In the press - Semi-final France-Morocco, when the far right gets involved

Several dozen arrests took place in the major cities of France after the victory of the French team against Morocco, a night of violence which should have been a night of celebration.

"Blue Night and Brown Plague", title

.

Clear words and assumed by the daily newspaper because this plague, which Albert Camus denounced, in his famous book, "The plague", refers to the fascist and racist movement which had marked the 1930s with the arrival of Nazism. 

The concern, says

, also comes from the fact that this violence seems to be very organized.

This would be a new generation of "radical small groups formed in violence" targeting the same target, the supporters of Morocco.

According to the daily, the "truly responsible" for this violence are the leaders of the French far-right, Reconquête, led by Eric Zemmour, and the National Rally, led by Jordan Bardella.

The days preceding the match, the latter had added fuel to the fire by alerting to "possible" excesses caused by Atlas Lions supporters.

We are far from the celebrations of France "black, white, beur" of 1998. The Swiss newspaper, 

, prefers to irony on the attitude of the far right.

headlines the daily, when we announced invasions of the public highway whatever the result.

Argentina-France is the clash of the World Cup final in Qatar.

For

, it's "1, 2 and 3?", in reference to this third star that the Blues will seek.  

evokes a "3 star" duel since this match will oppose 2 of the best teams in the world.

The Albiceleste also dreams of a third coronation, the last dating back to 1986 with Diego Maradona.

For

, an Argentine daily, Lionel Messi, seven-time Golden Ball winner, must win this trophy, the only one missing from his list.

But will he be able, with his team, to resist the blue armada?

These "horrible blues" title 

, which, the time of a match, will take on the role of "big bad wolf"

In the United Kingdom, football is no longer in the headlines since the English elimination against France.

What interests the press is the war between the brothers William and Harry Windsor since the posting, by Netflix, of a documentary series, where Harry and his wife Meghan, engage in a severe criticism of the royal family. .

title "The traitor and the respectful". 

The very serious

 also evokes the case, but if we look more closely, another title is extensively commented on by the British press.

This is the nursing staff strike, which has been going on for several days.

Three unions have called on paramedics not to work on December 21 and 28 to demand an increase in their salaries.

They are added to the nurses' strike movement, marked by a photo on the front page of

.

Two nurses, stopping their strike, the time to go and help a man who fainted in the middle of the street.

'This is what compassion looks like', writes the

, taking the same photo, directly targeting the policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

The latter refuses, for the time being, to meet the expectations of the unions, namely, a 19% wage increase.

Several conservative voices have called on him to open up dialogue.

“The risk of crippling the health system is too great,” they say in

.

The summary of the

France 24 week invites you to come back to the news that marked the week

I subscribe

Take international news everywhere with you!

Download the France 24 app