State visit of the President of Nigeria to France: The economy at the heart of these exchanges

The most populated country in Africa (227 million inhabitants, and 410 million expected in 2050, according to the UN), Nigeria was last year France's main trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa, according to French customs.

It is to “develop new partnerships between the economic actors of the two countries” that Mr. Tinubu and French President Emmanuel Macron will co-chair a “Franco-Nigerian Business Council” in Paris on Thursday in Paris a “Franco-Nigerian Business Council” bringing together bosses from both countries, according to the French presidency.

Retirement reform: in the Assembly, the left on the offensive

The left, supported by the RN, will attempt on Thursday in the National Assembly to repeal the much-maligned pension reform of 2023, but the right and the Macronists have tabled hundreds of amendments to try to prevent a vote on this text before midnight, the deadline for the LFI “niche”.

This bill presented by France Insoumise - as part of the annual parliamentary day reserved for its texts - plans to reduce the legal retirement age from 64 to 62 years old.

The text, approved without any problems last week in committee, goes back not only to the 2023 reform - which concerned the retirement age - but also to the one carried out in 2013 by PS Minister Marisol Touraine - which increased the duration of contributions.

Social Security budget: senators and deputies agree on a compromise text

Senators and deputies agreed on a compromise concerning the Social Security budget for 2025, paving the way for its adoption without a vote via 49.3, next Monday at the National Assembly.

The text resulting from the Joint Joint Commission provides in particular for a reduction in employer contributions, up to 1.6 billion euros. This measure was fought to the end by Ensemble pour la République, the main force of the government coalition at the Palais Bourbon, who saw it as a renunciation of seven years of supply-side policy

Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah: Tens of thousands of Lebanese are returning home

Tens of thousands of Lebanese driven out by the war between Hezbollah and Israel made their way back on Wednesday, to find their towns and villages devastated after the ceasefire came into force.

The truce puts an end to the conflict that began more than 13 months ago between the Israeli army and the Lebanese Islamist movement, which turned into open war in September and left thousands dead. Around 900,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon and 60,000 in northern Israel

Israel said it would not hesitate to strike if the ceasefire was breached. And the Shiite movement, decapitated by Israeli strikes, for its part proclaimed its “

IN A NUTSHELL

The Senate voted overnight from Wednesday to Thursday to increase VAT on bottled water, a measure supposed to encourage consumers to prefer tap water amid a scandal over the practices of mineral water manufacturers.

Senators approved almost unanimously on Wednesday the increase in the “solidarity tax” on airline tickets, for which the government expected an additional billion euros next year, an amount cut against its advice by a series of measures in particular for overseas territories, Corsica and small airlines.

US President-elect Donald Trump assured Wednesday that the Mexican president had agreed during a telephone exchange to “stop illegal immigration” to the United States, which Claudia Sheinbaum denied shortly after by stressing that Mexico's position “is not to close borders”.

American justice once again rejected on Wednesday a request for the conditional release of rapper P. Diddy, imprisoned in New York for a high-profile case in which he is accused of sex trafficking.

Soccer. Lille won again (2-1) against Bologna, while AS Monaco conceded against Benfica Lisbon (3-2), on the 5th day of the Champions League which saw Liverpool dominate Real Madrid (2-0)