State budget for 2025: the draft submitted to the vote of the Senate

The draft state budget for 2025 is finally submitted to a vote in the Senate on Thursday, more than three months after it was tabled in Parliament. It is an election without suspense for a government that is still trying to negotiate its survival with the socialists. Initiated by Michel Barnier in October, rejected by the National Assembly at first reading, suspended after the censure of the former Prime Minister and finally taken up by François Bayrou, this finance bill (PLF) has had a chaotic journey in Parliament.

Social security: opposition to the idea of taxing certain retirees
Le Rassemblement National et La France Insoumise oppose the proposal of the Minister of Labor to use certain retirees to finance Social Security, an idea also criticized by government supporters. The vice-president of the RN Sébastien Chenu, said that “taxing retirees who have 2,000 euros in retirement” is “totally scandalous”. The Minister of the Economy Eric Lombard excluded the idea of taxing pensioners to finance social protection in the 2025 budget, assuring that there would be “no new taxes on households”.

Reconstruction of Mayotte: the emergency bill passed

Despite criticism from many elected officials considering it “insufficient”, the emergency bill for the reconstruction of Mayotte was adopted by deputies with almost unanimity of voters, five weeks after the devastating passage of Cyclone Chido. The adoption of this text, which evades sensitive migration issues, was not in doubt, especially in view of the need to accelerate the reconstruction of the ravaged French department

Washington: Trump threatens Russia with sanctions

Donald Trump assured that he would have “no choice but to impose high levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions on everything that Russia sells to the United States”, if Moscow does not reach an agreement with Ukraine “now”. On his Truth Social network, the American president said: “it is time to FIND AN AGREEMENT.” “I am not trying to harm Russia. I love the Russian people and have always had a very good relationship with President Putin,” he said.

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Rodrigue Petitot, leader of the movement against the high cost of living in Martinique receives at least 30 months in prison, 15 of which are suspended. He appeared detained on Wednesday before the Fort-de-France court for “threats and acts of intimidation” against the prefect of the territory.

Socialist MPs hope to have several “concrete, everyday” measures adopted on Thursday during their parliamentary “niche”, and thus show that they can “win victories” by “building majorities”.

South Korean investigators on Thursday recommended that President Yoon Suk Yeol be indicted for rebellion and abuse of power, in their findings submitted to the prosecutor's office on his failed attempt to impose martial law.

A new fire broke out Wednesday in North Los Angeles and is spreading at an alarming rate. Thousands of evacuation orders have been issued in a region already shaken by devastating fires.

Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola, ended up scoring their first goal of the season in the Champions League, initiating the fantastic comeback of Paris SG against Manchester City (4-2).