Policy. “I didn’t understand”: Marc Ferracci questions Lecornu’s communication on the end-of-life law
MP Marc Ferracci, close to Emmanuel Macron, said on Sunday on Radio J that he did not “understand” that the Prime Minister announced his decision to refer the text creating a right to assisted dying to the Constitutional Council even before…
Haut-Doubs. Sub-prefect Nicolas Onimus is leaving for Saint-Quentin, his replacement will arrive in August
Four years ago, Nicolas Onimus arrived from Martinique and became sub-prefect of Pontarlier. Last Thursday, he was officially appointed to the same position, but in Saint-Quentin. A very different environment from the one he encountered in Haut-Doubs.…
Policy. 34 years after leaving Matignon, Édith Cresson still has a company car with driver
“The lifetime benefits of former members of the government will be eliminated from January 1, 2026,” Sébastien Lecornu announced last September. It is “not conceivable that they could benefit from lifetime benefits because of a temporary status”.…
United Kingdom. “Andy Burnham must turn the country around”: the immense challenges awaiting the future Prime Minister
“I have a plan,” declared Andy Burnham, promising to reverse “four decades of neoliberalism” which, according to him, have led the United Kingdom to sacrifice rural and coastal regions, as well as the working classes. The new British Prime Minister will…
Economy. EDF: the “agent rate” from which employees benefit “represents an excessive cost”
The “agent rate”, a reduction on electricity and gas prices granted to EDF employees, “represents an excessive cost” for EDF SA, the group’s parent company, the Court of Auditors ruled this Friday in a report, considering that it could not…
World risks ‘losing control of technology’ without AI governance, Chinese PM warns
The world risks “losing control” of frontier technology such as artificial intelligence if governments are too slow to regulate it, China’s first warned attendees at “Summer Davos” on Wednesday. Fears are growing of…