French press review

In the spotlight: incompressible perpetuity…

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Courtroom sketch showing Salah Abdeslam (right), Mohamed Abrini (centre) and Mohamed Abrini, at the start of the trial for the November 13 attacks.

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“ 

Incompressible perpetuity for Salah Abdeslam 

”: this is the headline of

La Voix du Nord

,

Latest News from Alsace

and

L’Est Eclair.

"

 Life imprisonment for Abdeslam

 ", adds

L'Union

or

Le Midi Libre

.

Le Midi Libre

which writes: “ 

in the history books, we will remember that November 13, 2015 was one of the symbols of the decade of barbarism.

It will also remain that seven years later, justice passed without trembling with dignity to recognize the unspeakable, to honor the memory of the victims as much as to recall the values ​​of France in the face of terror more present than ever today.

 »

Le Figaro

insists: “

 To Islamist fanatics who kill in the name of a sectarian ideology, a democratic country has responded with the voice of republican justice.

 »

 Nine months of a historic trial returns our democracy to its most solid values,

adds

La Charente Libre

.

Justice and law have the last word.

It is the honor of France and of a few countries in the world to be able to face up to the monstrous terror which has claimed 131 lives and deeply affected thousands of victims in the name of an absurd and criminal ideology.

(…) Of course, the inexplicable will never be justified, continues the Charente daily.

(…) Abdeslam, the only survivor of the commandos, and his co-accused did not deliver all the truths that could be expected from them.

Years in prison won't change that.

But for the huge cohort of victims and their loved ones, it's another day that dawns.

 »

After Paris, Nice…

And another trial will take place at the start of the school year...

The Latest News from Alsace

indeed notes that " 

the trial of the Nice attacks of July 14, 2016, which left 86 dead and more than 400 injured, must open on September 5 next in the same courtroom of the trial of the November 13 attacks which was filmed for history, as was that of the Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher attacks.

In each of these dramas, everything that France embodies has been targeted.

The videos of the hearings will bear witness for future generations to the triumph of justice over terror.

 »

Covid doesn't take vacations...

Also on the front page, the 7th wave of Covid... and concern is mounting in the press.

 Will the 7th wave ruin the summer for us? 

asks

Le Parisien.

“ 

One week away from the summer holidays, the BA.5 sub-variant does not seem ready to pack up.

Worse, it is already wandering all over France: 124,000

new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours.

Over 7 days, the increase exceeds 57%.

Because the little brother of Omicron, at the origin of this rebound, is more contagious and gives varied and longer symptoms.

(…) "We should have anticipated from the month of May and not go about it at the end of June, in full upsurge"

tackle Éric Billy,

researcher in immuno-oncology.

This member of the Du Côté de la Science collective regrets “disconnected” management when “measures adapted to alert thresholds” could have been put in place.

"It's really a shame…

"

A weak government...

Liberation

gets annoyed and points the finger at the government.

“ 

It is an understatement to say that the government gives the feeling of floating in its management of this epidemic return, (…) of being absent subscribers, contenting itself for the moment with messages calling for common sense and the responsibility of each.

If the accent of Jeannot (Castex), every week on Thursday evening, or the photos of the biscotos of Olivier Véran do not miss us completely, there is undoubtedly a margin between the mothering excesses of the government during the previous waves and the total lack of current management, whether on the vaccination policy or communication campaigns on prevention. 

»

Raises!

Finally, “ 

growth, inflation: the economy is suffering a stronger shock than expected 

”, are alarmed by

Les Echos.

Constantly rising inflation, declining purchasing power and slowing growth.

The bill is steep for consumers.

 Should we expect everything from the state?

 asks

La Croix

.

 Reductions in fuel taxes or targeted checks on food are necessary to pass a course, but difficult to sustain over time.

The time has come for businesses to take over,

believes the Catholic daily

.

It is becoming urgent that branch agreements be signed (for wage increases). 

»

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