Back to Medef: Macron and Borne will continue the business-friendly policy initiated since 2017

At the start of the Medef school year, Emmanuel Macron and Elisabeth Borne promised to continue the business-friendly policy initiated in 2017. They confirmed the phasing out of the CVAE, a tax that was initially supposed to disappear entirely in 2024, over several years. The Prime Minister declared: “Since 2017, I think it is new, we have been pursuing a pro-business policy because we are convinced that it is good for our country and good for its employees. I confirm that we will continue”. A dozen government members are expected at the Rencontre des Entrepreneurs de France (REF), the Medef summer university

Historic Trump trial: the former American president will be judged from March 4, 2024 in Washington

Starting March 4, 2024, a federal court will judge former American President Donald Trump in Washington for his attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 election, in the midst of the campaign to retake the White House. Judge Tanya Chutkan, who will preside over the proceedings, decided on this date during a hearing on the proposals of both parties.

Ukraine: the village of Robotyne liberated

After a multi-week battle on the southern front, the Ukrainian army announced the liberation of the village of Robotyne. Kiev hopes that this can give impetus to its difficult counteroffensive. This front zone is the axis of attack in the direction of the cities of Tokmak and then Melitopol in order to try to break the territorial unity of the areas occupied by the Russians in the south and east with Crimea, annexed in 2014

Increasing pressure on Azerbaijan: Macron promises a diplomatic initiative
With the aim of trying to lift the persistent blockage by Azerbaijan of the Lachin Corridor, the only road connecting Armenia to the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, Emmanuel Macron promised “a diplomatic initiative”. Before Baku set up a roadblock at the entrance to this road, citing security reasons, the Lachin Corridor, the only land link between Armenia and Karabakh, was initially blocked by Azerbaijanis who presented themselves as environmental demonstrators

AT A GLANCE

The Paris judicial court rules on Tuesday on the fate of the presenter Jean-Marc Morandini, who was tried for “sexual harassment” against a young actor.

The president of Ile-de-France Mobilités (IDFM), Valérie Pécresse, announced that RATP will generalize the descent on demand after 22 hours between two stops starting on Friday for Parisian buses.

The camp of Albert Ondo Ossa, the main rival of President Ali Bongo Ondimba in Saturday's election in Gabon, won in the absence of official results, and called on the head of state to “organize the transfer of power”.

Analysts say that the head of the Libyan government based in Tripoli fired his head of diplomacy for having recently met his Israeli counterpart in Italy, an interview prohibited by Libyan laws of which he was obviously aware.

The presidents of the regional federations and the interim president of the Spanish Football Federation, have called for the immediate resignation of Luis Rubiales after his forced kiss on world champion Jenni Hermoso.