Headlines: Joe Biden vs. Bernie Sanders

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" Joe Biden wins Super Tuesday, " points Le Monde . “ The former vice-president of Barack Obama caused surprise on Tuesday, winning many states, including Texas. The race for the Democratic primary is now played between him and Bernie Sanders. "

Indeed, also notes Southwest , “ the Democratic primary is turning into a duel between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. A duel that promises to be as tight as it is fascinating, between these two septuagenarians, madred with very different political orientations. Democratic voters are now faced with a simple choice : opt for the "political revolution" offered to them by Bernie Sanders, a claimed socialist, which is not trivial across the Atlantic. Or put the odds on their side to rid their country (and the rest of the world) of Donald Trump. They can turn the table upside down with the old Vermont senator who appeals to young people, just as they can choose safety with the former vice-president of Barack Obama, who now enjoys real momentum. "

Delicate synthesis ...

So, " the fight promises to be tough in the coming months , notes La Croix , with the risk of widening a gap between the two factions which would weaken the candidate retained at the time of the battle against Donald Trump. If it wants to win in November, the Democratic Party will have to succeed in a delicate synthesis between its reformist base and its progressive wing, while attracting the many independent voters of any partisan label. Hostility to the outgoing president will undoubtedly be a powerful cement. But, warns the Catholic daily, it will not be enough to enter the White House. "

In the meantime, Liberation points out, " more than thirty states have yet to vote by June, and 60% of the total of delegates has not yet been allocated. (…) In the next polls, Biden will benefit from a new defection, that of the multi-billionaire and former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg, who threw in the towel yesterday and gave him his support. The absolute majority (1,991 delegates), necessary to win the party's nomination in the first round of the convention, in July in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), is still distant for the two candidates. Promising to prolong the suspense to decide this duel dubious. "

Coronavirus : soon stage 3 in France ?

Also on the front page, the coronavirus continues to progress in France: " With four deaths, 285 confirmed cases (73 more in 24 hours) and 13 regions concerned, France is preparing for an intensification of the coronavirus epidemic , Pointe Le Figaro . A first case was detected overseas, in Guyana. A Defense Council devoted to Covid-19 was held yesterday at the Élysée Palace, but the time is not for alarmism. The country remains at "stage 2" of the epidemic management plan, explained the Minister of Health Olivier Véran. "But," asked about the possibility that France escapes "stage 3", the most serious of this management plan, government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye admitted, however : "Unfortunately, this seems unlikely to me ". "

Why is Africa spared for now ?

We stay with Le Figaro , who is interested in Africa, “ a continent which seems strangely spared by the virus. "Indeed," for the moment, the situation is especially marked by the strange absence of cases on the continent, and particularly in the sub-Saharan zone. If Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt have confirmed patients, they remain very rare elsewhere and always outside. "So," several hypotheses have been put forward, without convincing , notes Le Figaro . The first is that patients in failing surveillance states simply would not be detected. "It seems rather improbable to me. We lack means, it is true, but the epidemics have always been identified", underlines a high official of the Guinean ministry of Health. Some suggest endogenous factors. The warm climate would not suit the virus. However, the classic flu, which dreads the heat, does not completely spare Africa. The theory that Africans are more resistant than Europeans is also highly contested. It has never been demonstrated anywhere, and even less on the whole of vast and diverse populations that shelter the continent. "The truth is that we do not know," recognizes a French doctor working in Conakry. "

The fact remains that the epidemic can explode at any time… Last year, Le Figaro recalls, “ an epidemic of measles, the vaccine of which is well known, has infected more than 300,000 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making 6,000 dead. If we add to the weakness of the health structures that of the inhabitants, often suffering from recurrent pathologies and poorly treated, even simply for malnourished children, the emergence of Covid-19 in Africa could have dramatic consequences. "

Migrants : the blackmail of Turkey

And " while the coronavirus thrives, the world's bad business continues, " notes The New Republic .

Indeed, “ in Vienna, OPEC is squeezing the oil valve. From Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan opens that of migrants. He stubbornly calls them refugees. There is debate, it is not always proven. The Turkish president does not care, he is generally not looking at these details. All that matters to him is the guilt-inducing effect produced on European opinions and governments. The master of Turkey, a fantasized sultan, knows its immeasurable cowardice. It has a price. As in the Istanbul bazaar everything is negotiated, bought and sold in terms of international relations. And too bad for Greece which once again pays the price (…). "

Finally, Le Monde raised its tone: " the blackmail of migrants that the Recep Tayyip Erdogan exerts on the European Union exceeds in cynicism, but also in potential for destabilization, most of the recent precedents. The refugees whom the Turkish president threatens to sweep across Europe are fleeing a war, the one waged around Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in Syria, which he himself is trying to prolong. "

So, " rather than giving in to any panic, the EU , believes Le Monde , must show at the same time solidarity, firmness, realism and humanity. Financial and political solidarity with Greece and Bulgaria, countries on the front line. Firmness with regard to the blackmail of Turkey (…). Realism: geography and history make Turkey an obligatory partner of the EU. Humanity , Le Monde points out, because the European Union would no longer deserve its name if it did not take its part in welcoming refugees. Never before has the need for the sustainability of the EU to share the burden of the asylum application and a common immigration strategy been more pressing. "

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