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On the front page of the press, the decision, today, in France, of the Constitutional Council on the immigration law, several measures of which could be censored.
“Pressure on the Sages”, headlines
L'Opinion
this morning , about this text adopted with the voices of the right and the extreme right, and defended before being immediately criticized by the majority.
“The fruit of a compromise which ultimately satisfies no one,” according to the newspaper, where Kak’s drawing shows Emmanuel Macron indicating to Laurent Fabius, the president of the Constitutional Council, that he had “highlighted the passages that he pretended to 'accept".
A method denounced by
La Croix
whose editorial, with its unusually scathing tone, vilifies "repeated referrals" to the Constitutional Council, more and more often used as "an escape from decisions (that politicians) do not want to take on" .
It is also a sign, according to
La Croix
, of the “deterioration” of the work of parliamentarians, often “more eager to be noticed by a polemical punchline than by their technicality on substantive issues”.
A “casualness” which would “not be a sign of good democratic health”.
Basically, the left opposition continues to denounce a text which, according to it, takes up the ideas of the National Rally - a law "as expensive as it is harmful", according to
L'Humanité
, which affirms that it was passed in such haste that its consequences on public finances have not even been assessed.
Huma assures that the expulsion, prosecution and detention of illegal immigrants will cost a “crazy amount of money”.
The French press also returns this morning to the explosion of anti-Semitic acts here in France since the Hamas attack on October 7.
Le Parisien/Aujourd'hui en France
reports an increase of 1000%, as much in the last three months as in the last three years - a figure taken from the report published today by the Crif (Conseil representative of the Jewish institutions of France), which specifies that these are "the official figures from the Ministry of the Interior", and of which the president accuses "some of using tragic images of Gaza to disinhibit their hatred of the Jews".
The ongoing war in Gaza, which Ami Ayalon, the former head of the Israeli domestic intelligence service, fears is not winnable and who warns in
Le Monde
that if the Israelis refuse peace, what awaits them will be "worse as October 7th.
The war in Gaza, one of the side effects of which is a serious labor shortage in Israel, according to
The Washington Post
, which reports that the government is seeking to remedy this problem by recruiting tens of thousands of workers. Indians.
India, where Emmanuel is the guest of honor, today and tomorrow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Hindustan Times
announces a visit "to expand cooperation in defense and economic relations" and explains that "France, with its search for strategic autonomy and influence in world affairs can be a useful partner for the India in its quest for a multipolar world.
The Indian Express,
however, believes that "the real questions go beyond the concepts of 'strategic autonomy' and 'multipolar world', at a time when the liberal Anglo-Saxon media are getting carried away over the Hindu temple recently inaugurated by Narendra Modi on the site of a mosque demolished in the 90s, and on attacks on secularism.
The newspaper states that it is "always wrong to confuse Western geopolitical interests with the media expression of liberal ideology."
Le Monde
reports the warning from the NGO Human Rights Watch, which questioned Emmanuel Macron, before his departure, on “the illiberal and religious drift of the regime” led by Narendra Modi – described as a “courted but embarrassing” ally ".
A “stiffening” for which the correspondent, in particular, of
La Croix
, in India for 23 years, will pay the price.
The newspaper announces that Vanessa Dougnac is in the process of being expelled, officially for having carried out "malicious and critical activities", likely to "create unrest and disrupt the peace" in the country.
India slipped to 161st place in 2023 in Reporters Without Borders' press freedom rankings.
170th in this same ranking, Saudi Arabia seeks to improve its image on the international scene by investing massively in sport.
But the exercise seems to have its limits.
After leaks to the press on the real or supposed moods of French striker Karim Benzema, who would like to leave the Al-Ittihad club and the kingdom,
Le Parisien/Aujourd'hui
en France reports on the “desires for other players to leave”, also recruited at a high price.
But “black gold does not bring happiness”, the newspaper philosophizes.
And it is only Chris Evert and Martha Navratilova who will say the opposite.
In a column published by
The Washington Post
, the major American daily where the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi worked, the former tennis women, each with 18 Grand Slam titles under their belt, are outraged by the possible holding of the WTA Masters in the kingdom. .
“We did not help build women's tennis so that it found itself exploited by Saudi Arabia,” they scath.
Still in Saudi Arabia, the France 24 site also announces that Riyadh could authorize the sale of alcohol to non-Muslim diplomats, according to anonymous sources close to the matter.
However, we remind you that “without alcohol the party is crazier”.
The proof, with this controversy between Great Britain and the United Kingdom, around the sacrosanct tea.
The
Huffington Post
says that the affair began when an American chemistry teacher published the secret recipe for concocting perfect tea, at least according to her, by adding a pinch of salt.
Oh my God!
An ingredient recommended to correct the acidity of tea, but which made the British jump.
To the point that the American embassy in London wanted to react on the social network microwave, of course.
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