French press review
In the spotlight: freedom, how much does it cost?
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Emmanuel Macron in Bormes-les-Mimosas on Friday August 19, 2022. © AP / Eric Gaillard
By: Norbert Navarro
4 mins
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The French president said so yesterday in a speech delivered in the pleasant southern city of Bormes-les-Mimosas.
Denouncing Russia's "brutal" attack in Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron warned the French about this price of freedom "
to pay
", without further details.
For the time being,
via
a dispatch from Agence France Presse, the online press immediately echoed it, the war in Ukraine risking having serious economic consequences in Europe.
“
The ritual is known
”, emphasizes
Liberation
: every summer, Emmanuel Macron leaves Fort Besançon to commemorate the liberation of the town of Bormes-les-Mimosas, where the presidential resort is established.
But in the context of the war in Ukraine, the head of state's speech promised to take on a more prominent tone than usual.
During the ceremony, Emmanuel Macron thus denounced Friday evening "
the brutal attack
" of Russia in Ukraine and called on the French to "
agree to pay the price of freedom", while the conflict risks having heavy economic consequences in Europe
”, points
out Libé
.
And this daily is far from being the only one to take up this enigmatic warning from the Head of State.
“War in Ukraine: Macron charges Putin and calls on the French to “
accept to pay the price of freedom
”, also reports the newspaper
La Provence
.
Mystery.
Tropic of Violence
Tomorrow, Sunday August 21, Gérald Darmanin begins a three-day visit to Mayotte.
The Minister of the Interior and Overseas will address the theme of illegal immigration, while the island has just been shaken by riots in the town of Kawéni.
Three days ago, the streets of this small town in Mayotte were the scene of clashes between rioters and police.
“
Riots of unusual violence
”, underlines
Le Figaro
.
This daily ensures that the visit of Gérald Darmanin, who must be accompanied by Jean-François Carenco, Minister Delegate for Overseas Territories, will take place in a context of tension "
from a migratory point of view
".
And the LR deputy for the second constituency of Mayotte, Mansour Kamardine warns in
Le Figaro
against a “risk of imminent conflagration”.
What is Darmanin thinking about while shaving?
Gérald Darmanin, again.
Omnipresent on the ground in this summer period, the Minister of the Interior will take the lead within the presidential majority.
"
It's true
", confirms the interested party to the newspaper
Le Parisien
, according to which the Minister of the Interior "will take on important responsibilities within the future great party of the majority, Renaissance".
This daily reports that Gérald Darmanin could be appointed “
deputy secretary general of the movement alongside other majority pundits
”.
The Parisian
lending to Gérald Darmanin "
ambitions for 2027
", that is to say for the next presidential election, in France, a "
support
of the Minister of the Interior, told this newspaper: "
When you were re-elected in your city, then three years Minister of the Budget, and that you are now number three in the government at not even 40 years old, you tell yourself everything is possible.
If there is a shot to play, he will do it
”.
The enigmatic return of a voiceless French sphinx
This strange story, to conclude: that of a French tourist who had disappeared in Egypt for a year, and who has just reappeared safe and sound, without however providing the slightest explanation for his disappearance.
Yann Bourdon, that's his name, is this history student who has just returned to France after a year without having given the slightest sign of life to his very worried family.
Which had, tirelessly, moved heaven and earth to find him, alerting the French and Egyptian authorities in vain.
What happened to this 27 year old young man?
Le Parisien
, who tells his story, ignores it.
In this newspaper, the national president of the association Assistance and search for missing persons, Pascale Bathany, is not surprised by the silence of Yann Bourdon.
“
Few people speak after a disappearance.
Families are also encouraged not to ask.
There, as it happens in Egypt, there can be lots of fantasies
, ”she said to this daily.
Which underlines that the French community exiled in the country of the pyramids is, in any case, "
relieved
" by this outcome.
Mystery again.
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