Macron is organizing the end of his five-year term

Each minister is asked to come up with six reforms made or to be done: Macron is convening the last government seminar at the start of the five-year term on Wednesday to frame the last 200 days before the presidential election. The members of the government will each have to make three reforms that could succeed by 2022, big or small, as well as three actions carried out that can be valued in the president's overall balance sheet. Among the reforms that are still feasible are the new investment plan, which will be presented by the President in the autumn, the implementation of the climate law and the law against separatism, as well as the “Beauvau de la Sécurity”, which should provide the police with new resources. On the other hand, the Head of State remains very cautious about pension reform, the hypothesis of which has just been revived but which divides the majority

Unprecedented setback in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria due to Covid-19

Covid-19 has had a “devastating impact” on the fight against AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, which has seen an unprecedented decline, the Global Fund to Fight These Diseases deplored on Wednesday in its annual report. For the first time since its establishment in 2002, the Fund reports setbacks: in particular, it is concerned about significant declines in HIV testing and prevention services for key and vulnerable populations, and a sharp decrease in the number of people tested and treated for tuberculosis, with a particular impact on programmes to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis. The 2020 figures “confirm what we feared at the time Covid-19 appeared,” summarised Peter Sands, executive director of the Fund, quoted in the report. “The impact of Covid-19 has been devastating. For the first time in our history, our main indicators are down.”

IN A NUTSHELL

A team of robbers, two of whom were arrested by the police, robbed the Bulgari jewelry store on Place Vendome in Paris. The loot is estimated at 10 million euros

The French soccer team, after five consecutive draws, regained victory and colors in Lyon against Finland (2-0), getting closer to qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.