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En substance, it’s “no, thank you”. On the set of “Signatures” (RTL) on Wednesday evening, Paul Magnette, just re-elected by the affiliates to the presidency of the party, declined the offer made to him (for the second time, this was already the case in 2019 ) by the first secretary of the French PS, Olivier Faure, to draw his European list for the 2024 elections, in France therefore.

The refusal is not a surprise. Paul Magnette let the (false) suspense live for 48 hours, following the French daily Release, in its Monday edition, would have revived the hypothesis. As a reminder, the current president of the PS had carved out a big popularity on the left in France (but not only) in 2016 when he fought once morest Ceta (Euro-Canadian trade treaty) then as Minister-President of Wallonia. Recently, his book wide life where he explains the concept of eco-socialism has been widely commented on in addition to Quiévrain, where Paul Magnette has multiplied the interviews. All this in a context where the French PS is in search, to say the least, of a new breath, following a catastrophic presidential campaign behind Anne Hidalgo. As for Paul Magnette, as he told us, he will take the federal PS list to Hainaut in May 2024.

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After the government announced a solution to forced labor, POSCO became the first Korean company to donate 4 billion won to the damage compensation foundation.

This “third-party reimbursement” method is a government plan, but the victims are rejecting it, and there is still public opinion once morest it.

Umjiin is a reporter.

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POSCO donated 4 billion won to the Foundation for Supporting Victims of Forced Labor in Japan, which was supposed to pay compensation on behalf of Japanese companies.

With the remainder of the 10 billion won that POSCO promised to help victims of forced labor at the time of the foundation’s establishment, POSCO explained that it was “fulfilling the promise in accordance with the purpose of the government’s announcement.”

Previously, the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea and others made donations, but POSCO is the first Korean company to do so.

The government is emphasizing the ‘voluntary donation’ of 16 companies that received help from the Korea-Japan Claims Fund in 1965, such as POSCO.

The 15 victims who received the Supreme Court’s judgment are regarding 4 billion won in compensation.

The funds are in place, but the road ahead is not smooth.

So far, only four bereaved families have agreed to compensation from the government, but in particular, three surviving victims have clearly opposed it.

[양금덕/강제동원 피해자](Last 13th, National Assembly)

″I would never take that kind of money, even if it meant starving to death.″

Even in the current civil law, there is a proviso that ‘third party repayment’ cannot be made when the party does not allow it.

Therefore, if the government enforces a third party reimbursement, it may escalate into a lawsuit between the government and the victim.

Equity issues also remain To support all 210,000 victims of forced labor recognized by the government, more money is needed along with a special law.

However, there is still no response from Japan that the government has announced, and other domestic companies such as KEPCO, Korea Expressway Corporation, and KT are also cautious, saying, “If the government requests it, we will review support.”

This is MBC News Umjiin.

The first to achieve this was the Argentine Lionel Messi in Barcelona’s 7-1 win once morest Bayer Leverkusen on March 7, 2012.

Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who scored a goal on Tuesday in Manchester City’s 7-0 win over RB Leipzig in the Champions League round of 16 second leg, became the third player to score five goals in a duel of the ‘Champions’.

The first to achieve this was the Argentine Lionel Messi in the 7-1 defeat of Barcelona once morest Bayer Leverkusen on March 7, 2012 in the second leg of the round of 16 and at minutes 25, 42, 49, 58 and 84.

Then he did it, on October 21, 2014, the Brazilian Luiz Adriano, two of them from penalties, in Shakhtar Donetsk’s 7-0 win over BATE Borisov in the group stage.