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Emmanuel Macron se félicite pour la sauvegarde de la haute mer, mais il reste du pain sur la planche – POLITICO

Emmanuel Macron se félicite pour la sauvegarde de la haute mer, mais il reste du pain sur la planche – POLITICO

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Selon un rapport de l’Unesco de 2024, la teneur des océans en oxygène diminue à l’échelle planétaire et le réchauffement des océans se produit à un rythme sans précédent et de plus en plus rapide. “L’océan est notre principal allié, que l’on vive en Europe ou n’importe où dans le monde”, a déclaré Ursula von der Leyen, présidente de la Commission européenne. “Toutefois, si nous négligeons l’océan, si nous le traitons de manière irrespectueuse, l’océan se retournera contre nous”, a-t-elle ajouté, évoquant les “tempêtes toujours plus violentes [qui] ravagent nos côtes”. Emmanuel Macron et Ursula von der Leyen se sont exprimés lors de la troisième conférence des Nations unies sur les océans (Unoc) à Nice où des délégations de plus de 120 pays, dont plus de 50 chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement, sont réunies pour tenter de ressusciter les océans du monde entier, qui souffrent depuis longtemps. Le Traité sur la haute mer — ou l’Accord sur la biodiversité au-delà des juridictions nationales (BBNJ), comme il est officiellement appelé — fixe des normes pour la …

US envoy says France can ‘carve’ Palestinian state out of French Riviera

US envoy says France can ‘carve’ Palestinian state out of French Riviera

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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks at an event at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, as part of Jerusalem day celebrations and in honor of all the countries that moved their embassies to Jerusalem, May 28, 2025. STEVEN SCHEER / REUTERS The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has lashed out at France’s advocacy for recognition of a Palestinian state, saying that if it supported such an outcome it could “carve out a piece of the French Riviera” and create one. France is co-chairing with Saudi Arabia this month an international conference at the United Nations aimed at resurrecting the idea of a two-state solution, which the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes. Paris has also said it could recognize a Palestinian state itself this year. In an interview with Fox News published on Saturday, May 31, Huckabee called the initiative at the UN “incredibly inappropriate when Israel is in the midst of a war”: “October 7 changed a lot of things,” referring to the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the …

One Cubit at a Time | Lauren Kane

One Cubit at a Time | Lauren Kane

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When Noah built his ark, he was working from divine instructions. They were clear and direct—if incomplete, especially to someone who had never built a ship before. In Genesis God tells Noah to make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle, and upper decks. The cubit, an ancient unit of measurement, was roughly the length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, and thus not really standardizable. But it’s generally accepted today that God wanted an ark approximately 515 feet long, 86 feet wide, and 51 feet high. (The trireme, an ancient ship, was about 120 feet long.) On the Internet, there is much interest in this design, …

Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups tried to influence EU: Report – POLITICO

Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups tried to influence EU: Report – POLITICO

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France has in recent days gone to great lengths to protect its secular nature. Earlier this week, France’s Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad called for tighter checks on the way the EU allocates grants following allegations that Brussels funded campaigns that did not respect the country’s secular values, and purportedly entities linked to Islamist movements. France’s Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad called for tighter checks on the way the EU allocates grants. | Pool Photo by Neil Hall via EPA Macron has tasked his government with proposing measures to fight the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence, which are expected to be discussed next month, the president’s office said Tuesday. Early version leaked An early version of the report was leaked to the conservative daily Le Figaro and right-wing magazine Valeurs Actuelles, an act that one high-ranking member of government, who was granted anonymity to speak freely, attributed to Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau. Retailleau, who had access to the full report due to his role, told reporters earlier this week that the document would demonstrate how “Islamist infiltration is a …

France: Emmanuel Macron struggles to be convincing on the national stage

France: Emmanuel Macron struggles to be convincing on the national stage

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In a May 13 interview, President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed France’s commitment to Ukraine, warning that a Russian victory would endanger European security. He also suggested referendums on domestic reforms and criticised Israeli actions in Gaza. However, FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman analyses that Macron’s message struggled to convince on the national stage, as his long tenure has diminished his impact. Source link

2025 Tour de France to climb Montmartre hill during final stage

2025 Tour de France to climb Montmartre hill during final stage

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Riders on Montmartre Hill during the road race event of the Paris Olympics, August 3, 2024. JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP Emmanuel Macron personally revealed the news on Tuesday, May 13, during his extensive interview with TF1. “I am announcing to you that, for the first time, the Tour de France, our beloved Tour, (…) will finish on this same route,” the president enthused. He made the announcement in front of a photograph of thousands of people gathered on Rue Lepic (in the 18th arrondissement) during the Olympic road race in Paris on August 3, 2024. Following this announcement by the president, the organizers of the Tour de France confirmed that the 2025 edition’s route (from July 5 to 27) will indeed pass through Montmartre during the 21st and final stage. This stage will then conclude on the Champs-Elysées, as it has every year since 1975 – with the exception of 2024, due to the Olympic Games. The idea had been considered for many months, in an attempt to revitalize this final day of the …

How Macron is playing hardball as Starmer strives for EU reset – POLITICO

How Macron is playing hardball as Starmer strives for EU reset – POLITICO

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“We are working hand-in-hand with our European allies to build a safer, more secure, and more prosperous Europe,” Lammy said. But a lot can still go wrong, not least because Starmer is under increased pressure following big wins by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in local elections last week. Farage was one of the most vocal supporters of Brexit and is railing against any government attempt to push the U.K. back into the European fold. With uncertainty hovering over the future of the NATO alliance under Trump, and Washington threatening to walk away from difficult ceasefire negotiations with Russia and Ukraine, European officials want to land a security deal with the U.K., an allied nuclear power that has a seat on the United Nations Security Council.  The most recent of these was Wednesday’s gathering of EU foreign ministers in Poland attended by Foreign Secretary David Lammy. | Marcin Obara/EPA In Paris, however, the urgency to lock arms with the British is tempered by a desire to use the moment to address the bad blood left …

With New Museum, France Wades Into Divisive Nation-Building Project

With New Museum, France Wades Into Divisive Nation-Building Project

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In December, India and France quietly reached an agreement for France Muséums Développement (FMD) to help develop the Yuga Yugeen Bharat National Museum in Delhi, which would replace the current National Museum of India. The museum will span 1.67 million square feet across several current government buildings which will be redeveloped for the new purpose. Announced in 2023, the YYBNM is the passion project of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been widely criticized for mainstreaming an exclusionary Hindu nationalism. As part of his Hindutva political project, Modi’s right-wing BJP government has sought to exclude or minimize the country’s sizable minority communities from textbooks and history books, historical landmarks and tourist attractions, and even the official name of the state. Modi and the BJP often use Bharat, a Sanskrit and Hindi word for India that many have said reinforces Hindu supremacy. Related Articles The new museum’s name uses Bharat instead of India and translates to “the museum of timeless and eternal India.” The intention there was made clearer last month, when Indian news outlet …

Ukraine lays out peacekeeping mission wish list – POLITICO

Ukraine lays out peacekeeping mission wish list – POLITICO

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“Ukraine has its vision of the deployment of such forces that will act as security guarantors. All these issues still need to be discussed, agreed upon, and verified at both the political and military levels,” Palisa said. Ukraine also feels that any Western troops sent to Ukraine would be accompanied by extensive air defenses and other protection measures that will also help keep Ukrainians safe. “For example, if a French brigade enters a certain area of ​​territory, even if deployed with a minimum density — for example, three soldiers per kilometer — it will still have to provide air cover. This is a standard of military planning,” Palisa said. A brigade has from 3,000 to 5,000 troops. And that means more air defense systems, electronic warfare capabilities, more coordinated interaction with aviation, protection for any foreign naval forces, reliable logistics and so on. “This is a complex issue that requires careful planning, taking into account many factors. This is what is currently being worked on,” Palisa said. A day after the coalition of the willing …

After 125 Years, France Begins Repatriating Human Remains from Its Colonial Past

After 125 Years, France Begins Repatriating Human Remains from Its Colonial Past

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France will repatriate the skulls of King Toera and two Sakalava warriors to Madagascar, marking the first return of human remains under a new French law passed in 2023. The remains, which were taken during France’s colonization of the island in 1897, have been held for more than a century in Paris’s Natural History Museum. The decision was announced by French prime minister François Bayrou and follows a formal request by Madagascar in 2022, as well as a review by a bilateral scientific committee. A decree published on April 2 orders the museum to return the skulls within a year. The move is being positioned as both a symbolic and legal milestone: the first application of France’s new framework for returning human remains taken during colonial campaigns, and an acknowledgment—however belated—of the brutality that accompanied the expansion of its empire. Related Articles During the French seizure of the island in August 1897, King Toera was reportedly negotiating his surrender when French forces massacred hundreds of people in the village of Ambiky. The severed heads of three …