Italy entrusts its vaccination campaign to a soldier

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has appointed a soldier, General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, to the post of “Covid emergency commissioner” responsible for coordinating the fight against the pandemic in the peninsula.

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By: Juliette Rengeval Follow

22 mins

A year ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a state of pandemic.

Since then, in Europe, nearly 600,000 people have succumbed to Covid-19, and to fight against the virus, beyond the restrictions on movement, the hope is the vaccine.

But in the race for vaccination, not all countries on the continent are moving at the same speed.

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In

Italy

, while cases are on the rise, the new Prime Minister Mario Draghi wants to accelerate the pace.

A real challenge in a country with strong regional disparities.

For this, he appointed a soldier, General

Francesco Paolo Figliuolo,

to the post of “Covid emergency commissioner” responsible for coordinating the fight against the pandemic in the peninsula.

Portrait of an experienced man with

Olivier Bonnel.

Study in the best conditions

The private school is debated in

Sweden

.

In this country, one of the most egalitarian in the world, the cost of private schools is fully covered by the community, in the same way as public schools.

Large groups can open schools anywhere, and parents can enroll their children wherever they want.

A completely deregulated school system, therefore, where parents pay nothing.

But of course, private schools and public schools do not have the same obligations.

When the public must welcome everyone, the private sector can choose its students, which widens the inequalities in the country.

This is a report by

Frédéric Faux

.  

In the north of

France

, in Aisne, a micro-college allows school dropouts to return to school after a school phobia, or a case of bullying.

In a small structure, with teachers listening to them, they find the desire to go to class.

A report by

Lise Verbeke

.

Transport and animal welfare

In

Spain

, the transport of some 900 calves turned into a tragic odyssey in the Mediterranean: after two months at sea, tossed from port to port, the animals were all slaughtered, amid suspicion of a health crisis.

Transporting livestock is one of the critical moments when it comes to animal welfare.

a subject to which consumers are increasingly sensitive.

Details from our correspondent,

Diane Cambon

.

Vincent Théval's

musical chronicle

: Balthazar

(Belgium) 

Losers. 

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