The Minister of Culture Rachida Dati will travel to Morocco from Sunday, 16 to Tuesday, February 18. The objective of this displacement is to strengthen the dynamics of cultural cooperation between France and Morocco. The minister will speak with the authorities and local elected officials in Laâyoune and Dakhla.
Rachida Dati will in particular inaugurate a French institute in this first city. At the end of her trip, the Minister will carry out bilateral interviews in Rabat with members of the Moroccan government. She will be around her counterpart Mehdi Bensaïd on partnership projects in the field of culture.
2 – Jordan Bardella continues his dedications
The president of the RN, Jordan Bardella, continues his Tour de France as part of the permanent campaign of the National Rally. After a visit to Gironde last week, the MEP will go this Saturday, February 15, in Castres this Saturday, in Castres in the Tarn for a signing session of his book What I’m looking for (Fayard).
On January 24, on X, Jordan Bardella informed his subscribers that his book sold at least 200,000 copies. He will be accompanied for the occasion by the Tarnais Guilhem Carayon, vice-president of the Union of the Rights for the Republic (UDR), a movement led by Éric Ciotti and a party ally with the flame.
3 – Last television duel between Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz
The current German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his competitor of the Christian Democratic Party Friedrich Merz will compete this Sunday, February 16 for a second and last television duel around 8:15 p.m. This debate will take place a week from the legislative elections launched by the implosion of the coalition – known as tricolor fire – in power.
For the moment, polls are extremely favorable to Friedrich Merz, which has almost 30 % of voting intentions. It is followed by the German anti-immigration party, AFD, led by Alice Weidel and supported by Elon Musk, who would collect 21 % of the vote at this stage. Olaf Scholz’s SPD party would only harvest only 16 % of the voting intentions. During the first televised debate between the two men, Olaf Scholz had multiplied the attacks, while the opposition chief remained calm in front of his opponent. They had largely exchanged on migration policy and the economy.
4 – Bafta Awards ceremony
The 78th British Academy Film Awards (or BAFTA) ceremony will take place this Sunday, February 16, 2025 in London. The nominees for the Bafta for the best film are Anora, The Brutalist, a perfect stranger, Conclave And Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard. These last two feature films combine twelve appointments and eleven nominations respectively.
Other awards will be awarded, such as those of the best British film, the best non-England film, the best documentary film, the best animated film, the best director, the best actor, the best actress or the best original screenplay.
5 – The good news of the day
Good news in the health field. The activity of transplants was increasing sharply in 2024. The 6,000 transplants bar was crossed in France, reaching a level higher than the period before COVID and comparable to the 2017 figures. A good result allowed thanks to the numerous calls from the biomedicine agency and patient associations. This increase is 7.1 % compared to 2023. All types of transplants experience an increase: + 7.8 % for heart transplants, + 8.4 % for pulmonary transplants, + 23 % for pancreatic transplants…
