Financial situation: One in four Europeans is precarious

The Secours Populaire barometer published today, that one in four Europeans say they are in a precarious situation. This difficulty pushes them to give up certain needs. Indeed, 47% of Europeans have already given up heating their home despite the cold and 62% have already restricted their travel. This is because of a “difficult financial situation”, according to the study carried out by the Ipsos Institute among 6,000 individuals, aged 18 and over, from six countries (Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom).

Also, 29% of these people have skipped at least one meal when they were hungry. A total of 27% of respondents say they are in a precarious situation. 51% of Greeks consider themselves vulnerable, compared with 24% of the French and 18% of the Germans, when it comes to the details.

State budget 2023: a new vote of no confidence by the Unsubmissive against the French government

This Friday, in an effort to end the first reading of the 2023 state budget, the Paris National Assembly is considering a new motion of no confidence in the Unsubmissive against the government. This motion was launched after a serious incident during the session on Thursday in an atmosphere of quarrelling with RN deputies. Indeed, the Senate must consider the very probable rejection of the motion, which was considered starting at 3:30 p.m. starting on Thursday, November 17.

Highly controversial visit: Chancellor Scholz meets Xi Jinping

As part of a highly controversial visit, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing today. This meeting is due to the context of increasing Western distrust in the authoritarian Chinese regime. According to Xi Jinping, according to remarks reported by the public television CCTV, Mr. Scholz's visit “strengthened practical cooperation” with Germany.

Olaf Scholz for his part said that he wanted to “further develop” economic cooperation with China, despite “different points of view.”

Russian strikes: 4.5 million people without power

During the night of Thursday to Friday, nearly 4.5 million people in Ukraine were without power. This is because of Russian strikes against the country's infrastructure. Thus, President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced an “energy terror.” In his evening address, Zelensky pointed out that “just tonight, about 4.5 million consumers have been temporarily disconnected” in Kiev and ten other regions across the country.

For its part, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that it had detected “no signs of undeclared nuclear activities” at three sites inspected at Kiev's request.

Tensions: a shoot-out from North Korea last night

On Thursday night to date, North Korea fired a roadblock on a maritime “buffer” zone near its border with the South. In Seoul, in recent days, another episode of the spectacular increase in tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Until Saturday Seoul and Washington extended their largest joint aerial exercises ever, involving hundreds of warplanes on both sides after North Korea's apparently failed launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday morning.

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