The +
: Receive the France 24 Press Review every morning on your
iPhone
or
any other mobile
. And also always on your PC by becoming a fan on
…
On the front page of the press, the continued mobilization, in France, of farmers, who announce a "siege" of Paris, from today, for an "indeterminate" period.
Operation “Paris encircled”:
Le Parisien/Aujourd'hui
indicates that other large cities could also be targeted in the days to come, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse and even Bordeaux. Immediately, the newspaper reports eight blockages on the highways leading to the capital, "a total blockade", according to a representative of the FNSEA, the main agricultural union, who warns that Ile-de-France farmers could then block the roads. "major nationals" around the region, if the government "does not (still) meet (their) expectations".
After initially showing leniency towards the movement, the Ministry of the Interior raises its tone, with "an important defensive device", to prevent the blocking of the Rungis market, which supplies the entire island. -de-France and airports. The risk of a possible "escalation" worries
Les Echos
, which explains that there is "no question, for the government, of seeing more disorder set in", a few months before the Olympic Games.
Between farmers and the executive, "the tension is rising" and
Le Figaro
expresses its support for the farmers, whose "rebellion against extinction is expressed, according to it, by the physical presence at the heart of a system indifferent to their erasure". Finally,
L'Opinion
announces "a high-risk week" for the new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who must deliver his general policy speech tomorrow in front of Parliament.
France announced yesterday its intention to suspend all
“new payment in the first half of 2024” to UNRWRA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. Since the accusation, on Friday, by Israel, incriminating twelve employees of the UN agency in the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, nine countries have already announced the suspension of their contribution, according to the
Jerusalem Post
, which cites in particular the States- United States, the agency's largest contributor, Germany, second, the United Kingdom and Canada. A list to which Estonia and Japan have just been added. Concerning the Israeli accusations,
The New York Times
, which recalls that UNRWA is one of the largest employers in Gaza, with 13,000 employees, affirms that the "file" transmitted by Israel to the American Administration indicates that among the twelve employees incriminated, one is accused of having kidnapped a woman, another of having distributed ammunition and a third of having participated in the massacre of a kibbutz, where 97 people were killed.
On Sunday, the UN Secretary-General said he was "horrified by these accusations" and said that nine of the twelve accused employees had been fired. Antonio Guterres also asked countries that have suspended their funding to "guarantee", at least, the continuation of the operations of the agency, whose role is vital for the approximately two million people who live in Gaza.
The Lebanese newspaper
L'Orient Le Jour
reports comments from "certain analysts" who see the Israeli accusations as "a diversion", at a time when the International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a “genocide” and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid, and “collective punishment” inflicted on Gazans.
In Germany, which has just announced the suspension of its contribution, the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
considers that "the allegations against the Palestinian humanitarian organization are serious but (that) the real problem lies above all in the inefficient and resistant structures United Nations reforms. The Frankfurt newspaper calls for the UN "to no longer be the only (organization) to provide for the needs of the inhabitants of Gaza", while noting "there is currently nothing other than the UN to relieve the indescribable suffering of Gazans".
Germany, where the French handball team won its fourth European Championship yesterday against Denmark, ten years after its last European title. A few weeks after the World title for women's handball players, French handball shows that it is definitely doing very well, to the great joy of
L'Equipe
, which titles: "EncORe et EncORe", gold as if it it was raining. A success which also confirms the exceptional longevity of Nikola Karabatic, who won his 11th international title at the age of 40, out of the 13 won by the Blues, "a record", according to the sports daily.
He is just 22 years old and has just won his first Grand Slam victory: the Italian Jannik Sinner won the final of the Australian Open yesterday against the Russian Daniil Medvedev. This "golden" boy has the honors of the transalpine press, in particular of the
Gazzetta dello Sport
, delighted to see the player put an end to the long drought of Italian tennis in Grand Slam, 48 years after Adriano Panatta's victory at Roland -Garros. Jannik Sinner, a tennis player from “another world”, according to
Corriere dello Sport
: “Sinner is magical, stellar, crazy and invincible… there are no more words to define him”, marvels the sports daily . Note that the young champion undoubtedly has the most fervent supporters, but also the least discreet on the planet, the "Carota Boys", a group of six friends, to whom
L'Equipe
devoted a portrait a few months ago. Distinctive sign: their attractive costumes in the shape of carrots, an allusion to Jannik Sinner's flamboyant hair, but also to the fact that he would have preferred to bite a carrot rather than a banana during a match. Carrots, remember, are excellent for eyesight, not just that of tennis players. The proof: no one has ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses.
Find the Press Review every morning on France 24 (Monday to Friday, at 7:20 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. Paris time). Also follow the Revue des Hebdos every weekend in multicast.
The France 24 summary of the week
invites you to look back at the news that marked the week
I subscribe
Take international news everywhere with you! Download the France 24 application