A year after the assault on Capitol Hill, can America heal?
On January 6, 2021, supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, which houses the two American parliamentary chambers.
REUTERS - Leah Millis
By: Romain Auzouy
1 min
Tensions remain high in the United States a year after the assault on Capitol Hill.
This is evidenced by the heavy burden that President Joe Biden has carried out this afternoon on his predecessor Donald Trump.
The latter is accused of having "tried to prevent a peaceful transfer of power" during the "armed insurgency" which saw thousands of his supporters attempt to prevent the certification of the election of Joe Biden.
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A divide in the image of society.
One in three Americans think violence against the government can be "justified", according to a poll released earlier this year.
How far can this shift go?
How to save American democracy?
Nicole Bacharan
, historian, political scientist, author of the book
The great days that changed America
, published by Perrin
Jérémy Ghez
, professor of economics at
HEC Paris
, specialist in the United States.
Author of the book,
United States, decline unlikely, rebound impossible
, VA editions
Simon Grivet
, lecturer at the
University of Lille
, historian specializing in the history of law and justice in the United States
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