France: Overtook Russia to become the world’s second largest arms exporter – 2024-03-15 06:48:24

For the first time, France is the world’s second largest arms exporter, as it saw its international sales increase by 47% in the period 2019-2023, compared to the period 2014-2018, according to a report by the International Peace Research Institute ( Sipri), published today. This development is due to the fact that France overtook Russia, … Read more

Reynders demands “political will” from the PP and the Government to unblock the Judiciary: “It is difficult, but it is possible” | Spain

The deck has not been broken. The European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, has summoned the Government and the PP to a new meeting in Madrid before the end of March to try to unblock the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), which the Popular Party has kept stalled for some time. … Read more

The story of the Vernet eight: “He died hugging me, talking to me about his children…” | Spain

Colonel Carlos Redondo and his wife, Adelina Ávila. Image included in the book ‘The Eight of Vernet’. “Velasco became very ill shortly after arriving, they took him off the field and we have not heard from him again, most likely he was gassed. Blasco died on December 18 and Amer, in February, both because they … Read more

Gérald Hustache Mathieu: ‘Polar Park’, an “unpublished twist” to the game of Cluedo from the coldest town in France | Television

The film director and screenwriter Gérald Hustache Mathieu (Grenoble, France, 56 years old) wanted to film a television series when no one thought of something like that. It was the year 2010 and he believed that this was the appropriate format to tell the story of David Rosseau, a successful writer of detective novels who … Read more

a reworked French XV to relaunch against Wales

WalesFrance The French XV, largely modified, will have to display a more conquering and more coherent face in Cardiff this Sunday afternoon (4 p.m.), to save what can still be saved in a disappointing 6 Nations Tournament. This rotation also marks a notable evolution in the philosophy of coach Fabien Galthié who, since his arrival … Read more

Le Pen presents the European elections as a referendum on immigration |

Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right and candidate to succeed Emmanuel Macron in the Elysee Palace, wants the European elections in June to be a referendum on immigration. She believes that she has the wind in her favor, with parties more or less similar to hers, the National Regrouping (RN), advancing throughout the … Read more

Puigdemont talks about a new stage “without the burden of exile” in a key week of the amnesty | Spain

Carles Puigdemont, former president of the Generalitat of Catalonia who fled from Spanish justice, assured this Saturday that “no law”, in implicit reference to the amnesty that he is now negotiating with the PSOE, speeding up the deadlines, will end “the repression of the State” to the independence movement. And he also maintains that unilaterality … Read more