Headlines: Biden challenged to revive his presidency after lackluster first year
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US President Joe Biden took office a year ago.
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President Biden blew out his first candle yesterday Wednesday with a "
nearly two-hour anniversary press conference, both harrowing and sometimes disjointed
", believes the
Guardian correspondent,
in an attempt to defend the record of his first year in office. exercise. And it was not easy "
Biden discovered that it was not enough not to be Donald Trump to get things done and be loved
", underlines the British daily like the
Washington Post
which describes for its part "
a beleaguered president addressing a beleaguered nation
”.
An attempt to regain the hand that stumbled a few hours later in the Senate, notes the
Wall Street Journal
"
where the Democrats failed to pass electoral reform
", with which the American president promised to protect access to the vote for Africans. -Americans. A new failure "
stinging after the rejection of its vast social and environmental spending program
", which had also "
smashed on the Republican rocks
", notes the
Guardian
. "
Ten months from the midterm elections, Biden's ability to regain his momentum could soon dwindle
", analyzes the
Wall Street Journal
which points "
the narrow majority of Democrats in Congress, Democrats evenly divided as Republicans show a united front against the President's plans
.
“
Despite its substantial achievements, particularly in the fight against the pandemic and support for the American economy, the Biden presidency would need an upgrade
,” also comments the
Washington Post
, which for its part has no doubt “
that Biden can fix his presidency, in particular by opening new discussions with the Republicans on the reforms
”, “
Biden can succeed in convincing if he behaves like the pragmatic former senator that he promised to be
”, analyzes the
Post
.
Faced with the revolt of his own camp, Boris Johnson has his back to the wall
Boris Johnson's struggle to stay in power "
hangs by a thread
", headlines the
Daily Mirror
which reports, like all of the British press, the brutal injunction launched yesterday Wednesday in Parliament by the leader of the Conservatives former cabinet minister David Davis: “
For the love of God, go!
". A new call for resignation, “
a new stab in the back
”, underlines the
Times
which also reports the defection of MP Wakeford “
passed into the Labor camp
”, as the Tory revolt strengthens against the stuck Prime Minister in the "
Partygate
" scandal, and which could well lead them to a "
severe defeat in the next local elections next May
”, points out
The
Guardian
.
Pending the administrative report on the Downing Street celebrations “
which could seal his fate next week
”, underlines the
Times again
, “
Boris Johnson remains firm in the face of adversity
”.
“
Combative
”, estimates the
Financial Times
which reports how the Prime Minister has moreover just lit a counter-fire by “
lifting most of the anti-Covid restrictions
”, a way of trying to “
rally the conservative deputies
”, very hostile to these measures deemed to be "
liberticidal
".
Australia could call on refugees to work in the fields
In any case, this is the call launched by the leaders of the food sector who, faced with the shortage of labor in the midst of a pandemic, believe "
that refugees would be better off on farms than in seedy hotels, to help keep the economy going
.
Refugees “
parked in hotels and whose fate was recently brought to light by the Djokovic affair
”, reports
The Australian again.
The tennis star had complained about the accommodation conditions of these refugees he had had to rub shoulders with in a detention hotel in Melbourne.
While the shortages affect "
the entire supply chain of the country
", Australian agricultural leaders are now pushing "
for the release of these asylum seekers
", the government is thinking about it, notes the Australian daily.
Angela Merkel declines UN job offer
"
Very busy writing her memoirs
", the ex-chancellor rejected the job offer of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres who had offered her "
the presidency of a high-level advisory body on property global audiences,
” reports
Die Welt
.
Retired since last December, after 16 years in power, "
the former Chancellor politely declined this job offer
", the German daily tells us again, which specifies "that
Angela Merkel therefore works in her office at the Bundestag at the writing his memoirs, a project that could take 2 to 3 years
” according to his adviser.
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