The discussion between Ursula von der Leyen and Viktor Orbán on May 9th lasted throughout the afternoon and continued into the evening.
In Sokoto State, as in eleven other northern states of Nigeria, Sharia law is applied alongside ordinary law. Islamic law punishes those guilty of blasphemy with death penalty.
The announcement of Elisabeth Borne’s appointment did not arouse much enthusiasm in the French press. Her profile gives the impression of a default and very bureaucratic choice.
The ecologist Éric Piolle wants to put the burkini issue to the vote in his city and sees it as a militant act. In the name of freedom, he wants to authorise the wearing of the burkini, but also topless swimming. He naively hopes to see the two cohabit in the pools of Grenoble.
The Valneva CEO does not intend to give up, as he explains that he regularly receives a very large number of requests from Europeans looking for a traditional vaccine solution against the COVID-19 virus.
French paradox: no one wants to give Emmanuel Macron a majority, but all the projections in seats suggest that he will have a comfortable majority. It has been a long time since France has not been in such an absurd, not to say grotesque, political situation.
The absurdity of the French administrative situation may lead to giggles all over the world, but the phenomenon described in the Senate report is quite serious and is due to the country’s inability to adopt a clear and firm migration policy.
The delegation had requested a private audience, which was not granted. Nevertheless, as the Pope thanked the crowd in various languages, he publicly mentioned the presence of La Voie Romaine association by name.
The arrests were made under the security law enacted by the Chinese government in June 2020. A wave of international protests followed the announcement.
The common sense argument provided by her late pregnancy allows her to withdraw from the campaign without having to justify politically her choice at length. She retains her place in the party’s organisation chart, where she holds the position of executive vice-president.
Behind Leggeri’s departure lies the question of Europe’s choices in terms of migration policy: should it favour firmness and control, or on the contrary, put forward the defence of migrants’ rights?
The debate comes at a particularly sensitive time, when the question of applying new sanctions against Russia is coming up against the objections of three European states, including Hungary. The proposal to generalise qualified majority voting is far from unanimous among European states.
