In the press - Presidential in Algeria: "the leap into the unknown"

Algeria on the verge of "leap into the unknown". The newspaper El Watan headlines this election imposed by the military, where five candidates close to the Bouteflika clan clash. The daily calls for the duty of vigilance to "foil all the maneuvers of power in place" that threatens the peaceful nature of Hirak, the protest movement. After more than nine months of mobilization, the holding of this presidential incarnates "denial to the end", writes Liberté Algérie , men of power in the face of the "smile revolution". "A popular revolution that has amazed the world, but they continue to perceive as the enemy to be defeated". The press close to power, strives for its part to convince Algerians to go to the polls. For the newspaper Horizons , it is a "historic opportunity for the consecration of democracy" that will "avoid the trap of fitna", the civil war, "dramatically experienced by Algeria during the bloody drift". A call swept with a pencil by Hic in El Watan where this Thursday the voters are invited to go in the voting booth under a good escort ...

The international press already predicts a massive abstention because it is a "presidential election without Algerians". The president elected on Thursday is "already discredited because it will not be recognized by the public". In the backdrop of this election, France is "accused of all evil". The conspiracy thesis has grown since the beginning of the movement, says the Opinion , "the invisible hand of the former colonial power is seen everywhere including some minority protesters.

In France, on the eighth day of the strike, the time is again for paralysis with unions that are now united front against the government. The announcement of the retirement plan by Edward Philippe has angered the main reformist union that is in favor of the universal system by point desired by the government. On the front page of Libération " Philippe mobilizes Berger" the boss of the CFDT, confirming the pivotal age at 64 years to qualify for a full pension. It is the "red cloth" rises Laurent Joffrin in the editorial ... "Edouard Philippe makes a speech to try to appease the movement, he manages to get everyone against him". But the prime minister can count on the right-wing press, who is pleased that Philippe "has made the choice of firmness". Le Figaro salutes "this good surprise", the pivot age of 64 years here is a reasonable compromise. For the Opinion , "Edouard Philippe engages the showdown" because the principle of reality must prevail ensures Nicolas Beytout.

In this struggle with the unions, El Pais observes for his part, the return to the front of the scene of the CGT. For the Spanish daily it is "Philippe against Philippe". The CGT of Philippe Martinez, dethroned by the CFDT and in decline for five years, scored points. The unions, recalls El Pais, relegated to the background by the yellow vests movement, which, without a leader, managed to roll back the government ...

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