Right to Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy: The Parisian National Assembly votes to include it in the Constitution

Last Thursday, the National Assembly voted in favor of including the right to abortion in the Constitution on a proposal from LFI deputies. These deputies are reinvigorated by this “historic” victory in the midst of the Quatennens affair, before a chaotic end to the session. After a tense debate with the right and the extreme right who had tabled hundreds of amendments, a standing ovation from a large part of the House welcomed this adoption by 337 votes to 32.

Sexist and sexual violence: an awareness-raising guide published to bring about cultural change

The Paris Ministry of Civil Service published a guide on Friday to raise public employers' awareness of sexist and sexual violence and to better collect reports from victims. The aim of this guide is to bring about a “culture change.” Barely a hundred sanctions (from simple warning to dismissal) since 2018 have been imposed each year on state civil servants for sexist and sexual violence. Women thus represent nearly six out of ten employees in the state civil service, which employs around 2.5 million people.

Massive Russian strikes: Ukraine strives to repair damaged energy infrastructure on Friday

Massive Russian strikes damaged electricity in Kiev. With the Ukrainian energy system on the verge of collapse, millions of people have suffered emergency power outages in recent weeks. To this end, Ukraine was working today to build these energy infrastructures and to resupply millions of Ukrainians without heating and without light as winter sets in. Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, believed that Moscow's new strategy to plunge Ukraine into darkness would not weaken his country's resolve.

War in Ukraine: Olaf Scholz and Borne think to tune their violins in the name of Europe

This Friday, Olaf Scholz and Elisabeth Borne are meeting in Berlin to tune French and German violins on behalf of Europe and to make people forget their dissonances on defense and energy, amplified by the war in Ukraine. They think they will give “a new impetus” to the tandem, which is the driving force behind European integration, like Emmanuel Macron and Mr Scholz on 26 October in Paris.

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An extraordinary meeting of European interior ministers took place in Brussels following tensions between Paris and Rome over migrants rescued in the Mediterranean. These ministers are also concerned about the increase in arrivals via the Western Balkans route.

Starting next week, the new Twitter boss Elon Musk will reinstate accounts suspended on the platform if they did not break the law. According to his announcement, he thus returns to reassuring remarks during his takeover.

Le sort d' une cinquantaine d' espèces de requins requiem et requins-marteaux will be decide in Panama when of the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species conference.

In the 2022 World Cup, qualifications have already been noted for the round of 16. England and the Netherlands side on the same side while Qatar and Iran on the opposite side could see their fate sealed on Friday.

One of the favorites at the 2022 World Cup is Seleçao, which was confirmed on Thursday. She reunited her take-off against Serbia (2-0) with an incredible acrobatic return from Richarlison, a double striker. Ney leaves injured, victim of a sprain that causes concern.