Euro: Portugal-France and Germany-Hungary, burning shocks in more ways than one

The Euro, group F, like "chills" lives up to its name! Already qualified, the French can send Wednesday (21:00) Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal to the mat in the first round, a fate that also threatens Germany, host of Hungary in an incandescent context. At the time of the end of the group stage on Wednesday evening, the poster between the French world champions and the Portuguese European champions, guided by the returning Karim Benzema on one side and the stainless "CR7" on the other, looks like a final before the hour... and revenge of the 2016 final won by seleçao in France (1-0 a.p.). It is also a cleaver match for the title holder who, with only three points, can go to the trap in case of large defeat against the Blues, current first (4 pts). For Germany (3 pts), the spectre of a new elimination in the first round, three years after the debacle of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, also haunts the spirits. In this Euro where the first two of the group go to the knockout stages, accompanied by the four best thirds, the calculation is simple: a victory or a draw would allow the Portuguese and the Germans to continue the adventure. A defeat, and we would have to take out the calculator. The France team, battered Saturday by Hungary (1-1), intends to remain at the top of the group to benefit from a more open table thereafter. The first place would take him to Bucharest on Monday, June 28 to face Ukraine or Switzerland.

International Summit in Berlin to stabilize Libya

Engrav in stone the holding of elections in Libya at the end of the year and dismiss foreign troops and mercenaries: the main countries involved in the conflict meet Wednesday in Berlin for a new summit. All actors in the region and, for the first time, the Libyan transitional government will participate in this conference at the level of foreign ministers in the afternoon. On 19 January 2020, a first conference brought together in the German capital, under the aegis of the United Nations, the leaders of the countries involved, reaching a fragile agreement to end the conflict. Ten years after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, participants will take stock of the political transition in Libya.

Unemployment insurance: Council of State suspends controversial reform

In Paris, the Council of State suspended the controversial reform of unemployment insurance that was to come into force on July 1, with the unions hailing a "victory" where the Minister of Labour points to a simple question of "temporality". Seized by the unions, opposed from the beginning to this reform which they consider penalizing for job seekers, the judge of the highest administrative court suspended the rules for calculating the amount of unemployment benefit which were to come into force in ten days. On the other hand, the judge does not question the principle of the reform itself, "said the Council of State in a statement.

IN BRIEF

By beating the Czechs (1-0), thanks to a quick goal from Raheem Sterling, England took first place in Group D of the Euro and the eighth final at Wembley that goes with it.

Cro croatia struck Scotland (3-1) to snatch its ticket to the knockout stages of the Euro in Group D, pending the outcome of the first phase on Wednesday with Portugal-France.

The White House conceded that the vaccination target set by Joe Biden for July 4, National Day, would be missed, as 70% of adults will not have received at least one injection of Covid vaccine by then.

A strong magnitude 6 earthquake struck Lima and other areas of Peru's central coast on Tuesday night, without any damage or casualties being immediately recorded, the National Seismological Center said.