In the press - Equal pay for American footballers: "Equality is real liberation"

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In the headlines, Turkey's threat to block Sweden and Finland from joining NATO.

"Our only expectation vis-à-vis our NATO allies is that they show (solidarity with) Turkey (to) protect its borders and strengthen its security", justified Recep Tayip Erdogan.

The Turkish president, quoted by

, intends to weigh all his weight in the discussions on the entry of the two Nordic countries, whose membership requires the unanimity of the 30 countries of NATO, of which Turkey has been a member since 1952.

justifies the position of Recep Tayip Erdogan by the support of Finland and Sweden to the Kurds of the PKK and the Gülen brotherhood, accused of being behind the coup attempt of 2016, but also because of the pressures that they exercised to impose an embargo on the supply of arms to Turkey, after the Turkish intervention in Syria.

The Swiss newspaper

evokes an attempt by the Turkish president to "bargain" his support, including with the United States, which refuses to deliver F-35 planes to him because of Ankara's decision to buy Russian-made missiles.

The European press is worried about soaring prices and its repercussions on purchasing power.

Plus 4.8% inflation on average over one year in France:

notes that this price increase does not have the same impact for all French people, the most affected being the middle classes, the inhabitants of rural areas and the older ones.

In the United Kingdom, where inflation has jumped 9% over one year, the chief of police warns that this spectacular rise in the cost of living risks being associated with "an increase in crime" and recommends to his officers to exercise "discernment" when they have to "pursue individuals brought to steal to be able to eat".

Defending himself in

to ask for amnesty for people who have committed "crimes of poverty", or to want "to give carte blanche to the perpetrators of shoplifting", Andy Cook advises his police officers to apply the law "in the best way possible".

Guardian front page, Thursday 19 May 2022: Police chief warns of surge in crime as cost of living crisis fuels poverty pic.twitter.com/yt3xHqO3MJ

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 18, 2022

In the meantime, criticism is mounting in the face of the action deemed insufficient by the government to fight against the rise in prices.

To do with a cartoon by Peter Brookes, for

, which shows Boris Johnson alarmed that 9%, 3 is too close to 103 – like 10 Downing Street, the residence of the British Prime Minister.

Peter Brookes on #BorisJohnson #inflation #CostOfLivingCrisis – political cartoon gallery in London https://t.co/dePcTdnXF6 pic.twitter.com/fPwgrvqShC

— Political Cartoon (@Cartoon4sale) May 18, 2022

On the front page, also, the announcement, Wednesday, May 18, of the United States Football Federation which says it has reached an agreement to ensure equal bonuses between the women's and men's national teams.

In a historic accomplishment, US Soccer, @USMNT and @USWNT have come together to agree to new collective bargaining agreements that will run through 2028 and achieve true equal pay – including equalization of World Cup prize money.

— US Soccer (@ussoccer) May 18, 2022

The

speaks of a "historic" agreement, concluded after "years of legal pressure on the American Federation".

A fight led by the members of her women's team, quadruple world champion, in particular by the star with colored hair, Megan Rapinoe.

"It took a revolution, but the United States women's soccer team got what it deserved", hails

.

"Money is respect. For too long, American female soccer players have been given a paycheck telling them they were cheap commodities and their gold medals were cheap."

“Members of the United States Women's National Team will finally be appreciated, and rightly so, as the national treasures that they are,” rejoices the newspaper, which believes that “the most radical part (of the new contracts) established by the American Federation is perhaps not the question of wages but its clause on child care for women's AND men's teams".

"The contract is nice but it is its principle, namely equality, which is the real liberation", concludes the newspaper.

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