Politics. Emmanuel Macron is due to go to Île-de-France on Monday “to meet French women and men”, his first trip as a candidate. The entourage of the Head of State had mentioned at the end of the week a trip to education, one of the themes on which Emmanuel Macron insists in his Letter to the French. Contacted on Sunday, his campaign team did not, however, specify the outlines of this trip.
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If he officially launches his campaign on Monday, Emmanuel Macron will not be able to take a step without worrying about the war in Ukraine. On this subject, he will also receive on Tuesday the American Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is continuing his tour of Europe. He was in Moldova on Sunday, the day after an interview with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kouleba, on the border between Poland and Ukraine.War in Ukraine. If Vladimir Putin indicated to Emmanuel Macron, during their last telephone conversation, that he was determined to achieve his objectives “through negotiation or through war”, European officials have not abandoned the idea of a return to diplomatic channels. Tuesday, in Strasbourg, the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell has also planned to intervene in the early afternoon before MEPs to take stock of the situation.
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Presidential campaign. Valérie Pécresse will face Éric Zemmour during a debate broadcast on Thursday on TF1. Organized one month before the first round, this debate between the right-wing candidate and her far-right rival should last an hour and a half, on themes such as insecurity, immigration and the economy, according to the daily.READ ALSOPresidential: with Marion Maréchal, Éric Zemmour hopes for his “miracle”
Social. The CGT and FO unions of Ehpad Orpea and the clinics of its subsidiary Clinea are calling for a strike on Tuesday March 8 for better working conditions and care for the people housed. “We are waiting for the end of the mistreatment in our establishments,” Guillaume Gobet, CGT manager and former cook at Orpea, told AFP, indicating that “nothing has changed” since the revelations of the book-investigation. The Gravediggerswhich accuses Orpea of having set up a “system” to optimize its profits to the detriment of the well-being of the elderly.
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Society. As every year, March 8 (Tuesday) is International Women’s Day. Several events are organized throughout France and in particular in Paris, with a procession leaving from Gare du Nord. In Toulouse, on the initiative of NousToutes31, a demonstration from the Jolimont metro station is planned.
Environment. On Saturday, less than a month before the first round of the presidential election, several NGOs are calling for participation in climate marches all over France. A massive demonstration is planned in Paris. The goal? That the presidential candidates make global warming a major subject in the electoral debates and make proposals to this effect in their programs.
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Sports. After their defeat in the league against Nice on Saturday, PSG – which had traveled to the South without Kylian Mbappé – have an appointment with their European history on Wednesday, day 8e Champions League final against the great Real Madrid. In the first leg, the Parisians won 1-0. Without the away goal rule, they don’t really have room for error if they want to qualify.
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Another sport, another European adventure. The French rugby team travels to Wales on Friday for its fourth match in this Six Nations Tournament. The Blues, who are the only ones to have won their first three meetings, must win to take another step towards the Grand Slam.
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