“Immigration, terrorism, colonization … Macron’s confidence in Africa”, river interview granted JDD by the French president alongside his trip this week to Rwanda and South Africa. “Emmanuel Macron takes stock of his African policies. He particularly insists on the migratory consequences for Europe of a collective failure to reinvest massively in Africa “, writes JDD … He” calls on Europe to erase part of the African debt “.
Emmanuel Macron also sends some well-known messages that have the advantage of being clear. Already at the military level, he confirms that France would withdraw its troops from Operation Barkhane if Mali went “in the direction” of radical Islamism. We must still think about the “exit”, insists the head of state, who recalls that he just proposed an exit route during the G5 Sahel summit in Pau in January 2020.
Political messages
In the JDD columns, therefore, the French head of state says that he “passed on the message” to the leaders of West Africa: he “would not stay next to a country where there is no longer any democratic legitimacy or transition”. We are inevitably thinking of Mali, the site of a second coup in nine months, seen as unacceptable by Paris and the European Union.
For the French President, another issue where it is clear: Chad. “We save and support a sovereign state so that it is not destabilized or invaded by rebels and armed groups.” But we ask for transition and political inclusion, “he assures us. We know that he was sharply criticized for attending Idriss Déby’s funeral and Emmanuel Macron, at the time of this trip elsewhere, says that he had a long exchange with Mahamat Déby, son of Marshal who took the inheritance. And during the G5 Sahel that followed, Emmanuel Macron confirms, “with the other heads of state, we went to meet him to ask him for this political opening with the support of the African Union.” In short, move around, there is nothing to see. Communication secure for Emmanuel Macron, messages passed well.
Far right, imminent danger
But during this time in France: extreme right, imminent danger.By not devoting Unes and dossiers to it – by probably, for us to talk about it – maybe it will end well. “The extreme trivialization, how Marine Le Pen approaches power,” warns OBS. One year now from the presidential election, the newspaper notes that the heir to the far right is now an “invariant of French politics”, and above all she “has never seemed so close to seizing power”. Everything is here. Today, the “Republican front” that stood in the way has flown. The porosity of the Republican electorate is that it seems real, especially the “pension savers” that RN has in mind, L’Obs tells us, and who are already convinced in terms of “security and immigration.”
The National Rally largely benefits from the weaknesses of the rest of the political class. Marianne also gives us some keys to success. “Secularism, republic, protectionism, security, immigration, localism … All these topics that they submitted to RN”. “Left and right, Marianne believes, have left entire parts of the political realm to the National Assembly, eliminating all democratic debate.” In any case, the two newspapers agree: this result, possibly fatal next year, is also the fruit of Emmanuel Macron’s political strategy. In the words of L’Obs, a political scientist: “When we designate MLP as the first opponent, it is the principle of alternation that is reactivated. So the question is, if it’s no longer Emmanuel Macron’s turn, is it Marine Le Pen? Because that’s where everything could be played out, L’Obs apologizes and knows which of the two will be “less hated”.
Lots of smart people in France?
And to decide, we can rest assured, there are many intelligent people in France.Above all, there are many people who think they are very intelligent, even talented, says L’Express. For ten years now, the phenomenon of HPI, the high intellectual potential, has fascinated more and more French people who believe they are. But that’s not necessarily their fault. “While only 2.5% of the population has an IQ greater than or equal to 130, consultations on this subject are exploding.” It is a company that Michelle, a psychologist from the Paris 15th arrondissement, admits: “Like many of my colleagues, I got into it because I knew there was money to be made.”
A “juicy market” that can attract “charlatans”, warns L’Express. Or at least people with special profiles, shall we say. The magazine presents Raymonde Hazan, “self-proclaimed talented psychoanalyst”. “The only thing you can open all the doors with as a talented person is the key to the heart,” she says. And this key to the heart inevitably has a price. On its website, reports L’Express, Raymonde offers high potential detection by telephone (120 euros for 45 minutes). One and a half hour video to live well your “talent” (349 euros). “She even launched her academy in Normandy a few years ago. If you’re interested, it would cost 3,500 euros in six days.” An interest rate not confirmed by Raymonde Hazan, who refuses to talk about his training to “norm thinking”, regrets L’Express. Like the journalists who contacted her, we are probably not smart enough to understand Raymonde …
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