French press review
Headlines: France to deliver 155 mm Caesar guns to Ukraine
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Engagement of a French CAESAR in Iraq in 2018. © Creative Commons
By: Norbert Navarro
3 mins
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In an interview with the
Ouest-France
newspaper , Emmanuel Macron revealed that guns of this type were going to be provided to them, and that forty Ukrainian gunners were going to be trained in France.
"
We deliver substantial equipment, from Milan to Caesar
," said the head of state in particular to this regional daily.
Given that the
Milans
are French anti-tank missiles carried on the shoulder, and the
Caesars
155mm guns with very long range and very high precision,
Ouest-France
underlines the "novelty" nature of this presidential statement, while referring to the (unconfirmed) delivery of "a dozen"
Caesar
guns .
Comment from
Ouest-France
, "
After the Rafales of the Air and Space Force and the Navy frigates, it is the Army's turn to see the 'family jewels' leave the edge
".
However, this daily does not comment on the sensitive nature of these deliveries to Ukraine.
On the contrary, he describes this presidential confidence collected by him as a "
little scoop
".
Boy, what scoop?
This is clearly not the opinion of the newspaper
Le Figaro
.
Which in any case devotes an article to him in its own right, stating that the Milan missiles have “
already arrived
” in Ukraine and that the
Caesars
are “
in the process of being delivered
”.
Le Figaro
also reports that the Ukrainian gunners called upon to handle these huge guns would be trained "
in France from Saturday
".
Today, therefore.
Presidential, ultimate apnea
D-1 for the presidential election.
At the dawn of this final duel, France holds its breath.
And not just France.
“
Strange vigil of arms
, remarks in
Le Figaro
.
Politics, in recent days, despite the debate, despite the meetings, seemed deafened.
The great democratic meeting that is the presidential election relegated to the rank of secondary concerns.
However, the war is in Europe, the world economy holds its breath, the Islamist threat is still simmering and the general instability should be accentuated by the possibility of a perilous political alternation
”, states this daily.
Because, warns
Le Figaro
, “
the truth of the ballot box is not that of the polls, we must therefore maintain, despite all the converging signals, vigilant caution.
At the time of the balance sheet, there is a concern that the expected result will not manage to dissipate.
That of civic disaffiliation, of the depoliticization of public life.
Sluggish campaign, appalling controversies, untraceable gravity, dismissal of hope, the great presidential deliberation has been reduced to battles of images and figures
”, deplores this newspaper, evoking “
this decisive moment in our history
”.
Decisive, this moment?
“
Is this the most decisive vote of the Fifth Republic
, wonders the site of the magazine
Challenges
?
If France - and the world - hold their breath, it is because the colossal stake, inherent in any presidential election, is further exacerbated by the possibility of seeing the far right take power.
And lead a world power, a member of the UN Security Council, endowed with nuclear weapons,
states
Challenges.
The result is closely scrutinized abroad, where we watch with anguish a response to the populist earthquakes of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump in the United States
.
Drogba, the fear of the FIF red card
The election of the president of the Ivorian Football Federation, finally, with the choice of its new president today, in Yamoussoukro, capital of Côte d'Ivoire.
Didier Drogba is a candidate, but "
not favorite
".
This is what
L'Equipe
points out , even if the "
participation in the ballot
" of the former Ivorian football star as, in particular, of the English club Chelsea, "
already sounds like his first victory
".
The French sports daily stresses that in Côte d'Ivoire, “
as in Cameroon, with Samuel Eto'o, the street has already voted.
But it is not she who decides
.
L'Equipe
points out that in Yamoussoukro, the atmosphere is "
very tense despite the smiles on the face of it.
The fear of excesses, in the event of Drogba's failure, is worrying
”.
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