Social security: the National Assembly votes on the budget on Monday

The PLFSS (draft law on the financing of social security), is the result of a compromise between a committee of senators and deputies. The National Assembly will vote on Monday from 15:00 on the very sensitive Social Security budget, with the possibility of a Recourse to 49.3 and already the prospect of a motion of censure on the part of the left and the National Rally. It should not be voted on by either the left or the extreme right, in a divided Assembly.

State visit: Macron expected in Saudi Arabia
French President Emmanuel Macron begins a three-day state visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday. The objective of this visit is to intensify ties with this powerful actor in the Middle East and to “work together” for regional stabilization. The Head of State is expected around 19:00 local (16:00 GMT) in Riyadh for a first one-on-one interview followed by a dinner with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, de facto leader of the kingdom.

Spanish coach accident: minus two deaths and ten serious injuries recorded

A Spanish coach hit a cliff on a mountain road in Pyrénées-Orientales on Sunday. The accident resulted in at least two deaths and ten serious injuries. The sub-prefect Didier Carponcin indicated during a press briefing that the accident occurred around 17:00 in the Porté-Puymorens station at nightfall, and 47 people were on board the bus including the driver, citing 32 minor injuries and insisting on the “provisional” nature of the toll. According to the authorities, the majority of the passengers on the bus are of Spanish and Colombian nationality, and a child of four years old is among the injured in relative emergency

Rebel offensive: over 410 dead, Assad seeks support from his allies
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is asking for the support of his allies after losing control of Aleppo, Syria's second city, during a rebel offensive that left more than 410 dead according to an NGO. This is the first time since the start of the war in Syria in 2011 that the government, an ally of Iran and Russia, has completely lost control of this northern city, a stinging setback inflicted by a coalition of rebel groups dominated by

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The pro-European social democrats won the parliamentary elections on Sunday in Romania but the extreme right confirms its strong breakthrough. They are plunging this neighboring state of Ukraine, a member of the EU and NATO, into uncertainty

A few weeks before leaving the White House, American President Joe Biden finally went back on his word by pardoning his son Hunter on Sunday, who was waiting to know his sentence in cases of illegal possession of firearms and tax evasion.

Today, Volkswagen employees are kicking off walkouts at the group's factories in Germany to oppose the thousands of planned job cuts, with the risk of a major social conflict in the midst of the election campaign.

This Monday, the UN's highest court begins historic hearings in The Hague to define the legal obligations of countries in the face of climate change and to help vulnerable nations fight it.

During a soccer match on Sunday, clashes between fans left at least dozens dead in N'Zérékoré, in south-east Guinea.