This new hospitalisation of the pontiff rekindles rumours about his state of health and a possible renunciation of his office.

The unhealthy political, social, and economic climate in France is now of international concern. The Council of Europe has sounded the alarm against excessive use of violence against the demonstrators.

Japan is very concerned about the parallels that can be drawn between the situation in Eastern Europe and the situation in Asia. “Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow,” Foreign Minister Hayashi said.

The new movement is designed to defend the family, motherhood, fatherhood, the rights and needs of the child, intergenerational solidarity, and recommends a ‘family’ approach from birth to the end of life in French politics.

The Ukrainian government considers the monastery a pro-Russian hotbed and thus intends to expel the monks.

France goes further than the countries that have already taken the step of banning TikTok for their agents. ‘Recreational’ platforms such as Candy Crush or Netflix may be next.

The restoration work will have been an undertaking on a totally unprecedented scale—a material experience, but also a spiritual one, of which our contemporary era offers few examples.

The country is plagued by all sorts of blockades and other incidents. Roadblocks are set up on many roads and around major cities by demonstrators.

Beyond the organisational frustrations, the optics of the king’s reception and the almost revolutionary atmosphere in France contributed to the cancellation.

The prime minister justifies her action by defending the rights of women, whom she considers to be “the first victims of gender ideology.”

Gisèle Halimi fits in quite perfectly with the progressive political agenda, uniting the feminist with the decolonial struggle: an excellent marker of the political neuroses of our time.

Even if the government has not been overthrown and the pension law is automatically adopted, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne now suffers from a severe lack of legitimacy.