Headlines: Trump won't be impeached, then what's the point of a new trial?
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Former US President Donald Trump.
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By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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That's the big question on the front pages of many dailies, "
Who will benefit from this trial?"
"Asks
La Repubblica
, who believes that Joe Biden may have"
reasons to be worried
.
“
Because even if the vast majority of Democrats are convinced that Trump's subversive behavior must be sanctioned
,” explains the Italian daily, “
on the other hand, it will end up being the second failed impeachment attempt after that of the last year, a double flop
-analysis
La
Repubblica
,
which the right will use to claim that this is partisan persecution
”.
"
Why then this trial
", also wonders the
Washington Post
columnist
, who emphasizes that the answer "
is clearly political
".
"
Hatred of Donald Trump is the most unifying principle of the Democratic Party,
" he writes, "that
is why the Democrats would like to keep him in check as long as possible in order in particular to divide the Republicans
".
The latter face a serious dilemma,
Le Post
explains
:
“
If Republican senators vote for the condemnation, they will have to face Trump's wrath during the next election campaigns.
If they vote (on the other hand) for acquittal, the Democrats will come forward against them, accusing them of having defended the riots on Capitol Hill
”.
Find out what really happened on January 6
It is the analysis of the
New York Times
which worries "
that a month after the riots on the Capitol, the shock has already dissipated
".
The New York daily columnist therefore insists on the need for Democratic senators in the Senate to "
tell the full story of Trump's attempt to steal the election and how that attempt ended in the deadly attack on the Capitol
”.
And if "
the outcome of this trial is perhaps not in doubt,
" adds the
New York Times
, it will at least "
allow Democrats to show the country precisely what the Republicans tolerate
."
EU ready to follow Australian example to make Gafa pay
This is information from the
Financial Times
which ensures that European lawmakers who oversee the new digital regulations "
want to force the Gafa to pay for the information they take back
" by drawing inspiration from Australian reforms.
"
This initiative would deal a serious blow to Google
", adds
the FT.
Google "
who threatened to leave Australia to protest a new bill that would force him to pay for news publishers
' information."
"
Facebook has also warned that it would prevent Australian users from sharing information if the law was adopted in its current form
" further underlines the
Financial Times
which nevertheless explains that "
MEPs are still very divided on the best way to introduce such reforms
”.
In China, authorities block Clubhouse app
"
It was one of the few uncensored applications which had attracted thousands of Chinese Internet users to discuss taboo subjects in China
", explains the
Japan Times,
which quotes "
the mass detention of Uyghurs, the demonstrations for democracy in Hong Kong and the concept of Taiwan independence
”.
“
It was a rare moment of cross-border dialogue with the inhabitants of mainland China,
” adds the
New York Times
, “
before of course the inevitable happened, the Chinese censors entered the scene
”.
End of the little window of freedom.
The American daily stresses that under the leadership of Xi Jinping “
the Chinese government has thus redoubled its efforts to exercise almost total digital control over what its citizens read and say online
.
"
The Metropolitan Museum in New York may sell some of his works
"
The fault of the Covid
", explains
La Repubblica
, "
the Met must fill a hole of 150 million dollars
", for lack of revenue during the long months of closure due to a pandemic, underlines the Italian daily.
The museum "
which employs 2,200 people could thus sell works from its collection to cover operating costs
."
“
Contacts with individuals and auction houses are already underway,
” writes
La Repubblica,
“
curators scour the warehouses in search
of works which they can easily part with.
Perhaps duplicates, that is to say copies of the period
”.
Nothing is decided yet, notes the daily.
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