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On Wednesday, France and several left-wing voices denounced the holding of several "neofascist" events this weekend in Paris. Among them, a signing session, scheduled Friday, of the Austrian far right activist Martin Sellner, or a demonstration planned Sunday by the collective Objective Remigration.
The French Foreign Ministry called on Wednesday the Iranian ambassador in Paris to denounce the "disinformation campaign" that France accuses Iran of leading about the high school movement. Paris also describes as "unfounded" the convening by Tehran of the French ambassador to Iran the previous day.
In #Metz, the Pope called for lessons from history in the face of the return of war in #Europe. Based on the words of Robert #Schuman, he pleads for a Europe committed to dialogue, the courage of negotiations and the search for #peace.
French President Emmanuel Macron held a speech at the rostrum of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. In particular, he criticized the peace efforts for the Gaza Strip, stating that no humanitarian path had been opened since an "apparent peace" in the Palestinian enclave and describing the situation as a "honest to all" spectacle.
Ed Sheeran apologized on Saturday for the polemic that erupted this week when rapper Macklemore was removed from the tour of the British singer for which he had to secure the first parts due to pro-Palestinian comments. "What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic, unjustifiable and disproportionate," said Ed Sheeran at the opening of his first concert in Philadelphia.
The parliamentary elections start this Friday 18 September in Russia. The European Union has denounced elections taking place in a climate of "systematic and institutionalized repression" while a body of Russian opponents to the Council of Europe has called the election "simulacre". The details of Éléna Volochine, journalist and former correspondent France 24 in Moscow.
