In the press - "Twitter is going to be a terrible place"

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For 44 billion dollars, Elon Musk has succeeded in his takeover bid.

The owner and founder of Tesla and SpaceX is paying for one of the largest social networks on the planet, headlines

.

At 50, the multi-billionaire now controls one of the largest companies in the world.

But the press, in general, takes a dim view of this forced takeover.

For the

, he asks an ethical question: "Disinterested act or egocentric delirium?"

asks the German newspaper.

The billionaire, reputed to use Twitter very regularly, has never done in the lace when it came to giving his own opinion.

These remarks, sometimes insulting towards public figures, had been retorted by the social network.

Elon Musk assures that with him, "things will change" in terms of freedom of expression.

This worries the

.

Saying that we want to make Twitter "a fortress for freedom of expression" is fine, but that must depend on how we define it.

For Elon Musk, it should have no limits.

There is a risk, the newspaper recalls, of even abounding in sexist remarks with regard to women, racist or insulting with regard to minorities without risk of censorship.

The newspaper predicts a "dark future" for Twitter which could, under Elon Musk, become a "dreadful place".

In France, no "state of grace" for Emmanuel Macron after his re-election at the Élysée.

The French press challenges the Head of State: 

So, are we changing?"

(

), "Macron, do you hear?"

(

).

For these two dailies classified on the left, the message is clear.

Emmanuel Macron must not turn a deaf ear and must not forget the voices of all the political parties that allowed him to serve a new term.

The future five-year term must be more "collective", writes

.

And necessarily "better", in which case the next five years would be "untenable".

speaks, him, of a "French torment": "What to say of a country where the re-elected president pronounces the evening of his victory one of the most hollow speeches of his political life and where the loser speaks of victory?" , asks the newspaper.

A "Herculean project" awaits Emmanuel Macron, concludes the editorial.

In this context of political instability, the opponents of the Head of State have already launched the legislative campaign.

Three blocks will dispute the majority, explains

 : the presidential party, La République en Marche, the National Rally and the Popular Union, embodied by Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

This great electoral battle will be an opportunity to observe the game of alliances that will be put in place to obtain the most seats, or even an absolute majority.

Is cohabitation possible?

Several political parties have already described these legislative elections as a third round of the presidential election, as the divisions are deep in France, writes

.

The outgoing majority will seek to "unite", but the extremes could dominate the parliamentary life of the country for the first time under the Fifth Republic.

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