In the spotlight: farewell to Angela Merkel
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“Auf Wiedersehen”, launches Le Figaro to Angela Merkel, in the daily one, this Saturday, September 25, 2021. © Le Figaro
By: Norbert Navarro
9 mins
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After sixteen years at the head of Germany, the Chancellor is preparing to hand over the baton to her successor, who will be appointed at the ballot box.
“
Auf Wiedersehen
”, launches
Le Figaro
to Angela Merkel, who is seen on the front page making her farewells with a wave of her hand. “
Auf Wiedersehen
” means “
goodbye
”. This daily underlines the longevity in power of the German Chancellor who, from Chirac to Macron, via Sarkozy and Hollande, notably worked with no less than four French presidents. Sixteen years in power, "
a political anomaly in the 21st century!"
», Exclaims
Le Figaro
. For this newspaper, Angela Merkel will remain "
the chancellor of the door open to waves of migrants, the one who thus provoked the return of the far right to the Bundestag (…) Often, her project for Europe (…) was summed up in an accounting vision… She is allergic to great speeches and great visions.
But "Mutti", that is to say "mother" - affectionate nickname which is to Angela Merkel what "uncle" was once to François Mitterrand, of the com 'essentially - also knew how to reassure and protect, bring stability and appease (the) people (…) Sometimes deemed too cautious, the scientist from the East knew how to embody a form of "German wisdom"
", states
Le Figaro
.
Thousands of young people demonstrated for the climate in Berlin around Greta Thunberg
Photo, in
Le Parisien
, of the demonstration yesterday, Friday, September 24, in Berlin, of thousands of young people who demonstrated for the climate around the Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Many of them will vote for the first time tomorrow in uncertain legislative elections from which the new chancellor will emerge, after having only known Angela Merkel in the chancellery. "
Certainty,
assures
Le Parisien, the next government will have to act quickly and strongly for the climate
".
These questions in the temporary arrest of the Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont in Sardinia. What was “
the role of Italy in this affair
”? Question asked by
Liberation
about what this daily calls a “
muddle in Italy
”. Being reminded that after being arrested on his arrival in Sardinia where he had gone for political meetings and then taken to prison, Carles Puigdemont was then quickly released,
Libé
raises the hypothesis of a discreet understanding between Madrid and Rome in this matter. And this newspaper wonders about a possible "
will of Madrid to make pass the national law above the European standards
Which protect the freedom of movement of the Catalan independence leader.
In Mali, a French soldier lost his life in combat in the so-called "three borders" area
His name was Maxime Blasco.
This master corporal of the 7th battalion of alpine hunters of Varces fell during a reconnaissance operation
led by Force Barkhane in the Malian Gourma, south-east of N'Daki, in the region of Gossi, near the border between Mali and Burkina Faso, said a statement from the staff.
He was 34 years old.
He was the father of a child.
The site of the daily
Ouest France
paints this morning the portrait of this sniper of the mountain commando group of the French army, decorated with the military medal last June by the President of the Republic, and who had "
proved himself on the field in the Central African Republic, Chad and Senegal
”.
In June 2019, his courage in combat had saved the lives of two of his companions under enemy fire during the crash of a helicopter of the French military force Barkhane.
As
Ouest-France
in turn reminds us
, Master Corporal Maxime Blasco is the 52nd French soldier killed in action in the Sahel since 2013.
In France, LR activists will choose, congress or primary, the mode of designation of their candidate for the presidential election next year.
And their choice could well fall on a congress reserved only for the militants of this right-wing party. This is what
Le Parisien
predicts
, noting that LR is "
on the verge of closing the primary
". According to this newspaper, "
few LR executives thought yesterday that the primary option could win
." It being specified that this congress would be held on December 4, the president of the Hauts-de-France region Xavier Bertrand, declared presidential candidate of 2022, "
should agree to comply
".
Primary open or congress closed?
It will in any case "
a vote under tension
", points
Le Figaro
, while admitting that yesterday, the second option, that of the congress, was "
the most probable
".
But this conservative daily admits, "
some have seen the option of voting in closed congress as a way of excluding them from the nomination process
."
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