Qatari investments: Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani signs an agreement worth 10 billion euros by 2030
Yesterday, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 is the first day of Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani's state visit to France. On the same day, he signed an agreement on Qatari investment commitments of 10 billion euros in the French economy by 2030. During the exchange of toasts with his host, at the opening of the dinner given in his honor at the Elysée Palace, President Emmanuel Macron announced that he had signed an ambitious investment plan of 10 billion euros. The Emir indicates that “these investments will strengthen the strategic partnerships between our two countries.”

Senate: the enrollment of abortion in the Constitution clashes on Wednesday

The inclusion of abortion in the Constitution today faces the reticence of the right during an indecisive vote in the Senate. Some may try to hold back the reform if there are not enough people to reject it. The government supported by the left in favor of this revision promised by Emmanuel Macron; on the other hand, part of the right and centrists who are still sceptical about the formulation adopted by the executive. The text submitted to the vote of 348 senators is struggling to convince the ranks of the senatorial majority, an alliance between Les Républicains (LR) and the centrist group.

War in Ukraine: Kiev supporters opposed to Macron's idea

Last Tuesday, the United States and Kiev's European allies rejected the words of French President Emmanuel Macron saying the day before that the sending of Western troops to Ukraine could not “be ruled out”. The Kremlin for its part considered that it was “absolutely not in the interest of these countries” to send soldiers to Ukraine

Strike: Greece commemorates the worst rail disaster in its history

Amid accusations of concealment of responsibility, Greece, partly on strike, on Wednesday commemorated the deadliest rail disaster in its history a year ago. The public sector union (ADEDY) called for the cessation of work one year to the day after the rail collision that killed 57 people and injured 180 others. As a result, neither transport has almost stopped in Greece since midnight and for 24 hours. There will therefore be no movement of trains, subways, subways, taxis, or ferries

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The CEO of the SNCF group indicates that the group is presenting its financial results for 2023 on Wednesday, which should be “worse” than those of 2022. The group was held back by inflation, strikes and a limited TGV fleet

After a long political career that led him to play the chameleons, even if it meant dealing with the extreme right, the former deputy of Yonne and mayor of Auxerre Jean-Pierre Soisson, died Tuesday at the age of 89.

After a mediocre match in which the Brazilian goalkeeper Lucas Perri was the hero, Lyon qualified for the semifinals of the Coupe de France after beating Strasbourg 0 to 0, 4 to 3 on penalty kicks on Tuesday at the Groupama stadium.