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On the front page of the press, the vote of confidence yesterday of the Lebanese parliament in the new government of Hassan Diab, despite opposition from the street.

According to Arab News , hundreds of protesters tried unsuccessfully to block access to parliament in Beirut to prevent MPs from voting, as clashes with law enforcement officials injured 370 people on both sides. "Lebanon erupting again": the Saudi newspaper recalls that the protesters, mobilized since October 17, are still demanding in-depth reforms and the departure of the Lebanese political class, perceived as corrupt and incompetent. Prime Minister Hassan Diab tried to proclaim their anger, making many promises, including announcing the implementation of an emergency plan by the end of the month, according to the UAE daily The National. , to restore the economy. Yesterday's parliamentary session provokes anger, mixed with amazement, from L'Orient Le Jour , which affirms that "never has a debate of confidence been so quickly dispatched", as "never the popular opposition to a government n 'was so violent' and that 'never have the elected representatives of the people appeared so unrepresentative, both in their behavior and in their speeches'. "MPs have chained speeches often hollow and disconnected from reality," regrets the newspaper. The Arabic - speaking daily An-Nahar is no more convinced, and is indignant that the president of the parliament declared the session open, while the constitutional quorum of 63 deputies was not even reached initially.

In France, Emmanuel Macron must announce today a series of measures for the protection of the environment, during the Ecological Defense Council. According to Le Parisien , the president is eagerly awaited on the subject and will unveil measures to prevent flooding and fight against coastal erosion. It should also announce the extension of protected areas to 30% of the territory as well as a major ecological transition plan for public state services. The newspaper mentions a "gentle method" - far from "punitive ecology" or "radical choices". "A benevolent ecology which will inevitably attract the sarcasm of militant Greens and of those who consider that the protection of the planet is incompatible with liberalism", according to the newspaper - which considers that "it is better than nothing", but asks if this will be "sufficient". "While the pollsters anticipate a push from the Europe Ecology Greens lists to the municipal elections which will take place in a month, the Head of State wants to demonstrate his involvement in environmental issues", according to Le Figaro . The newspaper notes that "the difficulty is always the same": "how to overcome beautiful phrases and sermons, untenable promises and gadgets?". "A few symbolic trips - like (tomorrow) to Mont-Blanc or the creation of a ministerial crisis cell with a roaring name - Ecological Defense Council do not deceive anyone, or almost," warns the daily. The Opinion actually reports a poll, according to which two out of three French people believe that Emmanuel Macron is not doing enough to defend the environment. The newspaper specifies that all the 2017 presidential electorates show their impatience in the face of the climate emergency, particularly on the left and that even the sympathizers of Emmanuel Macron judge negatively his action in the matter, 54% of his voters demanding a more proactive - hence the ecological sequence that opens today and the drawing of Kak, which shows the president making mats, to transform into Greta Thunberg - the Swedish heroine of the ecological cause.


She has embodied feminism in the landscape of French comics. Designer Claire Brétécher died on Monday in Paris, aged 79. The author of "Cellulite", "Agrippine" and "Frustré" is the subject of a very fine tribute from Liberation . "Libre comme Claire": the newspaper salutes the way in which Claire Brétécher knew how to draw "the cause of women without militating, by the mere force of laughter", and free "speech without emphasis, by the bittersweet corrosion of irony ”, in an“ environment of a courteous and discreet machismo, that of the intellectual left ”, and of French comics. "Claire Brétécher, the sharp claw": the Swiss newspaper Le Temps evokes a designer "in sharp pencil to sketch his time, with rare relevance and biting humor, through stripping characters".

The facetious Claire Brétécher who would no doubt have had fun with the Guardian's recommendations for Valentine's Day. The lovers' party takes place in two days and on this occasion, the British daily newspaper has thought of all those for whom Valentine's Day is first and foremost a time to mull over bad memories. For those who have not yet turned the page on exes, the newspaper recommends four things to do to gently rot their day, such as giving your ex's name to a cockroach from the San Antonio Zoo, Texas, which, as every year, offers to deliver the insect as pasture to other critters. You can also pay a company specialized in sending spam, to saturate its messaging. Personally, the little nastiness that I prefer is to send the object of your resentment a glitter bomb - very difficult to remove and clean, glitter. Which should give your ex a lot of time to get rid of it and think about you. Machiavellian…

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