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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.
Kiev and Moscow announced that they had started a truce Tuesday morning in Olechky, a city in southern Ukraine under Russian occupation. Objective: to conduct a humanitarian operation in this isolated locality, where the inhabitants lack everything.
On Thursday, the French government announced its draft budget for 2027, which provides €43 billion in savings. Target: To reduce the deficit to 5% of GDP in 2027, compared to 5.6% projected in 2026. Here are the main measures announced by Matignon.
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.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the ruling majority activists marched in mass to support President Félix Tshisekedi. A mobilization organised a week after the opposition. Displayed objective: show the support of the presidential camp for the proposed constitutional change.
In DR Congo, the ruling majority activists marched in mass to support President Félix Tshisekedi. A mobilization organised a week after the opposition. Displayed objective: show the support of the presidential camp for the proposed constitutional change.
