In the headlines: Pope Francis fears a coming to power of Marine Le Pen in France
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Marine Le Pen, president of the National Gathering, during her back-to-school meeting in Fréjus, September 6, 2020. Valery Hache / AFP
By: Norbert Navarro
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It was in private that, on March 15, the Pope confided in members of the citizens' convention received at the Vatican, reports the magazine
L'Obs
.
"
A friend told me: 'In France, if we continue like this, we will have
Marine Le Pen
president."
[…] It's worrying,
”said the Pope, reports
L'Obs
.
In fact, "
the image of the National Gathering is improving,
" points out
Le Journal du Dimanche
.
According to an Ifop poll for this weekly, if 58% of French people find that this political party is "
dangerous for democracy
", this figure has fallen by four points since April 2017, notes
Le JDD
.
Conversely, 42% of French people think that the National Rally is "
capable of governing France
", and there, it is three points more in four years, reports
Le Journal du Dimanche.
The Pope is worried, but it's not just him.
In this
weekly
, the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti treats Marine Le Pen as a "
liar
", says that she is "
incompetent
" and that she "
does not work
", before declaring himself ready to commit to "
Help
" Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election next year.
The Keeper of the Seals “
no longer excludes
” from standing for a ballot.
Emmanuel Macron denies rumors of a scheduled turn of the screw in the face of the progression of the coronavirus epidemic
"
At this time, nothing has been decided
", said the Head of State this Friday, March 26 in the
Journal du Dimanche
.
"
I fully assume our
vaccine
strategy
", hammered Emmanuel Macron, promising to catch up "
in a few weeks
" to the British in terms of people vaccinated.
Right in his boots, Macron?
In a column published by this same
Journal du Dimanche
, around forty Parisian hospital directors say they are preparing to have to “
sort out patients
” to face the third wave of coronavirus in the Paris region, declaring that they “
never have experienced such a situation, even during the worst attacks
”!
On the right, the president of the Hauts-de-France region Xavier Bertrand (ex-LR) is a candidate for 2022
He says he is "
totally determined
", Xavier Bertrand, who claims to be "
social and popular right
", in the magazine
Le Point.
On seven pages plus the front page of this weekly, Xavier Bertrand develops his program and warns: "
I will not participate in a primary
" from the right.
Opening this Monday, March 29 in Paris of the trial of the bombing of Bouaké, in Côte d'Ivoire.
In November 2004, this aerial bombardment left 9 dead and 38 wounded in the ranks of the French army.
Three drivers will be judged by default.
"
Lampists,
" said Jean Balan to the
JDD
.
Lawyer for some of the families of the victims of this murderous bombardment, Maître Balan explains that “
the attack on Bouaké would be the product of a Franco-French plan decided at the highest level of the State (without the death of the French soldiers was premeditated) with the aim of landing Laurent Gbagbo
”, then President of the Ivorian Republic, summarizes
Le Journal du Dimanche.
Bernard Kouchner heard in the Olivier Duhamel affair
The Olivier Duhamel affair, named after this political scientist accused of "
rape and sexual assault on a minor under 15
" in his daughter-in-law Camille Kouchner's book,
La familia grande
.
The latter's father, former minister Bernard Kouchner, was heard.
According to
Le Journal du Dimanche
, it was last Tuesday that Bernard Kouchner was told by investigators.
The
JDD
indicates that this hearing "
seems to have been the last step before the summons of Olivier Duhamel
".
Olivier Duhamel, whose son, Simon Duhamel, 32, has just been "
remanded in custody
" after appearing in court yesterday, following his arrest "
in a state of intoxication, metal bar in his hand hitting on vehicles in circulation
"in Sanary, in the south of France,"
where he owns the family villa
", the scene of some of the alleged facts reported in
La familia grande
, reports the site of the weekly
Le Point
.
So is the magazine press this week in France.
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