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☆ Farmers in Europe Step up Protests Against Rising Costs, Green Rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Farmers say they are not being paid enough, are choked by taxes and green rules and face unfair competition from abroad. French farmers have already won several concessions, including the government dropping plans to gradually reduce subsidies on agricultural diesel. On Wednesday, European Commissioners proposed limiting agricultural imports from Ukraine and greater flexibility on rules on fallow land in a bid to quell protests. In Italy, farmers have blocked traffic with hundreds of tractors near motorway access points near Milan, in Tuscany and elsewhere in recent days. While a deal looks possible on fallow land, the question of talks on a major trade deal with the Mercosur group is more contentious.

Persons: Marco Trujillo, Philip Blenkinsop PARIS, Adelin Desmecht, Gerald Darmanin, Bruno, Coldiretti, Le Maire, Abdul Saboor, Jean, Stephane Brosse, Gus Trompiz, Dominique Vidalon, Benoit van Overstraeten, Geert de Clercq, Charlotte van, Phil Blenikinsop, Alvise Arminelli, Ingrid Melander, Ros Russell Organizations: EU, South, Farmers, Mercosur, French Finance, European Commission, South American, Charlotte van Campenhout Locations: BRUSSELS, Europe, Brussels, Belgian, France, Paris, Belgium, Zeebrugge, Ukraine, Mercosur, Italy, Milan, Tuscany, Bordeaux, Amsterdam

☆ Karim Benzema: French Interior Minister makes baseless claim about soccer star
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Ben Morse | Claudia Colliva | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Speaking to French outlet CNews on Monday, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin accused Benzema of having connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, a religious and political group which France considers a terrorist organization. And in recent weeks, I’ve been particularly interested, Mr. Benzema is linked, we all know it, notoriously with the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood is a religious and political group founded on the belief that Islam is not simply a religion, but a way of life. The Muslim Brotherhood officially rejects the use of violent means to secure its goals. There is no evidence that the Muslim Brotherhood has any connection to Hamas’ attack on Israel.

Persons: CNN —, Ballon, Karim Benzema, Gérald Darmanin, Benzema, Darmanin, I’ve, ’, Gilles Kepel, ”, Sarah Meyssonnier, ” Benzema, “, Benzema’s Organizations: CNN, French, Muslim, French Interior Ministry, UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, Saudi Pro League, Al, France’s men’s, Palestinian Health Ministry, Reuters, Twitter, Muslim Brotherhood Locations: Israel, France, Ittihad, Gaza, Paris, Palestinian

☆ TV presenter under fire for 'racist' comments, suggesting that bloodsucking bedbugs of Paris are linked to immigrants
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A right-wing TV host in France linked the Paris' bedbug outbreak to immigrants. A government minister called Praud's comments on CNews, likened to Fox News, as "hate speech." AdvertisementAdvertisementA right-wing pundit in France is under investigation by Arcom, the country's audiovisual regulator, for making "racist" comments about the current bedbug infestation in Paris, The Times reports. Pascal Praud, a TV host on right-wing channel CNews, asked Nicolas Roux de Bezieux, the founder of a pest control firm, whether immigrants had caused the onslaught of bedbugs. David Belliard, Paris' Deputy Mayor, called the comments "stupid and racist," and added that CNews' views could be summarized in the clip.

Persons: Pascal Praud, —, Arcom, Nicolas Roux de Bezieux, Praud, Roux de Bezieux, Le, Emmanuel Macron's, Bérangère Couillard, David Belliard, Euronews, CNews, Eric Zemmour, Louis, Ferdinand Céline Organizations: Fox News, Service, Times, Charles, Rugby, Agence France, AP, France Insoumise, Gender Equality Locations: France, Paris, Gaulle

☆ Fact Check-News broadcast image does not exaggerate heatwave in France
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An image of a French news report about hot weather in Corsica is being falsely touted online as evidence of the media exaggerating high temperatures in France. The image is a cropped still from a broadcast weather report on CNEWS, a French-language news channel. “Same temperature manipulation in France relating to Corsica,” said one social media user sharing the image on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Reuters traced the image to a weather report broadcast on CNEWS on July 18 (here). The visuals were filmed on July 17 and were used to illustrate a broadcast on July 18 about temperatures forecast for later that day.

Persons: ”, “ Banner, Hier, Thomas Goussard, Matthieu Sorel, Pina Canale, Read Organizations: Corse, Facebook, Reuters, CNEWS, Bastia Locations: Corsica, France, Haute, Corse, Hause, Bastia, Météo, Figari

☆ A French Newsroom on Strike After Appointment of ‘Far-Right’ Editor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Liz Alderman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In its 75-year history, Le Journal du Dimanche, France’s leading Sunday newspaper, has almost never missed publication. But its operations ground to a halt this week after an editor with a far-right track record was abruptly appointed just ahead of a takeover of the paper by the French billionaire Vincent Bolloré, prompting a mass walkout by journalists and igniting a firestorm in French media and political circles. Mr. Bolloré, an industrialist often described as France’s Rupert Murdoch, has been steadily building a conservative media empire, anchored by a Fox-style news network, CNews. The appointment of the editor, Geoffroy Lejeune, who was formerly at a far-right magazine that was fined for racist insults, raised concerns that one of France’s most prominent newspapers could be transformed into a right-wing platform. The paper did not publish Sunday, only the second time since its founding in 1948, and on Thursday evening the website was still leading with news from last week.

Persons: France’s, Vincent Bolloré, Bolloré, Rupert Murdoch, Geoffroy Lejeune, ”, Lejeune Organizations: Fox, France’s, Journalists Locations: France, Le Monde

☆ Nanterre, France: Police officer held after 17-year-old fatally shot near Paris during traffic stop
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Mylene Loubiere-Anderson Saskya Vandoorne Alex Stambaugh Oliver Briscoe Helen Regan | Mylene Loubiere-Anderson | Saskya Vandoorne | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Paris CNN —French authorities investigating the fatal police shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop near Paris on Tuesday have detained one officer, as clashes broke out overnight between law enforcement personnel and youth angered over the death. The police officer is in custody on suspicion of “culpable homicide,” following the incident at around 8:18 a.m. local time on Tuesday in the suburb of Nanterre, according to a statement from the local prosecutor’s officer. Three people were in the car, a Mercedes AMG, at the time of the incident, it said. The death of the 17-year-old was pronounced at 9:15 a.m. local time “following at least one gunshot wound” and despite the intervention of emergency medics, the Nanterre prosecutor’s office said. Earlier, Paris Police Chief Laurent Nunez told CNN affiliate BFMTV in an interview that the officer fired when the teenager refused to follow police instructions.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Mercedes, Gerald Darmanin, ”, Laurent Nunez, “, Zakaria Abdelkafi, Nunez, CNews Organizations: Paris CNN, French, Twitter, Paris Police, CNN, BFMTV, Firefighters, Getty Locations: Paris, Nanterre, AFP, Nanterre Tuesday

☆ French Sunday newspaper on strike over fears of far-right turn
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Michel Rose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The newspaper’s owner, French media group Lagardere (LAGA.PA), on Friday named Geoffroy Lejeune as JDD's new editor-in-chief, succeeding Jerome Begle who left for Paris Match. Lejeune is the former head of magazine Valeurs Actuelles, which has courted controversy with anti-immigrant covers and was fined for racist insult in 2022. The company already owns news channel CNews, which has taken a conservative turn since Bollore took control. In a statement, Arnaud Lagardere said Geoffroy Lejeune was a "raw talent of journalism" that he could not pass up. "Under Geoffroy Lejeune, Valeurs Actuelles spread hateful attacks and fake news.

Persons: Geoffroy Lejeune, Jerome Begle, Lejeune, Vincent Bollore, Bollore, Rima Abdul Malak, Arnaud Lagardere, Valeurs, Michel Rose, Juliette Jabkhiro, Emelia Sithole Organizations: Sunday, Paris Match, European Commission, Lagardere, Vivendi, U.S, Fox, Twitter, Thomson

☆ Ancient stones removed in France to build new hardware store
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An ancient stone site in western France has been removed to make way for a new hardware store, sparking criticism of the local mayor. The mayor of Carnac, Olivier Lepick, insisted he adhered to the law in granting planning permission for the new Mr Bricolage hardware store. “Whether it’s little or not, [the site] has an archaeological value,” Obeltz told CNN affiliate BFMTV. “There were not archaeological remains of sufficient value to reject planning permission,” the mayor said. On Thursday, French far right politician, Marine Le Pen retweeted a link to an article by local French newspaper, Ouest France, calling the removal “deplorable” and remarking that the French state “protects neither our citizens or our heritage.”

Persons: Olivier Lepick, Christian Obeltz, “, ” Obeltz, Lepick, ” Lepick, “ It’s, Mona Lisa, ” Organizations: CNN, Carnac, UNESCO, French Ministry of Culture, BFMTV, Ouest France Locations: France, France’s Brittany, Carnac

☆ French 'backpack hero' says his faith gave him strength to fight knifeman
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Geert De Clercq | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Denis BalibousePARIS, June 9 (Reuters) - A modern-day pilgrim on a walking tour of France's cathedrals told journalists on Friday his Catholic faith gave him the strength to fight a man who stabbed four children in a park in Annecy. On my journey to the cathedrals I crossed paths with this man and I have acted instinctively. Police said they arrested a Syrian refugee over the attack and told journalists the suspect had been carrying Christian insignia. The entire Christian civilisation on which our country is built is a knightly message to defend widows and orphans. He would continue his months-long walking tour and hoped to show social media followers "how the beauty of the cathedrals can nourish us and help us do the right thing".

Persons: Denis Balibouse PARIS, Henri, CNEWS, Virgin Mary, Emmanuel Macron, BFM, Geert De Clercq, Andrew Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Catholic, Police, Thomson Locations: Annecy, French, France

Two of the children were in a critical but stable condition in hospital a day after the attack, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said. Among the children wounded in the attack where a British national and a Dutch national. France hailed the bravery of a young Catholic pilgrim who came face-to-face with the assailant and used his backpack as a shield as he sought to block the attack. A mass will be held in Annecy Cathedral in tribute to the victims and their families later on Friday, church authorities said. One of the two pensioners caught up in the attack told Reuters he had been sitting on a park bench when the attacker approached on the run.

Persons: Denis Balibouse, Elisabeth Borne, Emmanuel Macron, lunge, Henri, Mag Capone, Borne, Youssouf, Antony Paone, Geert de Clercq, Richard Lough, Andrew Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Denis Balibouse Annecy, British, Reuters, Annecy Cathedral, Police, Thomson Locations: Annecy, French, France, Grenoble, Sweden, Swedish, Schengen, Italy, Paris

ANNECY, France, June 9 (Reuters) - Two toddlers gravely wounded by a knifeman in the French mountain town of Annecy were in a stable condition on Friday and doctors are optimistic for their recovery, President Emmanuel Macron said. Macron, who has called the attack an "act of absolute cowardice", visited the hospital in Grenoble where three of the four children are being treated before heading to nearby Annecy. "The doctors are very confident," Macron told the police and paramedics who responded to the aftermath of the attack. Among the children wounded in the attack were a British national and a Dutch national. One of the two pensioners caught up in the attack told Reuters he had been sitting on a park bench when the attacker approached on the run.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Macron, lunge, Henri, Denis Balibouse, Mag Capone, Mathis, Elisabeth Borne, Gerald Darmanin, Youssouf, Antony Paone, Geert de Clercq, Richard Lough, Andrew Heavens, Nick Macfie, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, Annecy Cathedral, Annecy Prosecutor, Police, Thomson Locations: ANNECY, France, Annecy, Grenoble, British, French, Sweden, Swedish, Schengen, Italy, Paris

☆ Italy calls for clearer apology from France over migration 'insult'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ROME, May 7 (Reuters) - Italy remains dissatisfied with the apologies offered by Paris after a French minister accused Rome of mishandling the influx of migrants, Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Sunday. "Clearer words are needed," Tajani, who is member of the conservative Forza Italia party, told Italian state-owned television RAI in an interview. "I hope that the French government changes its position and that an apology comes that represents a contrast to the positions adopted by the Interior Minister. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said last week that Italy's right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had been "unable to solve the migration problems on which she was elected". Tajani called off a visit to Paris at the last minute on Thursday in a sign of protest over what he considered an "insult" to Italy.

☆ Fact Check-French TV report from 2015 about UK pedophile inquiry shared as new
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of French news coverage in 2015 of a historic UK child sex abuse inquiry is being shared online as though it shows events in 2023. One Facebook user uploaded the 83-second clip in late April alongside text reading: “BREAKING NEWS On french TV. Scandal in UK. However, the clip was published on the verified YouTube account of French news outlet CNews on May 21, 2015 (here). The video of a French news channel discussing a historic child sex abuse inquiry in Britain is from 2015, not 2023.

☆ French government says has deal on anti-inflation shopping basket
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Dominique Vidalon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The discounts are expected to cost retailers "hundreds of millions of euros", Le Maire said. From June, retailers and government officials will reassess the situation and may ask large consumer goods suppliers to re-negotiate prices with retailers, he added. French annual inflation rose unexpectedly to 7.2% in February from 7.0% in January, partly as a result of higher food prices, preliminary figures from the INSEE statistics body found. INSEE has forecast that food price inflation would remain at 13% for the first half of the year. The basket of anti-inflation groceries is the government's latest effort to show political support to lower-income citizens.

☆ Turiștii vaccinaţi anti-COVID pot intra în Franța fără test Covid negativ, cu unele excepții
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-04 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Turiștii vaccinaţi împotriva COVID-19 vor putea intra în Franţa, începând din 9 iunie, fără a prezenta un test Covid negativ, a anunţat, vineri, ministrul transporturilor, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari. Decizia autorităților franceze îi include pe cetățenii europeni care vin din "zone verzi". "Anunţăm că, începând din 9 iunie, europenii care sunt vaccinaţi vor putea veni în Franţa fără test PCR", a declarat ministrul la televiziunea CNEWS, notează Agerpres. Persoanele care vin din zone "verzi", în care intră toate ţările din spaţiul european, vor putea intra pe teritoriul Franţei făcând dovada vaccinării, iar cele nevaccinate vor trebuie să prezinte un test PCR sau antigen negativ. În schimb, călătorilor care vin din Marea Britanie sau Statele Unite li se va solicita un test negativ, indiferent dacă sunt vaccinaţi sau nu, se precizează în acelaşi document.

Persons: Jean - Baptiste Djebbari Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Franţa, Britanie, Statele Unite

„Anunţăm că, începând din 9 iunie, europenii care sunt vaccinaţi vor putea veni în Franţa fără test PCR”, a declarat ministrul la televiziunea CNEWS, notează Agerpres. Începând din 9 iunie, fluxurile de călători între Franţa şi ţările străine vor fi redeschise conform unor modalităţi care variază în funcţie de situaţia sanitară a statelor clasate prin culori (verde, portocaliu sau roşu) şi de vaccinare, se arată într-un document publicat vineri de guvern şi intitulat „Strategia de redeschidere a frontierelor”. Persoanele care vin din zone „verzi”, în care intră toate ţările din spaţiul european, vor putea intra pe teritoriul Franţei făcând dovada vaccinării, iar cele nevaccinate vor trebuie să prezinte un test PCR sau antigen negativ. În schimb, călătorilor care vin din Marea Britanie sau Statele Unite li se va solicita un test negativ (PCR sau antigen), indiferent dacă sunt vaccinaţi sau nu, se precizează în acelaşi document.

Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Franţa, Britanie, Statele Unite, PCR

☆ Генпрокурор рассказывал о деле, возбужденном в отношении „Газпромбанка”, о котором говорил Платон
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-25 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Генеральный прокурор Молдовы Александр Стояногло подробно рассказал о деле, возбужденном в отношении «Газпромбанка» Российской Федерации в рамках передачи „политика Натальи Морарь” на телеканале tv8. «Возбуждено уголовное дело на имя компании „Газпромбанк” из Российской Федерации. Трудно сделать это в рамках уголовного дела, но, насколько мне известно, Вячеслав Платон сформулировал декларации о долгах на „Газпромбанк” в сумме209 млн. долларов и представил их Национальному банку Молдовы (НБМ). Ранее также на передаче ”Политика Натальи Морарь» Вячеслав Платон заявил, что доказана вина НБМ по делу о банковском мошенничестве.

Persons: Александр Стояногло, Наталья Морарь, Вячеслав Платон, Политик Organizations: Газпромбанк, Национальный банк Молдовы (НБМ), НБМ Locations: Молдова, Российская Федерация

☆ Franța își face griji din cauza unui proiect de lege ce leagă libertatea de mişcare de efectuarea unui vaccin
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

"Credeam, cu naivitate, că în patria noastră respectarea libertăţilor era regula şi aceste restricţii, excepţia. Prin asta executivul ar avea toată puterea de a ne suspenda libertăţile fără control din partea Parlamentului? De neconceput", a reacţionat pe Twitter nr. "Va exista cu siguranţă o dezbatere, tot ce va trebui clarificat va fi clarificat", a dat ea asigurări pe CNews. "Afirm din nou, vaccinarea (împotriva COVID-19) nu este obligatorie", a insistat ministrul sănătăţii, Olivier Veran.

Persons: Castex, preşedintele Emmanuel Macron, Le, Guillaume, Amélie de Montchalin, Olivier Veran Locations: Franţa

☆ Franța, îngrijorată din cauza unui proiect de lege ce leagă libertatea de mişcare de efectuarea unui vaccin
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Persons: Castex, preşedintele Emmanuel Macron, Le, Guillaume, Amélie de Montchalin, Olivier Veran Locations: Franţa

☆ Indignare în Franța din cauza unui proiect de lege care condiționează libertatea de mişcare de efectuarea unui vaccin
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

„Credeam, cu naivitate, că în patria noastră respectarea libertăţilor era regula şi aceste restricţii, excepţia. Prin asta executivul ar avea toată puterea de a ne suspenda libertăţile fără control din partea Parlamentului? „Va exista cu siguranţă o dezbatere, tot ce va trebui clarificat va fi clarificat”, a dat ea asigurări pe CNews. „Afirm din nou, vaccinarea (împotriva COVID-19) nu este obligatorie”, a insistat ministrul sănătăţii, Olivier Veran. Franţa este unul dintre statele europene cele mai suspicioase faţă de vaccinul pentru COVID-19, notează AFP.

Persons: preşedintele Emmanuel Macron, Castex, Le, Guillaume Peltier, Amélie de Montchalin, Olivier Veran Organizations: Franţa Locations: Franţa

Invitată în această dimineață la CNews, Marine Le Pen, președinta partidului Adunarea Naţională, a afirmat că victoria lui Donald Trump în cursa prezidențială din Statele Unite ar fi în avantajul Franței. Aflată în direct la Cnews, pe 4 noiembrie, Marine Le Pen a spus că realegerea președintelui SUA Donald Trump ar fi în beneficiul Franței. „Donald Trump înseamnă întoarcerea la națiune, sfârșitul acestei globalizări sălbatice, al acestei dereglementări, al acestei dispariții a granițelor, care cred a făcut mult rău națiunilor (…), fie că este vorba de frontiere fizice (...), fie de frontiere comerciale”, a comentat Marine Le Pen, președinta partidului Adunarea Naţională din Franţa, citată de Sputnik France. Marine Le Pen : « Je pense que la réélection de Donald Trump est meilleure pour la France. Alegerile prezidenţiale din SUAAmericanii au mers la urne pe 3 noiembrie pentru a vota, la alegerile prezidențiale și legislative, între președintele Donald Trump și candidatul democrat Joe Biden.

Persons: Le, Donald Trump, Joe Biden Organizations: Adunarea Naţională, Sputnik, Sputnik France Locations: CNews, Statele Unite, Franței, BUCUREŞTI, Franţa, SUA

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