Pension reform: crucial week started

Today is the vigil of arms for the opponents of Emmanuel Macron's flagship project who want to put “France on hold” on Tuesday, or even beyond for some of them, while debates on the controversial text should continue in the Senate. It is a crucial week for pension reform. Indeed, according to polls that are mostly hostile to the executive's project, the French must prepare to live 24 hours in a country “at a standstill” as promised by the unions whose morale has been boosted by the success of previous mobilizations. This is the eve of a sixth day of actions that promises to be massive against the pension reform and its postponement of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. They think they are doing better than on 31 January, when the police registered 1.27 million participants and the inter-union association more than 2.5 million in the streets of France.

Forced labor: Seoul plans to compensate victims in Japan

South Korea has announced a plan to compensate its nationals who were victims of forced labor during the war in Japan. Seoul intends to strengthen its ties in the face of tensions with Pyongyang. Indeed, according to the Japanese Foreign Minister, this plan will help “restore healthy relations” with Tokyo. For his part, the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken welcomed the “historic” announcement.

Pedophilia: the future Pope John Paul II was aware of cases of acts committed by priests in his diocese

Before he was elected Pope John Paul II in 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was aware of pedophilia cases in the Polish Church. Indeed, according to the author of the investigation Michal Gutowski, when he was cardinal and bishop of Krakow (south), he transferred the priests of his diocese, from one parish to another to avoid scandal.

IN SHORT

At a time when soldiers fighting the Russian army relentlessly in the east of the country could be forced to abandon the city of Bakhmut, which has become the epicenter of all-out war, and threatened with encirclement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid tribute to their “bravery.”

The organizers of the California Open announced Sunday that world No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has been forced to withdraw from the Indian Wells Masters 1000. He is prevented from entering the United States because he is not vaccinated against Covid-19.

Caroline Garcia failed Sunday in the final of the WTA 250 tournament in Monterrey against Croatia's Donna Vekic. She has not been able to definitively turn the page on a mixed start to the 2023 season.

Marseille recovered from its two slams of the week to go and strengthen its second place, closing the 26th round of Ligue 1 by winning 1-0 in Rennes in soccer.