In the press - A July 14 tribute to caregivers: "I don't want to be treated like a hero"

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On the front page of the press, this morning, the ceremonies of July 14, in France - a national holiday like no other, because of the Covid-19 crisis.

For the first time since 1945, the traditional parade of the armies will be replaced by a 70-minute ceremony, with masks, but without audience, nor parade of vehicles, place de la Concorde, in Paris: "A unique and masked July 14" , announces Ouest France . "For a century, the parade of July 14 has been an opportunity to celebrate those who have distinguished themselves against the enemy of the moment": according to Le Figaro, a special tribute will be paid this year to all the carers, during ceremonies which must "complete" the daily ovation they (received) every evening, during the long weeks of confinement ". A tribute which Doctor Thomas Gille will not attend - like other caregivers, this doctor preferred to participate in the demonstration organized today, on the sidelines of official ceremonies. "I do not want to be called a hero and to give me beautiful speeches on health that is priceless. I want the state of the public hospital to improve and that we can welcome patients in dignified conditions, ”says this pulmonologist from a hospital in the Paris suburbs, in Le Figaro . According to him, the "Ségur" of Health, the government plan to 8 billion euros for the hospital, signed yesterday, does not sufficiently reform "the health care system".

The official ceremonies will be especially dedicated to the caregivers who died in the Covid. Liberation met the families of three general practitioners, on the front line during the epidemic, before succumbing to it - angry relatives, who challenge the state, recalling that the liberals had to face the virus, devoid of masks . "I want us to respect the sacrifice of my husband, to recognize the abandonment of city doctors and the mistakes of politicians," said Hakima Djemoui, who filed a complaint against X for "abstaining from fighting a disaster" and "manslaughter".

An anger to which Emmanuel Macron may try to respond, in the interview he will give at the start of the afternoon. For the first time since the start of the five-year term, the President will speak on National Day - "a tradition to which he had turned his back after his election". According to today in France , "the head of state knows he is expected at the turn" - on caregivers, but also unemployment, pensions, or even the environment. "Charge (Emmanuel Macron) to ensure that this first meeting of July 14 does not make pschitt", writes the newspaper - using the expression pronounced by Jacques Chirac, a July 14.

Also in the press, the unprecedented protest movement in Mali. Is the violence this weekend likely to radicalize the June 5 movement - this coalition of political parties, anti-corruption activists and religious figures, which brings together opponents of Ibrahim Boubacar-Keïta? Question from the Swiss daily Le Temps , which recalls, on July 14, that the Malian president is the great-grandson of a Malian soldier killed in the Verdun trenches. The strong man of Mali is in turmoil. But how will the strong influence of its main opponent, Imam Mahmoud Dicko, translate? Le Point magazine wonders whether the religious are taking power. In Mali, notes Médiapart , the continuous increase in violence in recent months, "is attributed to the calamitous management of IBK, but also to France", which has deployed 5,000 soldiers on the ground for seven years. According to the site, the French state is doubly criticized, "accused of supporting the Malian president and of playing a double game".

We do not leave each other on it. At the time of departure on vacation, another destination will be quite busy: the road to the planet Mars, to which three probes will be launched this summer. First to leave, the United Arab Emirates, which today launch their first interplanetary probe. Then follow the Chinese and the Americans, but not the Europeans, who had to postpone their projects to 2022, the time to resolve some technical concerns, according to Le Figaro .

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