We hope you were able to fully enjoy your weekend. We spent these two days checking the news (it was not easy…). And it's time to sum it all up.
1. Agnès Buzyn candidate in Paris to replace Benjamin Griveaux
LREM wanted to go fast. Alliance with Villani? Mounir Mahjoubi returns? Track Delphine Bürkli? So many hypotheses rejected in the end. It will be the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn who will take the place of Benjamin Griveaux, who resigned Friday morning after the publication of videos of a pornographic nature. Agnès Buzyn had to be present on the lists for this election, in a place that remained to be defined. Here she is against Hidalgo and Dati, for a fight that could seem lost in advance.
More info: Edouard Philippe will have to find a new Minister of Health, Agnès Buzyn. It must be replaced in the next few hours at the Ministry of Health, sources inside the presidential party told AFP. A heavy ministry, with the retirement law arriving this Monday in the Assembly, and the management of the coronavirus crisis. Olivier Veran is approached for the position. All the info to read in our live here.
2. Piotr Pavlenski in police custody
Russian activist artist Piotr Pavlenski was placed in police custody on Saturday in a case of violence with a weapon, which dates back to December 31. The one who admitted to having published the intimate video of Benjamin Griveaux having led the latter to put an end to his campaign to conquer the Town Hall of Paris (and to file a complaint) was placed in police custody this Sunday times for this case. His partner is also heard by the police. Already sentenced to firm prison in 2017, while he has enjoyed political refugee status since 2017, some are demanding his expulsion. Not so simple, 20 Minutes explains to you.
More info: His lawyer Juan Branco is one of the key figures in this case. We paint a portrait of this sulphurous man.
3. Helicopter snow delivery cracks teeth to government
The Minister of Ecological Transition, Elisabeth Borne, said Sunday that snowmaking ski resorts by helicopter was "not a possible route". The day before, at Luchon-Superbagnères, to maintain a certain activity, a snow delivery operation by helicopter had been organized on the initiative of the Haute-Garonne Departmental Council. "We will bring together with Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the actors concerned in the coming days," promised the minister.
More info: France is hot. Several cities broke a heat record on Sunday. In Oloron-Sainte-Marie (Pyrénées Orientales), the thermometer was 28 degrees this afternoon.
4. Eurovision French song released
Thomas G: Son, Peter Boström and John Lundvik: these are three Swedish artists who wrote the song of France this year. Tom Leeb will sing The Best in Me in the Eurovision final on May 16 in Rotterdam (Netherlands). But the song will be unveiled for the first time on television this Sunday, at 8.50 p.m., on France 2. To find out, it's there.
More info: Less glam, the Bassem vs Sadek affair. "Emile Zola said" I accuse ", I say:" I apologize "," launched the blogger when he left the hospital. He published a video in which he calls his opponents to bury the hatchet. He was beaten last week in Vénissieux.
5. Emilien Jacquelin world champion in biathlon pursuit
First gold medal for the Blues in Anterselva (Italy)! Emilien Jacquelin made an incredible sprint to win, a first at the highest level. We present in this article this biathlete with the plume of a cyclist. Besides, he believes he trapped the long-time favorite Johannes Boe by playing "tactically like cycling".
The info in addition: 4-4 three days before its 8th final go to Dortmund: PSG has little reassurance against a relegation from Ligue 1. His defense really worries.
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