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The speech of the far-right parties, National Rally and Reconquest!, has been challenged since the racist terrorist attack that killed one in Trappes. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu denounced on Tuesday before the National Assembly "the words that end up arming those who act". An analysis to which the semiologist Cécile Alduy, specialist of speeches of the far right, subscribes.
The National Assembly observed a minute of silence for the victims of the racist attack in Trappes, which resulted in one death and five injuries. If the minute of silence was respected, the concord did not last long. The question-and-answer session to the government turned to the pugilat where each accused the other of being responsible for a harmful atmosphere. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu denounced a "political recel" and called the "sursaut".
A minute of silence was observed on Tuesday in the National Assembly in tribute to the victims of the racist attack who killed one and wounded five Friday in Trappes and La Verrière. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu accused the left-wing MPs who left the Chamber during the question-and-question session of the government of "recel politician" and "doing the game of the RN".
Gaëlle Fonseca is live from the National Assembly.
Gaëlle Fonseca is live from the National Assembly.
In the DRC, the National Assembly again adopts the bill on the conditions of the referendum. The opposition sees this as a risk of constitutional revision leading to a third term for Felix Tshisekedi.
This is the beginning of a parliamentary marathon. A few days after its presentation in the Council of Ministers, the 2027 Finance Bill will be considered by the National Assembly in mid-October. This text is being prepared by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who has to deal with deficits that derail, a debt that erupts, high school students who demand resources and French who suffer from the surge in prices, while the campaign for the presidential election is already under way.
Sébastien Lecornu spoke before the National Assembly on Tuesday, a day of unprecedented demonstrations after days of high school mobilization. He announced a weekend suspension for "a time of internal democracy".
The government will transmit its 2027 finance bill to the National Assembly on Thursday, 1 October. Objective 2027: Reduce the deficit to 5% of GDP through two levers: lower expenditure and higher revenue. Among the first avenues mentioned, the freezing of the point of index of the salaries of civil servants, a larger contribution of people to retirement and the removal of "inefficient" tax niches to avoid having to raise taxes in this election year.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in France this morning. After the joy in the streets of Paris this afternoon and the fervor at Notre-Dame for vespers, he is expected tonight at the Stade de France for a great vigil. This week was also marked by the UN General Assembly in New York, where world leaders addressed major international issues. Finally, Xi Jinping is about to leave the United States after three days of visit, described as "very positive" by D. Trump.
Aurore Lalucq, president of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, gives us his analysis after the last Eurogroup meeting in which she participated. Aurore Lalucq is a member of the Socialist Group and co-chairman of "Public Place".
In Mauritania, civil society is mobilizing to implement the so-called Karama law, a law designed to protect women from sexual violence and crimes. It had been discussed in the Council of Ministers several years ago, but never adopted by the National Assembly, in particular because of differences on certain issues, some of its provisions and their conformity with the sharia.
The proposal for an "integral law" was voted in the parliamentary committee and debates on the text will begin on 1 October in the National Assembly Chamber. Designed to fight "360 degrees" against this scourge that regularly headlines the press, it aims to be complete: prevention, training and reparation. In total, 69 articles to better define gender-based and sexual violence, to better frame them and finally to take to the body a phenomenon of society that France cannot overcome. Documentary writer Cécile Delarue and Violaine de Fili lawyer
Belgium and Rwanda announced, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the restoration of their diplomatic relations. The latter had been broken a year and a half after European Union sanctions against Rwandan military leaders in the context of the conflict between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwandese-backed AFC/M23.
Dozens of people, members of various delegations represented at the UN General Assembly, left the room on Thursday in protest at Benjamin Netanyahu's speech. This is not the first time the leader has faced such a protest. Similar boycotts had already marked his previous interventions at the United Nations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insured himself on Thursday 24 September against countries, including France and the United Kingdom, which criticize Israel's settlement policy when they themselves are former colonial countries. Béligh Nabli, professor of public law at UPEC and researcher at Sciences Po Paris, analyses his speech.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, isolated on the international scene spoke Thursday at the UN rostrum
On the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, the Senegalese President gave an interview to France 24 and RFI. Bassirou Diomaye Faye mentioned the possibility of dissolving the National Assembly.
The President of the Republic of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, spoke for the first time about his support for former President Macky Sall as Secretary-General of the United Nations. Agreement with the IMF, composition of the National Assembly... he answers questions from journalists from France 24 and RFI, Marc Perelman and Mounia Daoudi.Find this interview in full on France 24 and RFI, this Thursday 24 September at 18:10 TU (20H10 H Paris)
In an exclusive interview with France 24 and RFI on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye defended his predecessor Macky Sall's candidacy for the post of UN Secretary General. He assures that she keeps "still all her chances of success". He also rejected any accusations of austerity after the IMF agreement.
