This Thursday, April 17 will be the last day to join the Republicans and participate in the vote to be held May 17 and 18 to elect the next president of the party. The number of members authorized to vote has already exploded: from 43,859 on February 13, it is now almost 100,000, according to our information.
In the running, two candidates: the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau, and the leader of the DR group in the Assembly Laurent Wauquiez. If the tenant of Beauvau is given favorite, nothing has yet been played. Opposite, in his assumed role of challenger, Laurent Wauquiez pushes the fires of radicality to try to regain control. The two men will have a month to convince members. They will both lead public meetings tomorrow: Bruno Retailleau at 4 p.m. in Périgueux, then at 6 p.m. in Brive (Corrèze), and Laurent Wauquiez at 12 noon in Amiens in the Somme, then at 7:30 p.m. in the Rhône.
2 – Move from Giorgia Meloni to Washington
The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, will go this Thursday, April 17 in Washington to be discussed to chat with Donald Trump. This exchange will revolve around American customs duties on the produced exported by the European Union. During a meeting with Italian entrepreneurs, Meloni expressed his intention to reallocate up to 25 billion euros in existing European funds to help reduce the impact of new Donald Trump taxes.
Her round trip will be fast, since she will welcome the American vice-president the next day JD Vance, in Rome. The latter, who converted to Catholicism, should in particular take a step at the Vatican before Easter.
3 – Emmanuel Macron speech on the 200 years of Haitian independence
Emmanuel Macron will announce this Thursday, April 17 “Initiatives” In order to mark the 200 years of the recognition by France of Haiti’s independence. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, “The President of the Republic said that our common past should not be forgotten and that it was the responsibility of France to bring the memory of slavery to life throughout the national territory as in Haiti”.
On April 17, 1825, King Charles X recognized the independence of Haiti – in exchange for compensation of 150 million gold francs intended to compensate for the former French settlers. The reimbursement of Haitian debt has spread over several decades, to the detriment of the country’s development. Today, Haiti is going through a major humanitarian and security crisis.
4 – Decision regarding the change of name of the street and the district of “La Negresse” in Biarritz
On February 6, the Bordeaux Administrative Court of Appeal ordered the town hall of Biarritz to rename the street and the “La Négress” district in the city. To do this, the repeal (within three months) of two municipal deliberations of 1861 and 1986, attributing this name to a district and a street, was claimed. Problem: according to the mayor of the city, “This deliberation does not exist”.
The municipality’s lawyer, Pierre Cambot, introduced a “request for rectification of material error” last March. The Bordeaux Administrative Court of Appeal will render its decision this Thursday, April 17, April 17. Since the start of this affair, the Memoires et Shares association, which has claimed the change of name, has received numerous insults and threats and has chosen to file a complaint on April 8 against X for cyberbullying and death threats.
5 – The good news of the day
This Tuesday, April 15, at the end of a painful match, PSG nevertheless managed to rise to the semi-finals of the Champions League. After winning 3-1 last week against Aston Villa, PSG lost 2-3 last night in England during the return match.
But this defeat did not prevent the Paris club from qualifying. The Parisian goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnaruma, made it possible to avoid the debacle thanks to these five judgments. Despite the fright, Parisian supporters will be able to see their club in the final square!
