Draft 2023 budget in France: a tumultuous review launched on Monday

Today, MEPs begin the tumultuous examination of the 2023 draft budget in the hemicycle. It is a text that the government is already preparing to pass without a vote, as there is no absolute majority for Macronists. With the intervention of ministers and the various political groups, the session is due to open at 16:00 and the Assembly will probably start tackling the more than 3,000 amendments tabled on this first part of the draft finance law (PLF) on Tuesday. For their part, MEPs must first look at the 2023-2027 budgetary trajectory.

Rio-Paris crash: Airbus and Air France judged today

A few hours after takeoff, flight AF447 connecting Rio de Janeiro and Paris crashed in the middle of the night, killing its 216 passengers and 12 crew members. It was the deadliest disaster in the history of Air France. However, on June 1, 2009, the Rio-Paris crashed into the Atlantic, claiming the lives of 228 people. Airbus and Air France are on trial starting Monday, October 10, 2022 for manslaughter more than 13 years after the crash. Heavy with stakes for the European aircraft manufacturer, the French airline, the families of the victims but also for global air transport, this trial must last until December 8 at the Paris Criminal Court.

Nice attack: 173 organs taken from victims, François Molins questioned

François Molins, now the Prosecutor General at the Court of Cassation, one of the highest French judges, was the Paris Public Prosecutor, in charge of national terrorism cases at the time of the attack that killed 86 people and injured more than 400 on July 14, 2016.

During his attacks, autopsies were performed on fourteen victims, including four children. A total of 173 organs were removed. This Monday, the former anti-terrorist prosecutor François Molins is due to answer the question Why were organs taken from victims of the Nice attack? on the occasion of his hearing before the Paris Special Assize Court.

UN General Assembly: Toward a resolution condemning Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions

At a Security Council meeting on September 30, Russia blocked a similar text prompting a decision to bring a matter to the attention of the General Assembly, where the 193 UN member states each have one vote, without a veto. Thus, starting this Monday, the General Assembly is considering a resolution condemning the annexation of four Ukrainian regions by Russia, with Westerners hoping to prove Moscow's isolation on the international scene.

For the European Union ambassador responsible for drafting the draft resolution in collaboration with Ukraine and other countries, “If the UN system and the international community, via the General Assembly, did not react to these types of illegal attempts, they would be in a very bad situation” raquo;.

IN SHORT

On Monday morning, the Portuguese Rui Pinto is due to start testifying in the Lisbon court where he is being tried for computer piracy and attempted extortion.

At a time when a global recession awaits Benjamin of the Nobels, the economics prize brings the famous awards season to a close on Monday, with specialists on work, poverty, and altruism named among the possible winners.

The official North Korean agency KCNA said on Monday that North Korea's missile launches in recent weeks were tactical nuclear simulations, and were personally supervised by leader Kim Jong Un.

Following Haiti's call for help in the fight against criminal gangs, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Sunday for the international community to send troops to support the country.

Today, the fallen former film producer Harvey Weinstein returns to the American courts for a new trial for rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles, during which he faces up to 140 years in prison. It should be recalled that he had already been convicted in New York.