The European campaign saw further acceleration on Sunday May 5, with the first debate bringing together the seven main leaders. Jordan Bardella (National Rally, RN), Valérie Hayer (Renaissance), Raphaël Glucksmann (Socialist Party-Public Square), Manon Aubry (La France insoumise), Marie Toussaint (Les Ecologists), François-Xavier Bellamy (Les Républicains) and Marion Maréchal (Reconquête!) debated for more than two hours, during the program “Le Grand Jury”, co-organized by RTL, Le Figaro, M6 and Paris Première, in partnership with La Chaîne Parlementaire (LCP).
This is the first debate of this type in which Jordan Bardella is participating, after letting MEP Thierry Mariani and the former boss of Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, represent the RN, on April 10 and March 14.
War in Ukraine and European defense
Concerning the potential sending of troops to Ukraine, as mentioned several times by Emmanuel Macron, “it is obviously necessary to support [Kiev] »estimated François-Xavier Bellamy, but “with weapons and ammunition”. “What is a President of the Republic who spends his time expounding on strategic ambiguity? », he said. Valérie Hayer, Renaissance candidate, spoke of the risk of open conflict with Russia and wishes “strengthen European defense”defending the position of the head of state. “Tomorrow, if Russia wins in Ukraine, if Poland is attacked, we will also be attacked. We must not play into Russia’s hands,” said M.me Hayer, who denounces the positionss “ambiguous » of the RN with regard to Moscow. In front of her, Jordan Bardella, explained that he wanted “support Ukraine and avoid escalation with Russia”.
From the start of the debate, most of the candidates targeted the head of the National Rally list. Marie Toussaint notably estimated that the RN candidate is “a foreign agent”. The latter also criticized the positioning of Jordan Bardella in the European Parliament, who did not “never voted in favor of freeing ourselves from Russian gas”. The presidential camp candidate judged ” ashamed “ the ” support “ of the RN to Russia, recalling that Mr. Bardella had not “never supported the convictions [du Parlement européen] against the imprisonment of the Russian opponent » Alexei Navalny, who has since died in prison. For her part, Manon Aubry attacked Jordan Bardella about his record as an MEP. “You are no longer the party with the national flame, but the party with the national laziness”she said.
The conflict between Israel and Hamas was also at the center of the debates. The LR candidate denounced the behavior of La France insoumise: “I am dismayed to see that LFI is capitalizing on the apology of terrorism. » “Isn’t a civilian death in the Gaza Strip worth a civilian death in Ukraine? »asked for the head of the LFI list.
Ecological transition, agriculture and environment
Questioned on the question of ecological transition, several candidates criticized the planned ban on the sale of new thermal cars from 2035. Thus Jordan Bardella (“a blow to the purchasing power of our fellow citizens”) or Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, who sees it as a risk for the automobile industry and a measure which “once again favors Chinese imports”. Valérie Hayer stressed that it was not a question “no telling the French tomorrow “you will no longer be able to use your thermal car””, more than “you can continue to use second-hand thermal cars”while Raphaël Glucksmann approved the development “European electric car sectors”.
Marie Toussaint highlighted the need for “lower VAT with a green and circular VAT on products that are good for health, good for the planet and good for employment”while Raphaël Glucksmann advocated a « Buy European Act [à l’image du “Buy American Act” aux Etats-Unis]which reserves public orders for European production, which also requires massive investment in green industries.. For François-Xavier Bellamy, the issue is not “how do we prevent the French from living, working, producing, but on the contrary how do we get other countries in the world out of decarbonization” (sic).
The debate quickly turned to the agricultural crisis. While Jordan Bardella and Marion Maréchal-Le Pen highlighted the excess of “ever more difficult standards and constraints for our farmers”Valérie Hayer emphasized that they were the “first victims of climate change” and that the last renegotiation of the common agricultural policy (CAP) had a triple objective of“support in the environmental transition, better income for farmers and commitment to food sovereignty”. François-Xavier Bellamy and Jordan Bardella denounced the “Farm to the Fork” strategy, adopted in October 2021, aiming, according to them, at a “agricultural decline”when Manon Aubry called for a “transformation of the agricultural model” and to the « fin [des] free trade agreements ».
Immigration challenge in Europe
For Manon Aubry, who defends a welcome ” worthy “ migrants, European migration policy is “inhumane and ineffective because it has transformed our Mediterranean Sea into an open-air cemetery”. The LFI candidate also considered that Frontex is a “an agency of death at the borders of the European Union”referring to Fabrice Leggeri, number three on the RN list, and targeted by a complaint for complicity in crimes against humanity.
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For their part, Jordan Bardella and Marion Maréchal-Le Pen wish “repress” et “return” the boats. “Our country has become a social window for immigration from all over the world”lamented the RN candidate. “Your platform slogans on zero immigration are a TikTok video. This does not correspond to reality”launched Raphaël Glucksmann after Jordan Bardella’s comments. “We must put an end to hypocrisy, did he declare, because it creates chaos and indignity for human beings”he added.
While the right-wing candidates considered that there is “too much immigration in France”Marion Toussaint said “that we need immigration”. Manon Aubry then questioned the RN candidate on the reception of Ukrainian refugees in France. “I was in favor of it”he replied, but not the “Afghan refugees”evoking the murder of Matisse, 15, killed by a teenager of the same age of Afghan origin.
When asked about the concept of « remigration »recently set up by the United Kingdom, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen and Jordan Bardella both said they were in favor of “return the illegal immigrants”. “Today, there are a certain number of people who are on French territory and who have nothing to do there”she insisted.
Economic war against China
A few hours before the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping in France, Raphaël Glucksmann deplored the reproduction “the same errors” in “establishing a friendly relationship with the one who is the main sponsor of Vladimir Putin’s war” and who practices “Slavery of the Uighurs”. The candidate of the Socialist Party and Place publique called for “end of naivety” while speaking “the language of firmness” in front of the ” unfair competition “ from Beijing. François-Xavier Bellamy agreed with this by denouncing the “strategy of destruction of the European economy” by China.
Valérie Hayer (Renaissance) replied that“we also need China on a certain number of subjects such as the fight against climate change” and recalled the implementation of measures such as “the obligation of reciprocity on access to public markets”. The ecologist Marie Toussaint called for going further with a « Buy Green and European Act »a European preference for public procurement, and an extension of the carbon tax to the continent’s borders.
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We publish the details of the new corruption case in the Ministry of Supply
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Sources at the Ministry of Supply and Foreign Trade revealed a new corruption case in the ministry, involving M.M., the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade in one of the governorates of Upper Egypt, where the incident boils down to the unlawful disbursement of quantities of coarse apostasy during the months of January and February of 2023. From the Middle Egypt Mills Company, where the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Supply and others were accused by the computer official for disbursing coarse waste, at the Middle Egypt Mills Company, for giving it instructions to disburse quantities of coarse waste during the month of February 2023 without documents supporting the disbursement to the names of persons not entitled to disbursement. Those quantities of gross apostasy were given to them, without right, and he sold those quantities on the black market for his personal account.
The accusations against Plaintiff M.M. include that he forged invoices for the disbursement of roughage attributed to the Middle Egypt Mills Company, and disbursed them by proving that these fictitious persons were entitled to disburse those quantities of roughage, contrary to the truth, and by that means they were able to profit from the recipients of those quantities, who numbered 3 people. They obtained a profit for them, which was the difference between the official price of the Middle Egypt Mills Company and the prevailing price on the black market, and that the total value of the profit that these merchants obtained from receiving the rough material, without right, is an amount of 2 million two hundred and sixteen thousand and eight hundred and seventy pounds. .
Investigations revealed that the accused (M.M.), Undersecretary of the Ministry of Supply, gave verbal instructions to others to disburse these quantities of roughage to these merchants, without any papers supporting the disbursement, and unlawfully, based on what was stated in the testimony of the defendants.
Officials in the Ministry of Supply and sugar companies were arrested on corruption charges. The Administrative Control Authority arrested the advisor to the Minister of Supply responsible for follow-up, control and distribution within his office in the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade, and 9 others were arrested in a corruption network within the Ministry of Supply. And private companies deal with the Ministry of Supply.
The administrative control followed up this file well, and they were arrested according to audio and video recordings, and they also received major bribes, saying: “The minister has nothing to do with this matter. This advisor left the ministry without worrying about it, and this man has been in the supply department since 2015 and was promoted.” A few months ago.”
People in milling companies, sugar company officials, and wholesale companies were also arrested, and 900 tons of sugar were confiscated at a packing plant in one of the governorates.
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Russia attacks Ukrainian Forces command post in Dnepropetrovsk
The Russian Army attacked a command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city of Dnepropetrovsk this Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The ministerial spokesman, Igor Konashénkov, specified that the target was reached through an attack with high-precision weapons.
“On the evening of July 28, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched an attack with high-precision weapons against a command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Dnepropetrovsk,” the spokesperson said, adding that ” the designated objective was reached” and the purpose of the attack was “accomplished.”
Defense noted, among other advances, that, in the direction of Donetsk, “enemy losses” amounted to more than 120 Ukrainian soldiers in a single day. Three armored fighting vehicles, two vehicles and a howitzer were also destroyed. At the same time, 97 artillery units in firing positions, as well as fighters and military equipment in 103 districts, were hit in the direction of Kherson.
For their part, the air defense forces intercepted seven British-made long-range cruise missiles Storm Shadow, two projectiles launched by American HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and two anti-aircraft missiles of the S-200 air defense system modernized for attacks against ground targets. With RT
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