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The French government will release 10 million barrels of oil from the country's strategic reserves, in order to help stabilize supply in the face of market tensions. This measure is taking place in a context of severe disruptions to the oil market and aims to address the risks of shortages and rising prices that consumers can no longer bear.
Is France heading straight for an autumn of anger? What are the reasons for dissatisfaction? What reality do they correspond to? And what impact on the election campaign? Let's talk about it with Vincent Jarousseau, photographer and documentary artist, author of "In souls and ballots; ten years at the meeting of France that votes RN." (Éd. Les Arenes) and Jean Garrigues, president of the International Commission for the History of Assemblies.
On the menu of the Political Essential: the geopolitics that come into the presidential campaign, the unpopular budget 2027 and Ségolène Royal that comes to play the trouble-fest at the primary of the left. With Richard Werly, editor and journalist for Swiss media Blick.
On Friday, Berlin announced measures to reduce the price of fuel, a few days after Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to make a gesture for consumers affected by the price boom. These measures were announced before two regional elections at high risk for power, weakened by a recent victory of the far-right AfD party.
The device intended for large rollers was to end at the end of the month, but trade minister Serge Papin assured that it would be extended.
