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Jordan Bardella publishes his third book, Governing, a programmatic work of nearly 300 pages that addresses various political themes six months before the French presidential election, while focusing on his ambitions for Matignon. #JordanBardella #Gouverner #électionprésidentielle (translated)

Jordan Bardella, in his book "Gouverner," announces that the National Rally wishes to tighten the conditions for validating retirement quarters to increase the duration of effective contributions, while providing exceptions for specific circumstances. #Retraite #JordanBardella #MarineLePen (translated)

The 2026 midterm elections marked historic advances for minorities in the United States, with the election of the first openly gay man to the Senate, the first Black governor, and the first Native American to govern a state, reflecting a massive rejection of hate and division. #Midterms2026 #Minorités #ÉlectionsUSA (translated)

The new book by Jordan Bardella, titled Governing, published this Wednesday, presents a scathing critique of the French political class while denying the accusations of antisemitism directed at him, and testifies to his loyalty to Marine Le Pen, the candidate of the National Rally for the 2027 presidential election. #JordanBardella #RassemblementNational #PolitiqueFrançaise (translated)

The author stated a desire to reconcile the rule of law and democracy. He believed that the rule of law should not become an ideological framework preventing the majority from governing and advocated for a division of roles between the legislator, responsible for making the law, the judge, responsible for interpreting it, and the people, called to decide. (translated)

David Lisnard defended an open primary for the right and the center, which he had been proposing for nearly two years. According to him, this competition would help avoid divisions that could cause a loss in the presidential election and the compromises among elected officials that he deems harmful to the country. He specified that defeated candidates would not be obliged to support the winner, but they should not harm his campaign, and he said he would do the same if another candidate won. He reproached some officials for wanting to include the left in the primary while excluding the right that had not governed with Emmanuel Macron. He also accused other opponents of the primary of invoking candidates who were not running to avoid the election. Lisnard invited Édouard Philippe, whom he described as the last to refuse the primary, to clarify its scope, adding that he was ready to confront him. A candidate for the presidential election, Lisnard presented his movement as independent and his project as grounded in reality. He stated that he would not govern with either the macronists or the RN, and called on his supporters to join him. He also criticized the "small phrases" that he considered misleading and malicious in the political debate, believing that media agitation distracted attention from the country's concerns. #CestLeMoment #Politique #France #Élections (translated)

Mathieu Bock-Côté defended the arrival of Jacinthe-Ève Arel in the Parti québécois, arguing that her right-wing positions should not exclude her from the civic space. He recalled that she had sometimes seen qualities in Donald Trump, severely criticized health measures during the pandemic, and argued that there were only two sexes. Bock-Côté specified that he was not commenting on the merits of these opinions, but that they could be contested without justifying, in his view, Arel's exclusion. He accused members of Québec solidaire of demanding Arel's dismissal and wanting to ban her from political life. He also criticized some Péquistes who had relayed this indignation and claimed that Arel did not have a place in the PQ. According to him, the party was a coalition that could welcome social democrats, progressives, conservatives, and libertarians. Bock-Côté argued that the independence of Quebec was the common ground for Péquistes, despite their disagreements on the model of society. He believed that the sovereignist movement should also welcome people close to Éric Duhaime's ideas, and presented Arel's membership in the independence camp as a contribution to this cause. #Québec #Indépendance #Politique (translated)

Impact reported that Amnesty International had alerted, in a report published on a Thursday, about the rise of authoritarian practices in France and the threats to the rule of law and fundamental freedoms. The organization notably cited the repression of protests on October 17 and 24, the arrests of minors during the student movement, prohibitions on protesting, the police's use of mutilating weapons, and pressures on journalists. According to Impact, Amnesty also denounced the normalization of racist and anti-immigration discourse, mentioning Emmanuel Macron, François Bayrou, Bruno Retailleau, and Aurore Bergé. The NGO had identified seven signs of authoritarian practices: violations of the freedom to inform, repression of dissent, surveillance by technology, governance through fear, the designation of an enemy, exploitation of inequalities, and the weakening of counter-powers. Impact added that Amnesty indicated that, since Emmanuel Macron came to power in 2017, the fortunes of French billionaires had doubled while poverty had reached its highest level in 30 years. As the 2027 presidential election approached, the organization called for the defense of the rule of law and fundamental freedoms, estimating that France was not immune to the global rise of authoritarian practices. #Liberté #DroitsHumains #ÉtatDeDroit (translated)

Mathieu Bock-Côté argued that the arrival of PSPP in power had plunged federalists into panic. According to him, they had tolerated Quebec nationalists who defended Quebec's identity without challenging the Canadian framework, but were now worried to see a leader who, for the first time in over 25 years since Jacques Parizeau, refused to conform to the rules of the system. He also noted that PSPP had not communicated his strategy to Ottawa in advance. Bock-Côté accused federalists of presenting the federal government as superior and responsible for important issues, while relegating Quebec to managing its local affairs. He defended the request of the Quebec Premier to represent Quebec at an international event held on its territory, reminding that, according to him, Quebec was the only French-speaking state in America and its national state. He stated that federalists had ridiculed this request and criticized PSPP for wanting to speak on behalf of Quebec. The author described several currents of federalism, including those he accused of despising Quebecers, Trudeau supporters who viewed independence as an ethnocentric retreat, and those he portrayed as satisfied with their submission. He also claimed that these attitudes had led some Quebecers to perceive themselves through the eyes of former conquerors. He cited Mark Carney, whom he accused of lacking respect for Quebec, and concluded that PSPP was not intimidated. #Québec #Souveraineté #PSPP (translated)

Clément Macchi wrote that the updated figures from Cluster 17 showed, according to him, that centrist voters prioritized preventing LFI from accessing power more than RN. He indicated that 43% of the French wanted to prevent LFI and its allies from governing first, compared to 30% for RN. This proportion reached 55 to 56% among the voters of Gabriel Attal and Édouard Philippe, and 25% among those of Raphaël Glucksmann and François Hollande. #politique #France #élections (translated)

The author stated that the representatives of the oligarchy had announced their intention to sabotage the referendum. He added that they should explain why they wanted to govern the country without the people, or even against them, and invoked Article 2 of the Constitution, which defines the government as being "of the people, by the people, and for the people." https://t.co/UR7Lv0Zqr8 #Référendum #Démocratie #Constitution #FR (translated)

The author accused the president of Medef of adopting a "post-truth" approach similar to that of Donald Trump. He wrote that the latter denied having stated that he would leave the country if the Unsubmissive governed, even though the interview was archived. According to the author, the recording allowed for verification of his remarks, of which he quoted the beginning: "to flee, that can be to flee." #Medef #Politique #PostVérité #FR (translated)

It is time [for the United States] to once again don the imperialist costume and say that [they] must govern these countries incapable of doing so themselves, […] all these African governments that only think of plundering and filling their pockets. #Congo #Mercenaires #TimKennedy (translated)

"For years, the MR has not wanted to govern with the PTB." The sentence came up during a press conference at the budget conclave, when Walloon Minister-President Adrien Dolimont (MR) extended an invitation to the opposition to obtain the two-thirds majority needed for the provincial reform. #MR #PTB #Wallonie (translated)