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On the front page of the press, this morning, the assessment of COP25 which ended yesterday in Madrid, Spain.

After two weeks of difficult negotiations, the mountain gave birth to a mouse. The UN climate conference ended "without achieving its main objective", according to the Spanish daily El Pais , which reports that the negotiators did not succeed in agreeing on the regulation of the carbon emission markets. The Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia reports the "disappointment" of scientists and environmental NGOs, to which the participating countries have only promised to present next year "more ambitious plans for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions ”. "Timid agreement, global disappointment": El Periodico , another Catalan daily, notes the reaction of the EU - which presented last week its "green deal", its project for a European ecological transition and which considers that the results of this COP25 constitutes "a small step forward".

No progress, however, in Lebanon, where the demonstrators clashed violently with the police, this weekend. The UAE daily The National reports an "escalation" of violence, for which the protesters hold the police responsible, who used tear gas and rubber bullets. "Gangs of militiamen who carry out assaults, thugs who infiltrate among the demonstrators, police officers who are a little too zealous: we are obviously trying to disfigure the Revolution," accuses L'Orient Le Jour , who notes that c 'is "in this climate of high tension that will take place today the parliamentary consultations for the designation (of) the new Prime Minister". If the appointment of Saad Hariri, who resigned last October under pressure from the street, is now almost a given, the appointment of members of his future government divides the political class, according to The Daily Star . The English-language Lebanese daily explains that these divisions are delaying the formation of a new executive, to the displeasure of international donors, who demand the prior formation of a new government, to give Lebanon the financial assistance it needs, to get out of the economic crisis.

In Algeria, new president Abdelmajid Tebboune, elected last week, called for dialogue with pro-democracy protesters "to find a way out of the crisis". According to the official daily El Moudjahid , "the legitimacy conferred by the vote on the president-elect gives him all the latitude to implement his program based on the consecration of democracy and the revival of the economic machine, rid of its dependence on hydrocarbons ". Promises of change in which the demonstrators do not believe, according to El Watan , who ensures that the latter, faced with "the electoral fait accompli", will continue their mobilization, the election of Abdelmajid Tebboune even constituting a "new challenge" for the hirak, the protest movement. "This election, instead of resolving the crisis, only aggravates and prolongs it," warns the daily newspaper Liberté , where the drawing by Dilem sums up the state of mind of the demonstrators, who perceive the new president as a simple creature, like the military puppet.

In France, unions are announcing another big day of mobilization tomorrow against the pension reform. While two new unions call to join the movement, launched at the beginning of the month, Ouest France wonders if the mobilization of tomorrow will reach the levels of December 5 and 10. Between the unions and the government, "who will back off?" Wonders La Provence , referring to "a deadlocked conflict", a week before Christmas. According to Le Parisien , the leaders of the CGT and the CFDT, Philippe Martinez and Laurent Berger, who are on the front line in this conflict, "hope to each be successful during this decisive week". A week "quit or double", during which the government intends to take the opinion to witness, according to Le Figaro , which reports a poll which indicates that the continuation of the social movement during the end of year celebrations "Would not be acceptable", for 55% of those questioned.

We do not leave each other on it. There is sometimes news which we do not know very well whether to laugh about or cry about. Le Monde reports that Harvey Weinstein yesterday delivered an interview to the tabloid The New York Post - an interview in which the American producer, accused of harassment and sexual abuse, and whose trial should begin in less than a month, describes himself as a "pioneer" in the advancement of women in Hollywood. You read me well. And he regrets, moreover, the lack of recognition that this work should earn him, according to him…

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