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On the front page of the press, reactions to the general policy declaration of Gabriel Attal, who presented to the Assembly, Tuesday January 30, the priorities of his government.
"Unlock", "de-bureaucratize", "debureaucratize": these are the words of the Prime Minister, who we see confronted, in Kak's drawing, for
L'Opinion
with a civil servant who replies that the word "debureaucratize" "does not does not fit into the form. Many challenges await Gabriel Attal, but according to the newspaper, the head of government has some assets to meet them - starting with "his youth", and "his voluntarism".
In the news this morning:
🔴 Gabriel Attal, a new right wing formula
🔴 Bertrand Périer: “Gabriel Attal knew how to take Sarkozysm into his pen”
🔴 A half-hearted rebalancing for the left wing of the majority
🔴 To resolve the crisis housing, promises, promises
👇 pic.twitter.com/QUpKz48GDH
— l’Opinion (@lopinion_fr) January 31, 2024
La Croix
, which considers that Gabriel Attal "did well", evokes a speech in the "continuity" of the "major themes pushed by Emmanuel Macron", but also "the affirmation of a style and a personality ". Gabriel Attal, whom
Le Figaro
sees rather "in the shadows" of the head of state. According to the newspaper, the words "sprinkled" by the Prime Minister ("sovereignty, authority, simplification") can certainly "be pleasant to the right-wing voter", but are not enough to "enhance the flavor of an interchangeable dish" : “Return to macronie”, concludes the daily.
The editorial of Le Figaro, by @vtremolet: “For Gabriel Attal's speech, audacity will wait”
→ https://t.co/NacxzLmrKo pic.twitter.com/7j0Ge6RcP0
— Le Figaro (@Le_Figaro) January 31, 2024
Unsurprisingly, the left criticizes a speech that is too right-wing. Showing side by side Gabriel Attal and the farmers' tractors currently blocking the roads of France,
Libération
accuses the Prime Minister of "riding hard in the right lane", while
Mediapart
denounces "a course without vision but not without violence". For the news site, "the Prime Minister showed off his youth while announcing a policy inspired by the 1970s: liberal on the economy, conservative on the rest."
Gabriel Attal sets a course without vision but not without violence
By @pgraulle @dan_mdpt @Ilyesramdani1
👉 https://t.co/kmnrUYVt8Bhttps://t.co/kmnrUYVt8B
— Mediapart (@Mediapart) January 30, 2024
The most anticipated reaction was undoubtedly that of the farmers. “We weren't expecting anything, we're not disappointed”: on the front page of
L'Humanité
, one of them sums up the general feeling. The newspaper announces that the unions, "dissatisfied with the empty speech and without new measures delivered by Gabriel Attal, have decided to continue their actions".
On the front page of l'Humanité on January 31
Agricultural crisis: "We expected nothing, we are not disappointed"
📰: https://t.co/s4nZf9skga pic.twitter.com/3YQaBVJmK3
— L’Humanité (@humanite_fr) January 30, 2024
Le Parisien/Aujourd’hui en France
evokes the “anger” and “disappointment” of farmers. “The speech is still too vague, comments a member of the FNSEA, the main agricultural union. We have been patient, now we are going to crescendo”.
The farmers' protest also affects other European countries, which are now turning to Brussels. In Belgium, where the movement is also gaining momentum,
Le Soir
reports growing pressure on the EU, whose extraordinary summit devoted to Ukraine, Thursday February 1, finds itself "upset" by the agricultural crisis . This will be discussed informally, in particular by Emmanuel Macron and in particular on the agreement, under discussion for 25 years, with Mercosur, accused by farmers of subjecting them to unfair competition. When the peasant crisis comes to Brussels, it can also be seen this morning with Chappatte's drawing for the Swiss newspaper
Le Temps
, showing a farmer dumping manure on the Berlaymont, the European Commission building. “I hope for you that it is without pesticides,” warns a Brussels official, this time referring to EU environmental standards, considered excessive by the protesters.
🗞️Here is the front page of this Wednesday's @LeTemps newspaper! pic.twitter.com/FPvwV62LB6
— Le Temps (@LeTemps) January 31, 2024
Also in the press are the revelations from
the investigation unit of Radio France
and Le
Monde
on how several bottled water producers filtered it illegally, to hide contamination. According to our colleagues from
France Info
, Nestlé and other manufacturers hid from the public that the water they pumped was contaminated, and resorted to banned purification systems, to continue to be able to bottle their water . In total, 30% of brands would be affected. Processes very far from the image of "original purity" cultivated by marketing, itself a source of immense profits, since mineral water is on average 100 times more expensive than that of the tap.
Several manufacturers, including Nestlé, hid the existence of pollution in their source water and purified it using prohibited treatments. Our investigation with the newspaper Le Monde ⬇️⬇️https://t.co/1O3j6UrdXo
— Radio France investigation unit (@InvestigationRF) January 30, 2024
They are also very, very expensive: rare editions of the great Russian writer Alexander Pushkin have been stolen from the National Library of France and other libraries in Europe.
Le Monde
recounts the astonishing disappearance, in particular, of 8 works by Pushkin at the BNF, whose collections management took a little time to realize that they had been stolen, because these originals had been replaced by facsimiles, beautifully crafted copies, works of seasoned forgers. A procedure for which other libraries have paid the price, in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Riga, Latvia. This long series of thefts would have started just after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February 2022, since the sanctions taken against Russia prevent Russian collectors from obtaining supplies in Europe. However, the sponsors of these thefts have not been identified.
Theft of rare editions of Pushkin: turmoil at the BNF https://t.co/e1kIZeVDqr via @lemondefr
— Helene Frade (@helenef24) January 31, 2024
From literature to sport. A word, to finish, about the qualifications, last night, of South Africa and Mali in the quarter-finals of the CAN.
“
The superb Bafana surprise Morocco and secure their place in the quarter-finals”:
The Sowetan
applauds
“
the disciplined and impressive performance which stunned Morocco 2-0”. “Pragmatic and robust, the Bafana Bafana did not give up anything to the Lions”: the Moroccan newspaper
Le Matin
regrets to see the national team leave this CAN in the eighth, as in 2019. “A very violent blow” for the supporters Moroccans, "in shock after Hakimi's missed penalty".
CAN 2023: The cruel scenario of 2019 resurfaces in San Pedro, the Lions ejected by South Africa https://t.co/13WuN0F1SN
— LE MATIN.ma (@lematinpointma) January 30, 2024
More sober in defeat,
L'Observateur Paalga
, the Burkinabé daily, announces that the Stallions have "bowed" against the Eagles of Mali, 2 goals to 1. The latter will face the Elephants of Côte d'Ivoire, Saturday February 3, for a place in the last four.
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