In the spotlight: an anti-Covid vaccine soon for adolescents
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A dose of Moderna vaccine at a vaccination center in Antwerp on April 14, 2021. (Illustrative image) AP - Virginia Mayo
By: Norbert Navarro
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The Moderna laboratory will submit an application for marketing authorization in the European Union for its new vaccine for 12 to 17 year olds in early June.
This is what
the French CEO of this American biotechnology company
announces in the
Journal du Dimanche
.
Stéphane Bancel, that's his name, believes that it will be necessary “
very quickly to target adolescents from 12 to 17 years old.
(…) The ideal would be to protect them before the end of August,
”says the boss of Moderna in
Le JDD.
Will Mahamat Idriss Déby be a candidate for the Chadian presidential election?
In Chad, the Prime Minister has no doubts: the head of the junta, Mahamat Idriss Déby, will not be a candidate at the end of the transition What do the sons of Idriss Déby, who occupy key positions within the of the executive, including that of president for Mahamat Idriss Déby? Will they withdraw after the transition or will they cling to power? For Albert Pahimi Padacké, “
it is clear in (the) head (of Mahamat Idriss Déby) that he will not be a candidate
”. In the interview that the Chadian Prime Minister gave to the
Journal du Dimanche,
Albert Pahimi Padacké also assures that the presence of 1,200 Chadian soldiers positioned in the three border zone "
is maintained and could be reinforced if necessary
".
Regional elections: in Île-de-France, the outgoing president is largely in the lead
According to an Ifop poll for
Le JDD,
the ex-LR, Valérie Pécresse is credited with 33% of the voting intentions, ahead of the National Rally candidate Jordan Bardella (16%) and that of the presidential majority Laurent Saint-Martin (15 %).
The ecologists led by Julien Bayou are at 11%, the socialist Audrey Pulvar at 10%, as is Clémentine Autain, who leads the list of LFI and the PCF.
The controversy between police and justice
It continues in France, with the Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti who, this morning again, defends the judicial institution, accused of laxity by certain unions of police and elected officials. In an interview with the
Journal du Dimanche,
Eric Dupond-Moretti said that "
the police without justice is totalitarianism
", qualifying as "
false and serious
" the statement of the secretary general of the Alliance police union who, during the rally of thousands of police officers in front of the National Assembly, had said that "
the problem of the police, it is justice!"
". For the Keeper of the Seals, “
the police without justice is totalitarianism; justice without the police is powerlessness
», Said the minister in the
JDD.
Safety, a major concern of the French
The Minister of Justice, in substance, this week echoed the idea that there is no security problem but only a feeling of insecurity.
Not without reason, estimates
L'Express.
In a very well-documented Une dossier entitled
"
Insecurity: fears and realities
",
this weekly tries to distinguish the real worsening of violence in France and the perception of it by the French.
The express
refers to an Elabe survey according to which the French themselves are 62% to believe that "
the politicians and the media are talking too much insecurity at the moment
".
The Darmanin / Dupond-Moretti couple to the test
In the middle of the week, an inter-union of 14 police unions demonstrated in front of the National Assembly following the murder of Brigadier Éric Masson, shot dead, on May 5 in the city of Avignon, south-eastern France, by a young man of 19.
Among the demonstrators, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.
The presence of the first cop in France at this demonstration of officials at a time when, within the walls of the Assembly, his government colleague, Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti, was defending justice vilified by the police for his alleged laxity towards criminals and delinquents, yellow vests and terrorists, aroused a flurry of indignation.
Is the state still playing its role?
Police officers who demonstrate after the soldiers, by the hundreds, have left their reserve having previously affixed their signature on two forums, published by the weekly
Valeurs Actuelles,
and who violate the principle of loyalty and neutrality of the armies?
The weekly
Le Point,
this week, sees it as a “
revolt of the sovereign state
”.
According to this weekly, “
the state increasingly claims to lead the French and dictate their behavior when it is incapable of protecting them and fulfilling its essential missions.
He is thus the best ally of the populists,
”deplores
Le Point.
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