The First Council of Ministers of the Castex government, at the Elysee Palace on July 7, 2020. - HAMILTON-POOL / SIPA

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Who are the 11 new state secretaries appointed to the government?

Since Sunday the French know the complete list of the government of Jean Castex. In total, 11 State Secretaries have been appointed, including the Moroccan People with Disabilities, Tourism, European Affairs and Biodiversity. Six new personalities join the government team, including five deputies. Elysée advisor Clément Beaune and deputies Bérangère Abba, Nathalie Elimas, Sarah El Hairy, Olivia Grégoire and Joël Giraud join the Castex team. The renewed State Secretaries are Sophie Cluzel, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Cédric O, Laurent Pietraszewski and Adrien Taquet.

Three points that tighten up on assisted reproduction for all

It is the great return of the PMA to the National Assembly. The deputies are studying the bioethics law at second reading from Monday and the debate promises to be tense. On the menu for the whole week: some 2,300 amendments and new ministers at the front. 20 Minutes takes stock of the parts of the law that are problematic here.

Numerous demonstrations in Thailand to obtain more democracy

For a week, protests have been linked in Thailand to demand the fall of the government of former army chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha. Several hundred people, mainly students, demonstrated Sunday in Bangkok in front of the Democracy Monument. Already on July 18, thousands of demonstrators, wearing a black uniform inspired by the outfits of the protesters of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, had gathered in one place. Students find it difficult to envision a future in an undemocratic country where GDP is expected to decline by 10% in 2020.

Politics

Jean Castex wants to defend a "field ecology" against a "moralizing" ecology

Society

A single person wishing to adopt files a complaint for "discrimination" in Paris

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