Poor figures for the French economy
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by Emilien Lacombe
1d ago
Bruno Le Maire at the French National Assembly (twitter) By 2023, the public deficit will have risen to 5.5% of GDP, and public debt to 110.6% of GDP, according to INSEE. This slippage is an embarrassment for the government. The public deficit for 2023 stands at €154.0 bn, or 5.5% of gross domestic product (GDP), after 4.8% in 2022 and 6.6% in 2021, reveals Insee. Bercy had forecast a deficit of 4.9% in the Finance Act for 2024. Revenues slow significantly in 2023, rising by 2.0% after +7.4% in 2022. The rate of compulsory levies falls to 43.5% of GDP after 45.2% in 2022, close to the pre-Co ..read more
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CHRU Nancy : Automatic cardiac massage for astronauts
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by FrenchDailyNews
3d ago
A multidisciplinary team in the Airbus A31 (photo CHRU Nancy) Space medicine: doctors and researchers from Nancy test an automatic cardiac massage for astronauts. A team of researchers from Nancy is currently working on the feasibility of cardiac massage in weightlessness. Real-life experiments will take place from March 25 to 29 at Bordeaux airport, in conjunction with CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales). Why test emergency medical protocols in the space environment? In the coming years, the main international space agencies are planning ambitious space projects with long mission dura ..read more
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Terrorism : Threats to high schools in Eastern France
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by Marcel Gay
3d ago
Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons After high schools in the Paris region, numerous secondary schools in Lorraine, Alsace and Champagne-Ardenne have been targeted by terrorist threats. Identical threats were made in several regions. Following a series of hackings of digital exchange platforms (Espaces Numériques de Travail – ENT) between students, parents and teachers, messages of terrorist threats targeted 150 middle and high schools in the Paris region. They were sometimes accompanied by videos of beheadings. The final act was scheduled for this Monday, March 25, 2024. On Sunday ..read more
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Vigipirate plan in “Urgence attentat” mode
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by Emilien Lacombe
3d ago
Military on patrol (DR) “Given the Islamic State’s claim to responsibility for the attack and the threats facing our country, we have decided to raise the Vigipirate posture to its highest level: urgence attentat” (Gabriel Attal). Four months ahead of the Paris Olympic Games (July 26-August 11), Emmanuel Macron chaired a Defense Council meeting on “the Moscow attack and its consequences” at the Élysée Palace on Sunday evening. The attack on the Crocus City Hall, a concert venue near Moscow, left at least 137 people dead and over 180 injured on Friday evening. The attack was claimed by the Is ..read more
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Islamic State claims responsibility for Moscow attack
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by Marcel Gay
6d ago
attack fire moscow (capture X) The Kalashnikov attack on a concert hall and hypermarket on the outskirts of Moscow left at least 40 people dead and over a hundred injured. Carnage. On the evening of Friday March 22, 2024, a mass slaughter reminiscent of the Bataclan attack in Paris on November 13, 2015, took place in the Moscow suburbs. Several assailants fired weapons at the audience of the Crocus City Hall, where a rock band was due to perform. Many people were killed – at least 40 according to a very provisional estimate – and around a hundred injured. At the same time, the roof of the sh ..read more
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Ukraine : Will France go to war?
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by Marcel Gay
1w ago
War in Ukraine (Unlimphotos) After Emmanuel Macron’s comments about sending “the guys to Odessa”, Russia retorts that French soldiers will be “priority targets” for Moscow. At a conference of countries supporting Ukraine in Paris in late February 2024, President Macron hinted at the possibility of such a deployment to support the country in its conflict with Russia, now entering its third year. A few days later, in a private discussion revealed by Le Monde, Emmanuel Macron reportedly confirmed sending “the guys to Odessa”. A threat taken very seriously by Moscow. Sergei Narychkin, head of Ru ..read more
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Storm warning in the Pacific
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by FrenchDailyNews
1w ago
Spiridon Ion Cepleanu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A “feud” between two powerful businessmen causes a stir. On my left, the Moux dynasty. Albert, the 79-year-old father, and his son Patrick, the ebullient boss of Vodafone Pacifique, both directors of the Pacific Island Energy (PIE) group. The core business of this family-run company is to source refined petroleum from Singapore, provide transport and distribute gasoline at the pump under the Shell brand to a dozen or so islands in the region. On my right is Gaspard Ravel, 83, a self-made man through and through. After landing on the ..read more
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Macron plays with (nuclear) fire
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by Emilien Lacombe
1w ago
President Macron answers questions from TF1 and France2 journalists (capture X) “We are not at war with Russia”, declared the French President in his interview with TF1 and France 2. So why send weapons to Kiev so that Russia doesn’t win this war? It was difficult to follow Emmanuel Macron’s thoughts during his interview with journalists from TF1 and France2 on Thursday March 14, 2024. The President was expected to clarify his position on sending ground troops to Ukraine. Instead, his mishmash of confused words about war and peace, about an adversary who is not an enemy, served to blur the m ..read more
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A photovoltaic park at the Chambley base (54)
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by Marcel Gay
2w ago
Centrale photovoltaïque de Marville (Yann Debernardy, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) An information meeting is scheduled at Hagéville town hall this Friday, March 15, 2024, concerning the installation of a photovoltaic farm at Chambley Planet’Air that could compromise aeronautical activity. Explanations. Is the project to install a vast field of photovoltaic panels on the Chambley-Bussières air base in Meurthe-et-Moselle compatible with aeronautical activity (over 500 licensees) and therefore with the socio-economic activity of the sector, which employs over 300 people? Safety risks W ..read more
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Gard department : six people, including two children, reported missing
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by Marcel Gay
2w ago
ntempéries-gard (tweeter) The cars in which they were travelling were swept away by the floods. Twelve departments have been placed on orange alert. After several months of drought, torrents of water have been pouring down on the Mediterranean region since Friday March 8, 2024. The Monica low-pressure system and the well-known Cevennes phenomena are to blame. The consequences: small streams quickly become torrents, rivers overflow their banks and the sea backs up the water from rivers. Flooded roads quickly became extremely dangerous. Cars washed away The human toll was particularly high on ..read more
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