Bioethics and PMA for all, in the home stretch at the Assembly

The right does not disarm but the final adoption is approaching: the bioethics bill and its flagship measure of opening up PMA to all women are on the program of the National Assembly from Monday for the third time.

According to the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, the text will reach the end of its examination" in Parliament in July and the implementing texts must "come out very quickly" so that "women who are waiting for this new right can benefit from it the most. as soon as possible.

Economic attractiveness: France still first in Europe in 2020

France remained for the second year in a row the most attractive country for investors in Europe in 2020, according to a barometer which confirms the government in its economic and fiscal strategy. Against the backdrop of the crisis linked to the Covid-19 epidemic, the number of foreign direct investments announced last year nevertheless fell by 18% compared to 2019 in France, to 985 projects, while the average drop in European Union is only 13%, according to the annual study to be published by the firm EY on Monday. out of ten find the French plan less efficient than that of other countries, compared to 44% who, on the contrary, consider it to be more efficient.

Mali: Colonel Goïta dons the presidential costume in a bruised Sahel

Colonel Assimi Goïta must swap his usual military fatigues on Monday for the costume of "President of the Transition" in Mali that he carved out for himself by carrying out two coups d'etat in less than a year, while the Sahel remains more than ever prey to jihadist violence. The investiture ceremony at the head of this immense country, of this 37-year-old officer is held from 10:00 a.m. (GMT and local) at the Bamako International Conference Center (CICB). Mali's partners are, however, demanding guarantees that a new civilian Prime Minister will be appointed and that elections will indeed take place in February 2022 with a view to a return of civilians to power.

PS, LREM, UDI and LR: the four favorites elected to the partial legislative elections

The candidates LREM, LR, PS and UDI favorites before the second round of four partial legislative elections in Pas-de-Calais, Oise, Paris and Indre-et-Loire were elected on Sunday in ballots marked by a very low turnout. In the 20th arrondissement of the capital, a very left-wing constituency, the socialist Lamia El Aaraje won with 56.56% of the vote over the Insoumise Danielle Simonnet (43.44%). In the 3rd constituency of Indre-et-Loire, where only 18.25% of voters turned out, Sophie Métadier, mayor of Beaulieu-lès-Loches invested by the UDI and LR and supported by LREM, obtained 62, 93% of the vote against the socialist Murielle Riolet (37.07%). In the 1st district of Oise, unsurprisingly, change of head but (almost) no name: the nephew of Olivier Dassault - who died accidentally in March in the accident of his helicopter - beat very largely (80.41 % against 19.59%) the RN candidate Claire Marais-Beuil, against a background of participation at half mast, at 24.34% of registered. Finally in the 6th constituency of Pas-de-Calais, LREM Minister Brigitte Bourguignon brought the presidential majority her first victory in a partial legislative. Faced with the candidate of the RN Marie-Christine Bourgeois, the Minister Delegate in charge of Autonomy collected 62.05% of the votes, in a ballot where the participation was even lower than in the first round, at 23.99% .

Harry and Meghan announce the birth of their daughter

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle announced the birth of their second child, Lilibet "Lili" Diana, on Sunday, in tribute to the Princess of Wales and Queen Elizabeth II, who said she was "delighted" with this announcement. Born Friday morning in a hospital in Santa Barbara, California (United States), Lilibet weighs nearly 3.5 kilos and is in eighth place in the order of succession to the British crown.

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Spain, the world's second-largest tourist destination, reopens its doors and beaches to vaccinated tourists on Monday in the hope of reviving a key sector of its economy, devastated by the pandemic.

Kamala Harris arrived in Guatemala on Sunday, before heading to Mexico, a first international trip for the American vice-president who says she wants to "give hope" to a region from which the majority of migrants arriving at the border come. southern United States.

In Peru, the presidential election is very close: the candidate of the radical left Pedro Castillo and the representative of the populist right Keiko Fujimori are neck and neck according to an exit poll after the closing of the polls.

The Japanese are still divided on the prospect of hosting the Olympics in Tokyo this summer, but they are now 50% in favor of the event, as the local health crisis subsides, according to a poll published on Monday.

Exit Roger Federer and Serena Williams from the Roland-Garros tournament. The first withdrew as a preventive measure for a body still recovering on the eve of its round of 16, the second was eliminated by the young Kazakh Elena Rybakina.