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Hundreds of residents of Kiev demonstrated to demand the resignation of Mayor Vitali Klitschko, criticizing a completely irresponsible management in light of the city's poor preparation for winter, exacerbated by Russian bombings and the lack of shelters, heating, and water supply. #Kiev #VitaliKlitschko #Ukraine (translated)

In Paris, the police used tear gas on an orchestra rehearsing at République and brought out water cannons before the parade departed. In Bordeaux, the demonstrators were also gassed just like in Grenoble and Marseille. In Strasbourg, chants against the RN were heard, but the press prefers to talk about the "troublemakers"... (translated)

Matthieu Valet described violent clashes at Place de la République in Paris, stating that pétanque balls, cobblestones, and mortars were used against riot police. He indicated that an injured police officer was evacuated by his colleagues at the end of the video. According to him, the water cannon deployed was ineffective as it was not used in conjunction with tear gas. He added that 44 Centaurs remained in Satory and that CRS 8 was in Bièvres, while the police on the ground were enduring attacks and a large portion of resources remained unused. #Paris #CRS #Manifestation (translated)

Faced with an increase in prolonged and frequent droughts, 94,000 French people, including those from the hamlet of La Pérouse in the Haut Jura, find themselves without tap water, resulting in an urgent need to reassess water management strategies. #Sécheresse #Eau #TransitionÉcologique (translated)

Eric.k, known as The Irradiated Radish, had supported the people who were protesting and called for them to act peacefully and watch over each other. He advised them to charge their phones, bring water, snacks, their medications and papers, notify a loved one, and set up a meeting point as well as several exit routes, due to transport disruptions and station closures he had announced. He also recommended filming important events from a distance, keeping the original files, and noting the time and place of the events. According to him, filming law enforcement officers on duty in public was legal in France. He advised saving the videos, protecting their accounts, and not posting images that would unnecessarily expose the identity of other protesters. He finally urged to film the RIO to the maximum. #Manifestation #DroitDeManifester #Soutien (translated)

Paris and Berlin have reached a compromise to soften the ban on internal combustion engines by 2035 in order to ease the burden on the European automotive industry while simultaneously establishing stricter requirements for the "Made in Europe" initiative. #EAutos #MadeInEurope #Klimaziele (translated)

The mixed union Aquavesc has announced the launch of a new tender for the management of drinking water for 520,000 inhabitants in Yvelines and Hauts-de-Seine, following the judicial cancellation of the previous procedure that had renewed Suez, following an appeal by Veolia. #EauPotable #Yvelines #HautsDeSeine (translated)

The French Mileistes reported having long seen comments accusing David Lisnard of being particularly repressive during the Covid crisis. Living on the Côte d'Azur and working in Cannes, the author stated that he went to the city every day outside of confinement periods and was then worried about what he perceived as an authoritarian drift justified by health reasons. The author explained that Lisnard, the mayor of Cannes, had not convinced him at first. However, he remembered a piece by the mayor published in Le Figaro during the crisis, where he, according to his account, criticized bureaucracy, cited Tocqueville, and denounced the constraints related to movement certificates. This stance gave him moral support while he read authors from the Austrian School of economics and worried about freedoms. The French Mileistes also reported that a bookstore in Cannes, located near their office, had remained open despite the bans and had garnered attention in the national press. According to the author, Lisnard had publicly supported it, went there to buy a book, and asked Roselyne Bachelot to stop its forced closure by the National Police, without success. The author described him as one of the few elected officials to openly defend this type of local resistance and indicated that he had also accused Emmanuel Macron of using the vaccination pass for political purposes. The author acknowledged that Lisnard had also had beaches sprayed with hydrogen peroxide and actively supported vaccination. He believed that the mayor had favored targeted, anticipated, and local measures rather than general restrictions, and presented the Covid period as proof of his courage and sincerity. He concluded that he would not forget that Lisnard had, in his opinion, defended freedoms while almost all other elected officials turned away from them. #Liberté #Politique #CôteDAzur (translated)