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In Brazil, Lula's re-election as president was welcomed with relief by environmentalists, although he remains criticized for his support for oil exploration off the Amazon. After hosting COP30 in Belém in 2025, Lula maintains its goal of ending deforestation by 2030. But in a federal state, and without a majority in Congress, the Brazilian president will have limited room for manoeuvre.
Lula won a new fourth term as President of Brazil, upsetting the prognosis after a contested election. But electoral victory now opens another battle, that of compromises. Without a majority in Congress, the left-wing president will have to negotiate support and make concessions to carry out his program. Return to his election and decryption of the power relations that will affect this new mandate.
As the mid-term elections in the United States approached, the 435 seats in the House of Representatives and one third of the 100 seats in the Senate were renewed. Democrats are making progress in Senate polls, a particularly scrutinized development since Congress is one of the main counter-powers against the President. The details of Matthieu Mabin, corresponding to Washington.
Will Donald Trump manage to preserve the Republican majority in Congress in the mid-term elections? Higher prices, immigration, artificial intelligence and war in Iran: its domestic and foreign policy calls on the campaign, while the Democrats seek to win back decisive seats. Analysis with Matthieu Mabin, France 24 correspondent, and Jérôme Viala-Godefroy, lecturer at Sciences Po.
In the run-up to the mid-term elections, electoral redistributions are at the heart of the struggle between Republicans and Democrats. What impact can the "gerrymandering" have on the results and control of the House of Representatives? Decryption with Jérôme Viala-Godefroy, lecturer at Sciences Po, and Matthieu Mabin, correspondent from France 24 in Washington.
The Trump administration approved on Thursday the sale of 48 F-35 stealth fighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia for $24.3 billion. The draft still needs to be considered by Congress, where elected officials are concerned, inter alia, that aircraft technology is leaking to China.
