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A mob “in honor of Marshal Pétain and his army” took place on Saturday in Verdun in a closed church and was reserved for members of the organizing association only, despite restrictions sought by the mayor. At the exit the religious service was criticized by a hundred protesters who came to the scene, commenting “clearly revisionist” held, lamented the prefect of the Meuse, Xavier Delarue. A member of the Association for the Defense of the Memory of Marshal Pétain (ADMP) specifically stated to journalists that the leader of the Vichy regime, who was sentenced to death in 1945, had “France’s first resistance fighter”. The prefect immediately announced to file a complaint. The Minister of Home Affairs cursed “every effort to rehabilitate figures associated with collaboration and oppression.”
Five months after launching the “Popular Front 2027” project, on July 2 in Bagneux (Hauts-de-Seine), a group of left-wing “unionists” – socialists, ecologists, former rebels who are now members of the small parties “l’après”, Génération·s and Lucie Castets – appeared together on Saturday, November 15 in Trappes. The united left, which hopes to overtake Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Raphaël Glucksmann, also met this Sunday, then announced the holding of primary elections for “fall 2026”. For now, three candidates have been announced: François Ruffin, Clémentine Autain and Marine Tondelier, who will be officially nominated by her party in early December.
He has been detained in Venezuela since June 26, arrested at the Paraguachón border post, between Venezuela and Colombia where he lives. This week, after four months in detention, Camilo Castro is free, Emmanuel Macron announced in X. He found his family in the afternoon at Orly airport. “It was an honor for our diplomacy to secure his release from prison. Thank you to the partners who supported our efforts.” congratulate Jean-Noel Barrot, head of French diplomacy, who clarified that there was not “no consideration” for his release.
A 12-year-old teenager was seriously injured by several bullets at a drug sales place in Grenoble, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, November 16, police and prosecutors announced this Sunday. Injured in the back and lower limbs, the victim was in cardio-respiratory arrest when emergency services took him to hospital and his vital prognosis was in jeopardy. His attackers fled, the same source said. If the shooting scenario in the context of drug trafficking is correct, then these teenagers would be one of the youngest groups to be targeted in recent years.
In Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès, in Ardèche, a department on orange alert for rain and flooding on Sunday – in addition to the Alpes-Maritimes, Isère and Drôme – more than 40 firefighters and about fifteen police were deployed to search for a pensioner who had been missing since the morning. According to local media, the man tried to save his car from the water before it was swept away.
Under pressure from Nigel Farage’s far-right party, the Labor government, through Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, on Saturday 15 November announced a series of new measures restricting immigrant arrivals to the UK. The government will first reduce the protection given to refugees “forced to return to their home country as soon as it is deemed safe.” Another major step is the removal of automatic access to social assistance – housing, financial benefits – for asylum seekers.
Civil society wants their views to be heard midway through the UN climate conference, which opens on Monday. In a festive atmosphere, several tens of thousands of people demonstrated on Saturday in Belem “put pressure” at a meeting of COP30 negotiators in the Brazilian Amazon city and demanded immediate action against global warming.
“The mafia is ruining our lives”: in Corsica, a demonstration is a start
Several thousand people demonstrated in Ajaccio and Bastia this Saturday, November 15 to call for a global reaction from Corsican society against the influence of the mafia. The prefect conveyed several steps. Report on our site.
“It’s not just sport”: in Bilbao, a day of celebration celebrates the Basque community’s support for Palestine
The Palestinian selection is played this Saturday, November 16, against Basque Country, the first match in its history on European soil, in a passionate atmosphere supported by the historic support of the local population for the Palestinian cause. Article by Samuel Ravier-Regnat, special correspondent in Bilbao.
“We felt trapped in the mountains”: a dermatosis epidemic crippled hundreds of cows on mountain pastures
As a consequence of the health measures introduced to stem the disease affecting French livestock, many Swiss animals, which were summering on the other side of the border, were stranded in the Jura region. Reporting.
