The EU is fighting the climate and wants to reassure people about the social impact

End of gas-powered cars, import taxation, carbon market reform at the risk of raising fuel prices... Brussels has worked to reassure people about the social impact of its vast climate plan, under the crossfire of NGOs and businesses. The dozen texts unveiled by the European executive will be the subject of intense discussions between MEPs and member states for at least a year, but the social consequences of certain proposals are worrying, raising the specter of the French “yellow vests” movement. In particular, Brussels wants to introduce an unprecedented tax on aerial kerosene for flights within the EU, and ban all sales of gas-powered cars from 2035, with a boost to install charging points for electric vehicles. Both sectors reacted strongly. The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has denounced “punishing measures” and European companies fear a “distortion of competition”, while European car manufacturers (ACEA) have blasted “

Last military parade of the Macron quinquennate in Paris for July 14

France celebrated its national day with a military parade on the famous Avenue des Champs-Elysées, under the watchful eye of Emmanuel Macron, who presided over these festivities for the last time in his five-year term. The show, lasting 2 hours, ended with a Marseillaise sung by a choir of 120 “committed” young people: military high school students, members of the civil service, voluntary or adapted military service, volunteer firefighters. In the preamble to the parade, the Head of State had descended the Champs-Elysées under a gray sky in a “command car” alongside his Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, General François Lecointre, who will give his place in a few days to the current Chief of Staff of the Army,

Vaccinating children: UN sounds the alarm on a risk of “absolute disaster”

The UN sounded the alarm on Thursday about a risk of “absolute disaster” if the dangerous delay in vaccinating children due to the Covid-19 pandemic is not caught up and if health restrictions are lifted too quickly. The pandemic has forced resources and personnel to be diverted to the fight against Covid, with many healthcare services having to close or reduce their hours. People have also been reluctant to travel for fear of contaminating themselves, when lockdown measures did not forbid them to do

AT A GLANCE

Pope Francis, released from the hospital ten days after colon surgery, returned to his small apartment in the Vatican to continue his rest before an eventful return to school.

Victory for the yellow jersey: Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, at the Col du Portet, the highest finish in the event this year.