We hope you were able to enjoy your weekend.
We spent these two days checking the news.
And it's time to sum it all up.
1. Edouard Philippe's new horizons
Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe focused on the baptismal font on Saturday in Le Havre on his new party, Horizons. Its goal ? Build a strategy for France by 2050. "I want, with you, to build a party, to participate in the construction of a new political offer so that the country we love can go far," he announced in his speech. It is a fight that we are engaged in, a democratic fight, a fight over the long term. "In an interview with the
JDD
this Sunday, the mayor of Le Havre" clearly "confirms his support for the outgoing President of the Republic but believes that he will" need to rely on a base of stability to continue the effort to transform France ".
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Celebrating on Saturday the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in France, alongside Robert Badinter in particular, Emmanuel Macron announced "relaunching the fight for universal abolition" during the presidency of the 'EU in 2022.
2. Sebastian Kurz resigns as Austrian Chancellor
Austrian Conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, suspected of being involved in a corruption case, announced his resignation on Saturday evening.
"It would be irresponsible to slip into months of chaos or deadlock," he told reporters in Vienna, explaining that he was withdrawing for "the stability" of the country while refuting "false accusations".
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Among the Czech neighbors, surprise for the legislative elections.
Voted the winner by the polls, the populist Andrej Babis, outgoing Prime Minister, was narrowly edged by the center-right alliance Ensemble.
But the greatest uncertainty reigns over the name of the future prime minister.
3. Calm winter on the coronavirus front
This is the good news on the epidemic front.
The latest models from the Pasteur Institute, estimate that the high vaccination coverage in France and the maintenance of barrier gestures should make it possible to avoid in the coming months a "significant resumption of the epidemic, even when the cooling is taken into account. temperatures ”, and therefore not to know again“ very restrictive measures such as curfews or confinement ”.
As of Saturday, 73.2% of the population had a complete vaccination schedule, including 85.1% of those eligible for the vaccine - aged 12 or older.
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The demonstrators against the health pass are fewer and fewer over the weekends.
This Saturday, they were only 45,300 in all of France.
4. Olivier Rosteing had a narrow escape
The famous stylist Olivier Rousteing, who relaunched the Balmain brand, revealed this Sunday on Instagram that he was badly burned in the explosion of his fireplace a year ago.
The fashion designer claims to be cured and even speaks of rebirth.
He hid this accident had hidden by "shame" in an environment where reigns "the obsession for perfection".
“I now feel ready to share this.
I hid it for too long, ”writes the 36-year-old Frenchman in a long message to his 7 million subscribers.
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Le Point-virgule has canceled two Gaëtan Matis shows on Sunday and Monday.
The Parisian theater faces threats, insults and verbal violence against its teams.
5. The Blues in the final against Spain
It's tonight, at 8:45 p.m., and it's to be followed of course on
20 Minutes
live.
France have qualified for the final of the League of Nations, and they will face the young and formidable team of Spain in Milan.
If the Italians are not very enthusiastic for this clash, we still expect a lot from Mbappé on the French side.
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Pogacar is monumental.
After Liège-Bastogne-Liège, after the Tour de France, the Slovenian added a second monument to his 2021 list: he won the Tour of Lombardy on Saturday.
World
Iran: Tehran continues to enrich its uranium and announces it has a stock of 120 kg
Miscellaneous
Marseille: A man arrested after using Emmanuel Macron's health pass
Edouard Philippe
Society
Emmanuel Macron
Karim Benzema
Kylian Mbappé
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