Prime Minister Jean Castex, in Marseille on October 24, 2020. -

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In the midst of the economic crisis, Castex opens a social conference on Monday

Prime Minister Jean Castex will meet the social partners this Monday in Matignon from 9 am for his first social conference since his appointment.

But with the second wave of coronavirus, the French economy is at its worst.

The current crisis should therefore weigh in the discussions.

The unions and the executive will in particular address the particularly sensitive subjects of the timetable for the reform of unemployment insurance and that of pensions.

Erdogan calls on Macron again to have his mental health examined

Tension is at its height between Paris and Ankara.

Saturday and Sunday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacked his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron head-on.

The Turkish president has expressed doubts about the mental health of his counterpart.

In response, France recalled its ambassador "for consultations".

At the same time, Emmanuel Macron has to face a call to boycott French products in the Arab world, in his defense of the cartoons of Muhammad.

In response, he broadcast on Sunday evening several tweets in French, English and Arabic highlighting in particular his rejection of "hate speech".

More than 50,000 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours, new record

The second wave is getting stronger and stronger.

The Covid-19 epidemic has broken a new record in France with 52,010 new positive cases recorded in twenty-four hours, according to figures from Public Health France published on Sunday.

The day before, the country had recorded more than 45,000 new cases, and on Friday crossed the milestone of one million confirmed cases since the start of the epidemic.

The total death toll in France since the start of the epidemic is 34,761.

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