Jean-Luc Mélenchon, “the permanent candidate” – In the press | EUROtoday

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On the entrance web page of the press, the tensions between Donald Trump and Friedrich Merz, who tries to place into perspective the announcement of the withdrawal of 5,000 American troopers primarily based in Germany.

The German Chancellor says he needs to proceed “working” with Donald Trump and assures that this choice is neither stunning nor corresponding to retaliation – a extra conciliatory tone which ought to fulfill Der Tagesspiegel, the Berlin every day, which criticizes the “vehemence” of Friedrich Merz and urges him to “limit the damage” with Washington.

In an interview with Spiegelthe president of the EU Defense Commission, the German Marie-Agnès Strack-Zimmermann, says she “takes seriously” the American menace and in addition criticizes Friedrich Merz for “not thinking sufficiently about the consequences of his words”.

So a lot for the shape. Basically, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung believes that the German Chancellor particularly lacks a “clear strategy” when it comes to protection, at a time when Germany finds itself at a “turning point”, with its rearmament coverage. In the United States, Merz’s try and “minimize the decision to withdraw 5,000 troops” didn’t go unnoticed. Wall Street Journalwhich cites the warning of analysts, in accordance with which “the growing gap between Europe and the United States risks dangerously exposing the economy and security of the entire European continent”, of which “the rearmament (would go) less quickly, according to them than the erosion of the transatlantic relationship”.

Cakes embellished with weapons and “electoral bulldozer”

Also within the press, a controversial birthday cake in Israel. The Times of Israel stories that the far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, celebrated his fiftieth birthday on Saturday with muffins embellished with weapons and nooses, in reference to the legislation handed final March imposing the dying penalty on Palestinian terrorists – a textual content he ardently defended.

Haaretz sees on this new “provocation” an try and create a “diversion”, to divert consideration from a number of figures current at this anniversary – criminals convicted of “inciting hatred against the Palestinians” – and from the document stage of homicides recorded in Israel because the starting of the 12 months, below the management of Ben Gvir: 105 homicides in lower than 5 months.

In France, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the chief of La France Insoumise, introduced his candidacy for the 2027 presidential election final evening. Humanity specifies that the LFI parliamentary intergroup had met slightly earlier within the day to suggest the title of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whose candidacy was “expected”. A fourth presidential candidacy introduced by Release as “a logical decision in view of J.-L. Mélenchon’s efforts to stifle all competition”.

Mélenchon, “an electoral bulldozer who assumes playing on conflict”, in accordance with The Pointwhich sees Jean-Luc Mélenchon strategy this election “in a position that is both singular and infinitely paradoxical. On the one hand, his hard core seems to have never been so solidified. On the other, the tribune has never been so hated”.

Faustian pact

From the stands to the purple carpet. The Met Gala, the excessive mass of style, is being held this night in New York. A really political version this 12 months. Release stories a poster marketing campaign criticizing Jeff Bezos’ involvement within the group. Posters calling for a boycott of the occasion present him particularly within the uniform of ICE, with which the IT subsidiary of Amazon, the corporate he based, is below contract. Bezos and his different half, Lauren Sanchez, are honorary presidents and sponsors of this 2026 version, through which the brand new mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, won’t take part, a primary in a long time, in accordance with The Guardianwhich stories that the couple’s involvement “arouses numerous criticisms” and “revives rumors of Bezos’ takeover of Condé Nast, the parent company of Vogue magazine, organizer of the Met Gala”.

Speaking of the Faustian pact, The New York Times is amused by the coincidence between this controversy and the discharge, just a few days in the past, of the movie “The Devil Wears Prada 2”, the place the actor Justin Theroux performs “a greedy and unscrupulous tech mogul”, “whose character is strangely reminiscent of that of Jeff Bezos”, his girlfriend with the ability to evoke Lauren Sánchez, whose actual style for style has perplexed some purists, notably because the Trump inauguration ceremony, the place the brand new Mrs. Bezos appeared all lace out. Shocking.

Speaking of marriage and love tales, a romance between two federal judges is inflicting loads of discuss in Switzerland. The Blick info web site says that these Romeos and Juliets within the courtrooms are “talking” as a result of Swiss legislation stipulates that spouses, registered companions or individuals dwelling in a “durable de facto union” “cannot work simultaneously at the Federal Court, even if they work in different departments”, in order to “exclude any form of dependence or partiality”. Will the lovebirds select breakup or resignation? The dilemma is critical, as a result of if “we cannot live on love and fresh water”, “without love we are nothing at all”.

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