France 2: the French President on the new political show

The French Head of State is invited for the second time in two weeks on “L'Evénement”, the channel's new political program hosted by Caroline Roux, at 8:30pm. He would be given an interview to explain the direction of his five-year term, from pensions to immigration, and to reaffirm his ambition to reform despite crises and setbacks.

Strengthening Franco-German cooperation: towards meeting common challenges

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Schulz aim to “strengthen Franco-German cooperation” and to respond to common challenges in a “united and united manner”. This is a summary of the French Presidency yesterday, after lunch between the two leaders at the Élysée Palace. Thus, they will try today to relaunch the Franco-German tandem, which is burdened by a series of disputes, from energy to defense, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. In reality, this ambition does not mask the sometimes gaping differences between the two leading European powers and which led to the postponement of a Franco-German Council of Ministers, the first of Olaf Schulz, scheduled for the same day near Paris for several weeks.

First estimate of French growth: third quarter expected to rise slightly

INSEE released last Friday an initial estimate of economic activity in France in the third quarter, expected to rise slightly, despite fears in “Everyone's Head”. In early October, the National Institute of Statistics expected growth of 0.2% this summer, slightly less than the Bank of France's estimates (0.25%) after the pleasant surprise in spring (0.5% GDP growth in the second quarter). According to Denis Ferrand, managing director of the Rexecode Institute, “We have the impression that the recession is in everyone's heads, but simply not in the numbers.”

Question session in the UK: Rishi Sunak faces opposition in Parliament

During the traditional, often very lively question session with the Prime Minister, a non-white Hindu head of government from a former English colony, will face members of the House of Commons at midday. He is the youngest in recent history. Indeed, Rishi Sunak, the brand-new British Prime Minister, will address Parliament today for the first time in the face of Labour opposition at the highest level in the polls who are calling for early elections in a country in the midst of an economic and political crisis. This opposition, which is widely in the lead in the polls and calls for early general elections almost every day, without waiting for 2024, denouncing the policies of the conservatives who “destroyed the economy.”

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