeswoman Olivia Grégoire, interviewed at the end of the Council of Ministers.

• A security guard killed in the Qatar embassy.

  This Monday morning shortly before 7 a.m., a security guard working at the Qatari embassy in Paris (7th arrondissement) was killed.

  According to a police source, an individual broke into the embassy and beat him to death.

  A suspect, aged 38 and known for a psychiatric history, according to our information, was arrested.

  The Parisian criminal brigade was in charge of the investigation opened for intentional homicide.

• Who to replace Mauricio Pochettino at PSG?

  According to our information, the Portuguese Ruben Amorim, a young Sporting coach, is the priority of Luis Campos, the future sporting director of PSG.

  He could replace Mauricio Pochettino in the coming weeks, who will not be kept one year from the end of his contract.

  The 37-year-old coach took Sporting to the Portuguese title in 2021. He is under contract until 2024 with Sporting, with a release clause of 30 million euros.

• Life imprisonment for the Russian soldier tried for war crimes.

  The Russian soldier tried for a war crime was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, following a war crime trial in Ukraine.

  He will call.

it concerns you

Storms and impressive hailstones are causing damage in France.

A phenomenon called supercell (winds, rain, very virulent hailstones) traveled Sunday evening the center of France, from West to East, from Deux-Sèvres to Burgundy.

In Niort (Deux-Sèvres), the hailstones reached the size of a tennis ball.

Significant runoff and initial flooding affected the city of Poitiers (Vienne).

Once in Indre, the storm got even stronger.

Several homes remain without power.