French parties proposed referenda on immigration, compulsory military service, pension reforms, and euthanasia in response to President Macron’s call for a “cycle of discussions.”
Erdoğan’s AKP relies on the support of the nationalist MHP for parliamentary majority, but the party is not happy with the president’s agreement with Stockholm, looking to vote against the ratification.
As multiple civil rights groups are sounding the alarm, Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti tries to allay concerns. The emergence of a surveillance state as described in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, he said, was a “far-off” prospect.
The newly updated curriculum would force schools to teach their pupils about access to abortion services and prevention of adolescent pregnancy through use of contraception.
Benjamin Haddad, a member of the National Assembly representing Macron’s Renaissance Party, said the Wagner Group are “not just mercenaries, there is a will to kill civilians for political gain, to destabilize institutions.”
Incumbent prime minister and Social Democrat chairwoman, Mette Frederiksen, intends to hand in her resignation while negotiating a new alliance to come back with renewed parliamentary support.
