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The post said French President Emmanuel Macron was addressing the nation at 8 p.m. in France. It attributed to him remarks questioning how French citizens could act against their country, saying nothing justified or excused it, and expressing support for law enforcement officers, elected officials and shopkeepers. https://t.co/zbp66hXn5w #Macron #France #NationAddress #FR

Little Think Tank reported that Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu attacked La France insoumise and Jean-Luc Mélenchon after the violence on October 17. According to the report, he accused them of justifying looting and vandalism, denouncing a reversal of responsibilities that he deemed dangerous and cynical. #France #Politique #Violences (translated)

Cerfia reported that Sébastien Lecornu had criticized La France insoumise and Jean-Luc Mélenchon after the day's violence. According to the account, he reproached them for a "dangerous and cynical inversion of responsibilities" and accused them of providing excuses for the perpetrators of looting and vandalism, believing that they bear political responsibility for it. #France #Politique #Violence (translated)

Sébastien Lecornu believed that making police chiefs responsible for the violence was a dangerously inverted responsibility. He called on those who asked their supporters not to partake in the looting to clearly identify the perpetrators of the looting and vandalism. According to him, calling for an end to the violence while making excuses for its perpetrators was contradictory and fell under the political responsibility of his interlocutor. #Responsabilité #Violence #Justice (translated)

News - Barça reported that Laporta accused Real Madrid of seeking excuses to justify its situation. According to him, this stemmed from its own decisions, and the club should have shown self-criticism and examined its problems internally. He added that instead, Real Madrid was trying to attack everything it could, including the League, the Federation, and the referees. #RealMadrid #Football #Autocritique (translated)

Vincent G. de Vlugt once again apologized for his absence and stated that he had already read some of the responses and would review the rest later. Together with Deb, he arranged things to make his mother as comfortable as possible. He expressed gratitude for the support and empathy from his wife, friends, and ex-friends. Although he hadn't felt like posting recently, he wanted to try it again. According to him, X had also provided him with distraction and energy during difficult times. #Vriendschap #Steun #Familie (translated)

Univers Tennis reported that Rafael Jodar had apologized after his behavior towards a ball boy in Shanghai. He acknowledged that he was wrong and explained that his frustration after a close point had prevented him from controlling his emotions. He specified that he did not mean to hurt or upset the ball boy and that he respected ball boys and umpires. Jodar also believed that the warning he received was justified, that the umpire made the right decision, and that he would try not to do it again. (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)

Bart Nijman wrote that he saw signals everywhere that reminded him of a period in history he had studied in school. Although he believed that history would not repeat itself exactly or be predicted in advance, he saw patterns and practices in the current moralism, activism, and antisemitism that frightened him. He wrote that it should be prevented that descendants would later have to justify themselves to victims for the actions of their grandparents. At the same time, he stated that excuses were being sought to dismiss warning signals. Nijman said he was left with a bitter feeling from a piece by Rob Fransman. https://t.co/l6LTc1XoPm #geschiedenis #activisme #antisemitisme (translated)

Actu Foot reported that José Mourinho denounced a lack of respect towards Real Madrid and criticized Spanish authorities. He deemed it inconsistent that his team would play in Athens on a Wednesday night, likely return to Madrid around 5 a.m., and then face Valencia on Saturday, just before a week of international matches. With 25 years in football, he said he did not believe the explanations related to television scheduling and felt that the situation did not appear innocent. He also criticized the fact that Vinicius learned two hours before a match that he was suspended for four games, adding that he would do his best to alert the public. Actu Foot also stated that Mourinho suspected a conspiracy in Spain against his club. #JoséMourinho #RealMadrid #Football (translated)

RMadrid reported on Mourinho's comments, in which he deemed the announcement by the Referees' Committee of Vini's four-match suspension, just before the match, to resemble a declaration of war and to be a lack of respect. He claimed that this decision was neither innocent nor normal, rejected the apologies, and stated that he would do everything to make people open their eyes. #Mourinho #Football #Arbitrage (translated)