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Headline: Boris Johnson resigns as Conservative Party leader, but not government
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Britain's Prime Minister Johnson Boris delivers a statement at Downing Street in London, Britain July 7, 2022. REUTERS - PHIL NOBLE
By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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A resignation that has become "
inevitable
" already explained, this morning, the whole of the British press, following the example of the
Times
which evoked an "
untenable position for the Prime Minister
" after "
the unprecedented avalanche of resignations of the ministers of his cabinet
", more than fifty having slammed the door "unheard
of in contemporary political history in the United Kingdom
".
After three days of political chaos, where he tried at all costs to stay in power, "
Boris Johnson has therefore resigned
", headlines the
Guardian
in its online edition, "
but only from his post as leader of the Conservative Party
“, reports the daily, which underlines that Boris Johnson “
still hopes to remain prime minister until next autumn
”.
What “
trigger the anger of Conservative MPs
”, writes the
Times
for its part “
who want a new leader as soon as possible
” and therefore refuse that “
Boris Johnson stays until October to supervise the race for the leadership of the party
”.
Some of these Tory MPs are suggesting “
an interim leader such as Dominic Raab, the Deputy Prime Minister or even former Prime Minister Teresa May
,” provided,
the Times says,
“
that they choose not to stand to succeed Boris Johnson
”.
Berlin and Vienna are up in arms against the EU's "green" label for gas and nuclear
"
This is not a moment of glory for the European Parliament
", criticizes the German daily
Südkurier
for which "
a majority of MEPs have missed the chance to be taken seriously in terms of climate protection
", then "
that the war in Ukraine has taught us, among other things, the dangers of being dependent on Russian gas
".
Criticism also of the German government which hammers that "
nuclear energy is not sustainable
", reports for its part the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
, even if Berlin does not envisage legal action against this classification, "
Austria, it , says it is ready to do so with the support of Luxembourg
notes the
FAZ
.
"
Neither nuclear power nor gas are sustainable
", environmentalists are also enraged, writes the
Guardian
, which stresses "
that by qualifying gas and nuclear energy as green energies
", European parliamentarians have thus "
rejected the calls from prominent Ukrainians and climate activists that these proposals would be a real gift for Vladimir Putin
”.
The Russian president “
can rub his hands
” enrages an ecologist deputy.
Russian army turns Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant into a military base
“
Russian soldiers are transforming the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the south of the country into a veritable military garrison
” reports
La Repubblica
“
and they are even holding some forty employees hostage
”.
After taking control of the plant last March, "
the approximately 500 Russian soldiers occupying it began deploying heavy artillery batteries and laying anti-personnel mines along the banks of the water reservoir supposed to cool the six reactors
”, specifies for its part the
Wall Street Journal
which is worried “
about this transformation in slow motion of a nuclear power plant into a military garrison
”.
"
Unheard of in the history of atomic energy
", writes the American daily which denounces "
a real security crisis
", and reports that "
the employees of Zaporizhzhia and their families fear a possible accident, as in the neighboring Chernobyl plant , scene of the worst nuclear disaster in the world
”.
Suspicious deaths of Russian oligarchs linked to Gazprom continue
The latest, the Russian tycoon Yuri Voronov, "
found dead of a bullet in the head in his swimming pool in Saint-Petersburg
" reports the
Times
which underlines "
that he is the 5ᵉ personality of the Russian gas industry to die in violent circumstances since the beginning of the year
".
A whole series of "
murder-suicides
" among executives linked to Gazprom "
the energy giant in the hands of Putin
", explains the British daily, which evokes "
the possibility that they fell into the nets of the security services
".
So many oligarchs who "
would have had access to the financial secrets of the Kremlin elite
",
Daily Mail
which also evokes "
possible murders disguised as suicide
".
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