In the press - Presidential Tunisian: "the imbroglio"

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On the front page of the press, the decision of the Tunisian justice to keep Nabil Karoui in prison. The candidate in the second round of the presidential election is imprisoned for money laundering and tax evasion.

Less than two weeks away from the second round, the Tunis Court of Appeal yesterday rejected his request for release. "A Kafkaesque situation that embarrasses the body responsible for elections in Tunisia," according to La Presse . The Tunisian daily wonders about a decision that "casts doubt on the principle of equal opportunities between the two candidates", Nabil Karoui and his competitor, the ultra-conservative Kaïes Saïed - "a legal deadlock", caused according to the newspaper by the "shortcomings of the electoral code", which failed to refer to the situation of a candidate in prison. Le Monde speaks of "a decision with serious consequences for the future of the electoral process", "a major mortgage on the credibility of the second round". The French daily quotes two possible explanations for the continued detention of Nabil Karoui: the fact that "the judicial system (tries to defend itself) against international pressure", especially from foreign partners who have always "encouraged the independence of justice And the political reading of Nabil Karoui's supporters, who point to the presumed influence on the judiciary of the Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda.

In France, hundreds of residents of Rouen express their concern after the fire at the Lubrizol chemical plant last week. "Even if nothing seems to prove, for the moment, a danger to their health, the flickering communication after the fire oscillates the inhabitants between doubts, suspicion and anger," according to Libération , who does not understand "that we must wait so long to have details of the substances dissipated in the air and on their dangerousness "," or that firefighters and police were dispatched on the spot without being equipped, for some, any protection device ". "Faced with a population too prone to mistrust, but also scalded by the memory of other mishandled disasters, the imperative of exact communication is absolute. This is exactly what the government failed to do, "the newspaper criticizes. In Rouen, "distrust comes from far", according to La Croix , which highlights the "dilemma" of the authorities, forced to find "the right balance in terms of communication", "to avoid a panic that could worsen the situation", by putting "the emphasis on the reassuring elements, (at) the risk of not appearing transparent". "The fire of Rouen is somehow the revealer of the time. We live in the era of suspicion, "regrets Le Figaro , for whom" this statement says a lot about the state of our society, which (would) be almost as disturbing as the disaster itself, which has not elsewhere not fatal. From Chernobyl to Rouen, we went from one excesses to the other. " "The times have changed. They do not tolerate anything anymore: you have to know everything, right away. "

Also on the front page, this unprecedented mobilization for nearly 20 years: the "walk of anger" organized today in Paris, by police unions. According to the local newspaper Ouest-France , this mobilization is the manifestation of a "malaise", a malaise related to working conditions considered more and more difficult, the rise of suicides and the reform retirements. A malaise that also affects the hospital, whose staff remain mobilized, despite the promise of the government to release 750 million euros over three years for emergencies - a gesture also considered insufficient by the 108 personalities who have decided to associate to patient representatives, to address President Emmanuel Macron. In an open letter published by Le Parisien , these personalities claim more resources for a hospital to which many of them owe a lot.

A word, too, of the formation of a new collective, in Corsica, explicitly threatening to resort to "force". On a video published by the local newspaper Corse-Matin , a group of five masked men dressed in black, claiming the first FLNC, the National Liberation Front of Corsica, communicates a text addressing the land, social, tourism and for, I quote, "save the Corsican people from a planned disappearance". This communication "reactivates the fear of an escalation of violence", according to Le Monde - which mentions the formation, a few days ago, of a collective called "no to the mafia, yes to life", for denounce "the excesses of an island accustomed to violence, widespread racketeering and corruption".

No question of leaving you without mentioning Paris Fashion Week, which ended yesterday. Special Mention, for this collection spring / summer 2020, a pair of shoes designed by Thom Browne, one of the darling of the popess Anna Wintour. The originality of these shoes, besides the fact that they have the shape of both a dolphin, a ball and a football and a pedestal, is that we can not walk with, which is absolutely not practical. But totally chic ... seen in The Guardian .

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