LFI's hectic return to school, Bayrou's press conference, bodies in the Seine... Five things to remember from the weekend
The journalist from "Le Monde," co-author of the investigative book on the rebels, was not accredited to the LFI summer university in Drôme. JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP
The rebels are holding up the case. The management of "Libération" and the journalists' societies (SDJ) of several media outlets denounced at the beginning of the weekend the refusal of France Insoumise (LFI) to accredit "Le Monde" journalist Olivier Pérou, co-author of an investigative book critical of the party's functioning, for its summer universities . The daily newspaper "Libération" announced Friday evening that the journalist from its editorial staff accredited to this meeting organized in Drôme - from August 21 to 24 - was leaving the premises, "as a sign of protest and support for our colleague."
"Excluding a journalist from a political event for what he has written in the past is a dangerous precedent that we cannot trivialize (...) It is not up to the parties to choose their correspondents because the content of their articles may have displeased people," the editorial team justifies on its website. "A party that considers itself left-wing and that claims to want to fight against the extreme right cannot use the same methods as the National Front in its time and, today, the National Rally without a strong reaction from us," it adds.
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Published in early May, "La meute" was co-written by Olivier Pérou and Charlotte Belaïch of "Libération." This investigative book describes a group entirely organized around Jean-Luc Mélenchon , where intimidation and threats are commonplace. When it was published, LFI rejected the book's claims outright.
On the ground, in the rebellious ranks, the exclusion made the atmosphere heavy and gave rise to hazardous justifications, as the reporter from "Nouvel Obs" recounts in the article below:
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François Bayrou has been threatened with a motion of censure since the presentation in mid-July of budgetary guidelines providing for nearly 44 billion euros in savings next year.
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The Prime Minister prepared for this political return during a dinner with Emmanuel Macron last Thursday at the presidential holiday residence at Fort Brégançon. The head of state publicly expressed his support for him in an interview published by " Paris Match " .
• Blood donation: the EFS will delete from its archives the data of people who have had homosexual relations
The LGBT +TOUS.TES association welcomes the French Blood Establishment's (EFS) announcement that it has removed data mentioning homosexual relationships, which had long been a contraindication for blood donation, despite a European court ruling.
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In 2016, the law allowed homosexuals to donate blood—which had been prohibited since 1983 due to the risk of transmitting AIDS—on the condition that they had been abstinent for a year. This deadline was reduced to four months in 2019, before this condition was lifted in March 2022, with all references to sexual orientation disappearing from pre-donation questionnaires.
But in September 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France for violating the right to privacy, the EFS having retained data on a Frenchman presumed to be homosexual – because he did not want to indicate his sexual orientation – whose blood donation had been refused on several occasions.
• Dati maintains his candidacy against Barnier for the partial legislative election in Paris
Culture Minister Rachida Dati , who is aiming for the Paris mayoralty in 2026, has announced that she will continue her candidacy for the by-election in the 2nd constituency of Paris against former Prime Minister Michel Barnier , who was nevertheless nominated by his party Les Républicains.
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"The legislative election that will take place in my constituency of the 5th, 6th and 7th arrondissements will be the first step in the rallying and dynamic of victory in Paris (...) I invite the political forces of the right and the center to take their responsibilities. From now on, I will assume mine and I will do so until the end," she declared in an interview with " La Tribune Dimanche " , despite the legal proceedings against her.
The LR mayor of the 7th arrondissement did not appreciate the candidacy of Michel Barnier, whom she considers to be "instrumentalized" , in this constituency where the election of Macronist MP Jean Laussucq was invalidated by the Constitutional Council for irregularities in his campaign accounts. The election is to be held on September 21 and 28.
• Corpses in the Seine: possible serial homophobic crimes, a suspect indicted
The mystery surrounding the four bodies found in the Seine on August 13 in the Paris region is gradually dissipating: a young homeless man has been charged with the four homicides, before his probable remand in custody. The Créteil prosecutor's office confirmed to AFP this Sunday afternoon, August 24, the "charge of murders against the four victims." The suspect, in his twenties, was to be brought before a judge of liberties and detention (JLD) for his remand in custody.
According to information from " Le Parisien " and "Le Monde ", to date, " the most plausible theory is that of serial crimes committed because of the real or supposed sexual orientation of the victims - homosexuality ."
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