Emmanuel Macron will go on an official visit to Greenland this Sunday, June 15. The President of the Republic will move to this Danish autonomous territory at the invitation of his Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and that of Denmark, puts Frederiksen. The Head of State will be the first foreign leader to go there since Greenland has undergone the threats of annexation from US President Donald Trump.
The French head of state will then go to Canada, another territory coveted by Donald Trump, in order to attend the G7 summit. Last March, the American vice-president, JD Vance, went to the American military base in Pituffik, in the northwest of Greenland: his trip had been perceived as a provocation. Faced with the outcry, he had to give up a visit to the autonomous territory.
2 – Manuel Valls goes to Guyana
Manuel Valls will go to Guyana from Sunday June 15 to 18. The object of this trip? Make field meetings and conduct discussions on the institutional development of the territory. The program provides stages in Cayenne, with visits to the port of Dégid-des-Cannes, the Erwan Gourmelin Boxing Club (leader of the SOS Group in Guyana) and the home of young hibiscus workers.
The overseas Minister should also go to Saint-Georges de l’Oyapock and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. This trip will end with a tribute to Félix Éboué, who supported General de Gaulle during the call of June 18 since his post as governor of French Equatorial Africa.
3 – Great military parade in the United States
A military parade will take place tomorrow in Washington. The parade will start from the Pentagon and end at the Arlington cemetery. The objective of this parade, which will include 28 tanks M1A1 Abrams, 28 Bradley combat vehicles, 50 combat helicopters and 7,000 soldiers: celebrating the 250th anniversary of the US military foundation.
Unlike France, this kind of event is not a tradition: the last military parade dates back to 1991. The opponents of the American president deplore the choice of the date, which coincides with the 79th anniversary of the Head of State. In addition, a national mobilization called “No Kings Day” could spoil the party wanted by Donald Trump. The objective of this counter-demonstration is to denounce the “Militarization” of American democracy.
4 – Club World Cup in the United States
The FIFA 2025 club World Cup will take place from Sunday June 15 to July 13. 32 teams will compete for the prestigious title. This Sunday, Paris Saint-Germain, still crowned European champion, will face Atlético de Madrid at 9 p.m. at Rose Boul Stadium in Los Angeles.
The matches will take place in many American cities, such as New York, Seattle, Atlanta and Miami. The 63 games will be broadcast on the Dazn sports streaming platform. The competition winner will affect $ 125 million.
5 – The good news of the day
The Toulouse company Kinéis has just completed the orbit of its nanosatellites allowing any connection anywhere on the globe. Founded in 2018 in Ramonville-Saint-Agne (Haute-Garonne), the company would allow, with this considerable advance, to get rid of white areas and locate the connected objectives absolutely all over the world.
Recall that almost 85 % of the surface of the planet is not covered by land networks of telecommunications. The company, which starts very hard, aims at the profitability threshold by the end of the year and plans to exceed 20 million euros in turnover from 2026.
