François Bayrou: what is the high commissioner for?
The environmental group in the Senate has scheduled a debate on April 10 on the theme “High Commission for Planning: what results and what influence on public policies since 2020?” “. In short, an evaluation of the work of François Bayrou, at the head of this body (re)created tailor-made for him. The government will be able to respond to speakers to defend the boss of MoDem, pillar of its majority.
Highways: an “impossible” tax to pass on
Motorway companies are threatening to take legal action to allow the new tax on “long-distance transport infrastructure” to be passed on to toll prices from 2025. “Impossible,” says a professional in the sector. For us to attack it, we must wait until the tax is liquidated and then the State refuses our request for compensation. There are at least four years of proceedings. »And if the motorways were successful, “it would amount to increasing toll prices by 20%, no one would accept it”.
Firearms: towards an “Aramburu” law?
Will the death of Federico Martin Aramburu change the law? Several parliamentarians, including deputies Éléonore Caroit (Renaissance) and Florence Lasserre (MoDem), are considering regulating the sale of category D weapons which include the black powder revolvers which were used to kill the former Argentine rugby player, there two years old on the streets of Paris. You only need to be of legal age to acquire these weapons, which are often prized by collectors.
Sciences-po: six months, no more
A provisional administrator must be appointed at the head of Sciences-po Paris to act in the interim for six months. But candidates are rare. In any case, those who check the unprecedented box imposed by the government: not to apply, at the end of the mission, for the position of director in order to avoid quarrels and internal dissensions.
Paris 2024: a running minister
Jean-Noël Barrot will begin his preparation six weeks before the event. The Minister Delegate for European Affairs will participate on August 10 in the Marathon for All of the Paris Olympics. An event open to amateurs, on the evening of the “real” men’s marathon, a good part of the 42.195 km of which will pass in his Yvelines district. The MoDem executive already has two marathons under his belt: that of Mont-Saint-Michel, run in 3h59, and that of Paris, in 3h45.
Budget: Coquerel wants to cross swords with Le Maire
The chairman of the Finance Committee at the National Assembly, Éric Coquerel, wants to confront the Minister of Finance on TV. “The budgetary question is becoming central again,” argues the Insoumis elected official from Seine-Saint-Denis. In addition, Bruno Le Maire likes to say everywhere that he enjoys debating with me! »
Running: PSG postpones its 10 km
On July 2, 2023, 12,000 runners took part in the 10 km organized by PSG with a sumptuous finish inside the Parc des Princes. Despite this success, the date of the second edition has not been set. At the beginning of July, in fact, the Parc des Princes – where matches of the Olympic football tournament will take place – will be in the hands of Cojo. PSG leaders are looking for a date in the fall, which does not clash with the matches or other major races organized in Île-de-France.
Football: all present, except Touré
Sixteen of the seventeen French winners of the 1984 Olympic football tournament gathered on Wednesday in Saint-Denis for a friendly lunch. Only José Touré, traveling to Cameroon, was missing. Xuereb (best director of the competition with 5 goals), Lemoult, Zanon, Lacombe and others then attended the draw for the group stages of the men’s and women’s tournaments of the Paris Games.
Artificial intelligence: the cream of generative AI
The top R.AI.SE, on April 8 in Paris, will bring together the world’s elite of decision-makers around the theme of generative artificial intelligence. Among 90 experts, billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya, one of the first leaders of Facebook, or Michael Kratsios, former technology director of the Trump administration. Frenchman Arthur Mensch, founder and CEO of Mistral AI, will close the debates.
