In the spotlight: Poles in the streets to defend their membership of the European Union
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Demonstration of Poles in favor of the European Union, on October 10, 2021 in the streets of Warsaw.
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By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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The photos of this veritable human tide waving Polish and European flags appear on the front page of the European press. Nearly 100,000 demonstrators marched on Sunday 10 October in the capital Warsaw, but also in more than a hundred cities in Poland against the backdrop of "
The hymn to joy
", the European anthem, underlines
Le Temps.
. The Swiss daily which evokes "
a massive protest
", facing the Polish nationalist government, and the "
questioning of the primacy of European law
", signified by the Constitutional Court last Friday.
"
A decision which could lead to a Polexit, a first step towards Poland's exit from the EU,
" the daily still estimates. For the special envoy of
El Pais
in Warsaw, these demonstrations are also "
a form of civil resistance, a cry against authoritarianism and the drift of the government which attacks the rule of law, but also the rights of migrant women. and minorities
”. “
A drift towards autocracy
”, denounces a demonstrator, quoted in the Spanish daily which recalls “
the spirit of combativeness of the Poles
”, and the great strikes of the 1980s with the creation of the Solidarity union. "
It will happen again
", He predicts, the Poles will put an end to"
the process of the decline of democracy
".
Czech Republic in turmoil after the hospitalization of its president
Prague faces a real "
political crisis
", and a "
possible vacancy of power
", explains the
Guardian
"
after the defeat of Andrej Babis in the legislative elections which preceded the hospitalization yesterday also of its most powerful support, the president Milos Zeman placed in intensive care
”. "
An unexpected event which will complicate the establishment of a new government
", comments for its part the
Washington Post
which explains that despite his defeat Andrej Babis, "
weakened by the revelations of the Pandora Papers
", could have obtained the support of the president to form a new government.
But here is "
the president is seriously ill and incapacitated
", comments the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
which sees opening "
a period of political paralysis
" in the Czech Republic.
With fear, explains the German daily "
that the new parliamentary majority which has just won the elections will not be authorized to govern, and that Prime Minister Babis will use this additional time to cover his tracks
", and try to stay at all costs in power.
A spy case shakes the Navy, the US Navy
It is on the front page of the entire international press which reports how "
a Navy engineer Jonathan Toebbe holding a secret defense accreditation and his wife
" were arrested last Saturday after having "
sold secret information on nuclear submarines to a foreign country
, ”reports the
Wall Street Journal
. A story that has in any case "
all the elements of a thriller
", comments for his part the correspondent of
El Pais
in the United States who tells how "
the FBI agents passed themselves off as foreign spies and contacted the 'engineer
', who in order to convey his information had notably hidden '
a USB key in a peanut butter sandwich, then in a packet of chewing gum
”.
The apprentice "
mole of the Navy
", would have thus tried to sell for 100,000 dollars in cryptocurrency "
details on the design, the operation and the performance of the reactors of the nuclear submarines
", specifies the
Washington Post
, which points out that the couple must now answer "
conspiracy and disclosure of confidential information
".
Sydney is falling apart, after 4 months of closure
Liberation which appears in the Australian press, "
Hope is finally reborn!"
", Headlines
The Australian
, for the 5 million inhabitants of Sydney who have just experienced"
the longest and most severe closure in the city
", 106 days of restrictions, nearly 4 months of confinement to try to stop the progression of the Delta variant. "
Even the forecast of pouring rain did not cool the ardor of the inhabitants who were ready from midnight to join the pubs
", explains for its part
The Age
.
"
Cafés, restaurants, hairdressers, shopping
", everything reopens for "
vaccinated customers
", in this State of New South Wales where "
nearly 74% of the population received the two doses of the vaccine
", life resumes, emphasizes the daily, and with it "
the economic recovery
", hope the Australian authorities which amount to some "
20 billion dollars
", the cost of this last containment, that is to say 13 billion euros.
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