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Tout était sans doute dans le “pour le moment”, qui, diraient les mauvais esprits, trahissait une forme de déni de réalité. Quoique, ses fidèles y ont peut-être vu la marque de son éternel optimisme : “Emmanuel, c’est le mec qui sort avec 20 centimes du casino, convaincu qu’il va se refaire”, disent souvent de lui Alexis Kohler, son ancien secrétaire général et bras droit, ou Philippe Grangeon, son ex-conseiller spécial, à qui il parle toujours régulièrement. Le premier avait quelques doutes sur la décision de son chef, mais n’a pas cherché à l’empêcher. Le second, prévenu le jour même, lui…

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Due to conservation protection, shooting films at the Auschwitz site is not possible. In order to meet the needs of filmmakers, the Auschwitz Museum has made a digital replica, which was created “out of the growing interest of directors in the history of the German camp,” explains Bartosz Bartyzel, a spokesman for the museum, in an interview with Euronews Culture.Euronews Culture: Where did the idea to create a digital replica of Auschwitz come from?Bartosz Bartyzel: The Auschwitz Museum has been working with filmmakers for many years – both documentary filmmakers and feature film directors. However, due to the conservation protection…

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Authorities in Poland say around 30,000 people were left with no electricity on Friday after strong winds broke trees and tore down power lines. It follows extreme weather events across the country, particularly in the southern region, where heavy rain, strong winds, and hailstorms caused damage to facades of residential and farm buildings. The fire brigade’s service said their men have been working to deal with the impact since Thursday evening. Spokesman for the State Fire Service in Kielce, firefighters had more interventions than usual.”We have routinely had more than 2,000 interventions across the country, and on the territory of the Świętokrzyskie, these interventions were…

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A barrage of Russian strikes on Ukraine early Friday left a trail of destruction visible across several cities in the country, where many buildings and properties were destroyed.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday’s strikes killed at least four people and injured dozens. The attacks targeted the capital, Kyiv, the Ternopil region in the northwest of the country, and the city of Lutsk. One person was killed in Lutsk, and several were injured following a Russian missile and drone strike on the northwestern city in the Volyn region.According to the Ukrainian authorities, 15 attack drones and six cruise missiles were directed…

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The chancellor emphasized the importance of the closed-door dialogue. “We of course talked in depth about the three big issues that currently concern us: the war in Ukraine, trade policy and the future of NATO,” Merz said, adding that Europe must now do more to meet its responsibilities. The Oval Office meeting followed renewed anxiety in European capitals about Trump’s long-running criticism of NATO. Since returning to office, Trump has called for alliance members to spend at least 5 percent of gross domestic product on defense — a goal that NATO leaders are expected to endorse at a summit in…

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The local branch of the CGT — one of France’s biggest trade unions — representing port workers in the Gulf of Fos, near the city of Marseille, said Wednesday that it had refused to load a container of equipment from the French company Eurolinks destined for the Israeli city of Haifa. Eurolinks, a Marseille-based company that manufactures metal ammunition links — components used to connect cartridges in machine gun belts — did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for comment. The local strike —  which received support from the CGT’s national leadership — highlights the growing pressure on the French…

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Dès lors, comment ne pas y croire ? Le 23 juin, Bardella, aussi président du parti et promis pour Matignon, évoque dans la presse son futur gouvernement. Le lendemain, il disserte sur sa vision de la cohabitation, comme sa patronne la donnera deux jours plus tard, après consultation de constitutionnalistes. Les cerveaux lepénistes cogitent aussi sur leur stratégie dans le cas où ils n’obtiendraient qu’une majorité relative. Et les résultats du premier tour les confortent : avec 33,14% des voix, le mouvement à la flamme peut sereinement espérer faire élire plus de 289 députés. Mais le “front républicain” se réactive…

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The probe in France comes as international pressure grows on Israel to increase the flow of aid into Gaza amid fears of a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel’s months-long bombing campaign and blockade has severely restricted access to food, water and medicine for civilians in the Palestinian enclave. The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza says more than 54,000 people have died in the conflict. | Haitham Imad/EPA While Israel has framed its actions as legitimate self-defense following the militant group Hamas’ terror attack on Oct. 7, 2023, international organizations and rights groups have accused Israel of committing war crimes during the…

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Italians will begin voting on Sunday in a referendum on whether to relax citizenship laws, but there are fears that turnout will be so low that it will invalidate the result.The two-day referendum, ending on Monday, will also ask voters if they agree with reversing a decade-old liberalisation of the labour market.The labour market questions aim to make it more difficult to dismiss some employees and increase compensation for workers who are made redundant by small businesses, reversing a law passed by a Democratic Party (PD) government around a decade ago.But it’s the question about citizenship which has attracted the most…

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