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The deputies rejected Wednesday, November 4, at first reading, and unanimously voted on the draft state budget 2027, which will therefore be sent in its original version to the Senate. After deleting several key articles from the government text, the Assembly rejected as last year the "revenue" part of the text, with 458 votes against, from all groups, and two abstentions within the communist and ultramarine group.
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".
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".
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.
Jake Horton, Ben Chu and Rupert Carey of BBC Verify reviewed the President's statements and cross-referenced them with the available data and evidence.
Iranian Presidents Massoud Pezeshkian and Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky are expected on Wednesday at the UN General Assembly's rostrum, while today the Security Council is looking at the risks of AI with the participation of the bosses of the Sam Altman sector (OpenAI), Dario Amodei (Anthropic) and Clément Delangue (Hugging Face).
This summit is one of the largest diplomatic gatherings in the world, where leaders discuss issues that affect the future of the world.
The UN General Assembly opens on Tuesday 22 September with a speech by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, whose term ends at the end of the year. Many topics will be discussed, such as the war in Ukraine, the war in Sudan, and the protections against pandemics, which must also be reviewed or decided upon. Olivier Weber, a great reporter, former diplomat and author of "Angels and Ogres".
Emmanuel Macron proposed Monday, September 21, several initiatives to Donald Trump to curb the boom in oil prices that is driving the world economy, including a UN resolution on the Strait of Ormuz, the protection of Saudi sites and an "energy crisis" in the conflict in Ukraine. The explanations of Gauthier Rybinski, an international columnist in France 24.
The annual diplomatic meeting of early fall began on Tuesday, September 22, in New York. The eightieth edition of the UN General Assembly will focus on global conflicts, artificial intelligence and climate. The details of Anne Corpet, columnist in France 24.
The proposal for a comprehensive law against gender-based and sexual violence enters into the midst of its parliamentary process on Monday, with the beginning of its consideration by a special commission of the National Assembly. The government hopes that the text will be promulgated before the end of Emmanuel Macron's quinquennium, but the associations fear that the parliamentary shuttle will not succeed.
