In the spotlight: the political crisis in the Central African Republic
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Central African Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra, June 15, 2021. © Carol Valade/RFI
By: Norbert Navarro
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Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra resigns
He will only remain in post for eight months. It was at the beginning of the week that, in writing, the head of government informed the Central African president of his intention to resign. “
Faustin-Archange Touadéra had bet on a profile likely to reassure international donors, irritated by the growing influence (of the Russian group) Wagner on the functioning of the Central African state,
underlines
Africa Intelligence
.
As soon as he arrived in government, the technocrat had taken care to keep his distance from the Russian paramilitary group
”.
According to this newspaper, in private, on several occasions, Henri-Marie Dondra had complained “
of his limited leeway on the functioning of the government
(…)
The question of the republican dialogue was also a source of tension
”.
Africa Intelligence also points to the fact that a few days ago, the spokesperson for the President of the National Assembly uttered "
ethnic insults
" against Dondra "
without being sanctioned
".
Also on the front page, the duel between Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour meetings.
While the candidate of the National Rally will hold hers today in Reims (eastern France), the candidate of Reconquest!
will also be at a meeting in Lille (in northern France):
For the past few days, notes
Le Parisien
, the "
mano a mano
" between Éric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen has become "
merciless war
" where "
all shots are allowed
".
And while this daily announces 4000 people expected at the meeting of the National Rally, it reports that that of Reconquest!
should attract 2,000 more, or 6,000. “
It's unfair for Marine Le Pen.
There is Ligue 1 and Ligue 2…
”, sneers a Reconquest executive!
in
Le Parisien
.
Le Figaro
does not write anything else, underlining the “
size
” stake of this “
remote duel
” between the two competitors.
According to an Odoxa poll for this same
Figaro
, 55% of French people (and 59% of right-wing sympathizers) are "
convinced
" of the weakening of Marine Le Pen's candidacy following the rallying of several figures from the National Rally to Éric Zemmour.
At the same time, this survey indicates that 32% of French people have a “
good opinion
” of Marine Le Pen, against 22% for Éric Zemmour, points “in One”
Le Figaro.
Which daily describes "
an asymmetrical battle waged by Emmanuel Macron's major competitors.
Le Pen wants to weaken Zemmour who wants to
"siphon off"
the Pécssist right while Pécresse wants to bring back the macronized right, in particular by also demonizing Zemmour.
But the hardening of your tone comes from the tightening of the curves between the three candidates
(…)
Each must therefore underline the weak points of the others.
This is to say if, between them, the tone has not finished rising
, ”warns
Le Figaro
.
To conclude, the concern of the French for the environment.
Their concern about climate change would be much greater than we think:
According to an Ipsos survey for
Le Parisien
, 94% of French people say that climate change is a "
priority or important
" issue.
And 8 out of 10 say they are “
worried about the health of our planet
”, reports this newspaper.
Le Parisien
reports that 9 out of 10 French people have “
got into the habit
” of selective sorting of household waste and that 7 out of 10 say they have “
took the trick
” of turning off the light when leaving a room.
This survey also indicates that, to fight against global warming, 1 out of 2 French people think that it is necessary to "
change the economic system
", 1 out of 3 believe that this requires "
changing individual behavior, and 1 out of 5 approximately that we must "innovate and achieve technical progress
".
Since everything needs a start,
Le Parisien
invites its readers to take part in a week-long “
cigarette butt collection operation
” on the Champs-Élysées!
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