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What time is it? To this simple question, the people of Lebanon can no longer answer this morning. Libération takes us behind the scenes of a "grotesque" government decision. At the time of switching to summer time, Prime Minister Najib Mikati decided, together with the Speaker of Parliament, without consultation with the other political parties, to postpone this time change until the end of Ramadan, scheduled for April 20. Result? A "chaotic" situation, writes L'Orient-Le Jour, explaining that the country lives, today, under two different hours. "An hour more or less", does it really matter? asks, An Nahar. For the Arabic-language daily, "time in Lebanon has no value" and the Lebanese have other worries to manage than knowing the exact time.
The violence in Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres) left dozens injured in the camps of demonstrators and police. How far will we go? This is the question asked by the French press. Libération devotes several pages to the violence committed by the police according to the newspaper, which denounces the behavior of the gendarmes who would have "taken themselves for cowboys". L'Humanité speaks of a "headlong rush of the executive". This "state violence" is clearly a "choice of the executive," writes the newspaper. Another sound of bell with the Figaro which emphasizes the challenge of security. "In the face of violence, Macron wants to embody order." In its editorial, the daily denounces the behavior of what it calls the "gravediggers" of the Republic, which would include, at the same time, the overarmed thugs, the peaceful environmental activists or the activists of the extreme left. It is necessary to "urgently appease" the situation, alarmed La Croix in its editorial. This weekend's violence was "unfortunately predictable". It is now up to elected officials to stop "blowing on the embers".
How to rescue migrants in distress who cross the Mediterranean when prevented from doing so? The humanitarian ship "Louise Michel" is, for the moment, blocked in Sicily by government decision. In Italy, a decree prevents humanitarians from carrying out several relief operations in a row, recalls the Swiss radio RTS. The question of whether or not to help migrants is tearing the Italian press apart. The curator, Il Libero, highlights the cost of these rescue operations (one billion euros according to the newspaper). For its part, La Reppublica denounces the obstruction of humanitarians and calls for the relaxation of government policy.
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