French Parliament: Abortion law passed

This Monday, the French Parliament, meeting in Congress at the Palace of Versailles, wants to make France the first country in the world to explicitly include voluntary abortion (abortion) in its Constitution and protect the right to abortion, which is in decline in a number of countries. The country's 925 parliamentarians, senators and deputies, are called upon to carve abortion in the stone of the fundamental text. Introduced in article 34, the sentence will make France a pioneer, unlike several countries where the right to abortion is receding, in the United States or in Eastern Europe.

Deadly TGV derailment in Alsace: a trial starts this Monday

This morning, the trial of the derailment of a TGV test train that caused the death of 11 people in Alsace on November 14, 2015, largely overshadowed by the deadly jihadist attacks of the previous day, began in Paris. On the bench of the defendants are SNCF, its subsidiaries Systra (sponsor of the tests) and SNCF Réseau (track manager) as well as three natural persons (the incumbent driver, an SNCF executive responsible for giving him braking and acceleration instructions and a Systra engineer, responsible for informing the driver about the particularities of

European elections: Jordan Bardella targets Emmanuel Macron during a meeting in Marseille

During a meeting in Marseille in front of 5,000 people, launch of his European election campaign which intends to capitalize on a good polling dynamic, Jordan Bardella denounced the “erasure of France” in Europe and targeted the “great eraser” Emmanuel Macron. The head of the National Rally list received a standing ovation at the sound of “Macron resignation”, “Marine president” and “We are at home”, with the rare honor of speaking last, a privilege hitherto reserved for the unfortunate triple candidate for the Elysée

Gaza Strip: new deadly bombings
The Gaza Strip is under new deadly Israeli bombardments as the besieged Palestinian territory is threatened with famine according to the UN. Negotiations resumed in Cairo for a truce between Israel and Hamas during Ramadan in the Gaza Strip. The proposal of the mediators Qatar, United States, Egypt concerns a pause of six weeks in the fighting and the release of 42 of the 130 Israeli hostages, 31 of whom would have died while still being held in Gaza against Palestinians imprisoned by

Natural disasters: bad weather causes the cancellation of several events

Bad weather hit the Alpes-Maritimes department on Sunday, placed on orange alert for avalanches. Heavy snow, heavy rain, violent gusts of wind have led to the cancellation of several events, even disrupting the end of the famous Nice carnival. The city also called on residents to limit their movements and activated its communal command post.

IN SHORT

This Monday the appeal trial of the airline Yemenia Airways, convicted at first instance for the death of 152 people in the crash of a plane off the Comoros in 2009, opens before the Paris Court of Appeal.

Switzerland voted on Sunday in favor of a 13th month of retirement, a “historic” step according to its defenders, but rejected raising the retirement age.

Lens logically won at the expense of Lyon (3-0), at Groupama stadium in the closing match of the 24th day of Ligue 1, putting an end to a series of six consecutive wins for OL, after having suffered two consecutive defeats in all competitions.

Pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis failed to improve his own world record (6.23m). He retained his title of world indoor champion by crossing 6.05 meters in Glasgow