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Marc Vanguard wrote that Insee announced a 0.1% decrease in GDP in the third quarter and that Eurostat indicated the day before that France was once again the most heavily taxed country in Europe. He also claimed that France was borrowing at nearly 5%, the highest rate in the eurozone, before writing that the priority was to reform Parcoursup. https://t.co/c4SR2KJRTd #Économie #France #Reformes (translated)

The leaders of higher education express doubts and concerns regarding the reforms announced by Minister Philippe Baptiste for Parcoursup, citing the lack of time, personnel, and funding necessary for their implementation. #Parcoursup #EnseignementSupérieur #RéformesÉducatives (translated)

On November 1, various new measures will come into effect in Belgium, including a treatment surcharge for small packages, adjustments to net wages, changes to the vaccination schedule for infants, and new regulations for funerals. #Belgique #Changements1Novembre #Réformes (translated)

The author congratulated the high school students, believing that their mobilization was beginning to move the government. He deemed the government's announcements insufficient and wrote that the cancellation of Parcoursup would not be enough if the necessary places were not created in parallel. https://t.co/bvXbIbVg5C #Éducation #Mobilisation #Réformes #FR (translated)

The FGTB criticized the "administrative hassles" imposed by the unemployment reform, which led to the rapid exclusion of 88,000 people from their benefits, while urging for a simpler regularization, which the Minister of Employment refuses to accept. #Chômage #FGTB #RéformeSociale (translated)

The author believed that the high school crisis should have led to a thorough reflection on the organization of high schools, particularly concerning schedules, content, and access to higher education. He wrote that it had instead resulted in ad hoc measures, insufficiently funded and imprecise, most of which had been postponed to 2028, when the government would no longer be in power. #Éducation #CriseLycéenne #RéformeScolaire #FR (translated)

The teachers' union SE-Unsa welcomed the government's announcement to cap class sizes at 28 students in the second year of high school as a first response to their demands, while expressing concerns about the funding of this measure. #Education #Syndicat #RéformeScolaire (translated)

FRENCHRAPUS stated that the anger of students had prompted the French government to announce several changes in education. According to his message, Parcoursup was set to disappear in 2028, following an improvement in the transparency of admission refusals starting in 2027. The author also indicated that a cap of 28 students per class was planned in the least favored institutions and that student scholarships would be adjusted according to inflation. He mentioned the creation of 15,000 places in higher education, particularly in BTS and IUT, as well as 5 billion euros destined for the renovation of institutions, from middle schools to universities. According to FRENCHRAPUS, more than 800 job cuts had been canceled and an additional 500 positions were planned for second grade. He also reported 1,120 recruitments to replace absent teachers and strengthen mental health support. Finally, the author wrote that high school schedules would be rethought, with a lunch break of at least one hour and fewer combinations of specializations. He added that continuous assessment could be modified to reduce academic pressure in the first year. #Éducation #Réformes #Étudiants (translated)

Guillaume Herblot argued that, according to Bukele, a country could not be reformed without removing corrupt judges, who risked forming a "judicial dictatorship" and blocking reforms. He claimed that Brazil had just provided an example and that France had been practicing this logic for decades, more discreetly. Herblot believed that universal suffrage only made sense if the elected officials had the final say, rather than a network of unremovable magistrates interpreting the rules according to their interests. Without a real possibility of removing political judges, he wrote, elections would remain a charade and the "cartel" would remain in place. #Réforme #Justice #Politique (translated)

The author claimed that the government was refusing to respond to the demands of the high school students and was betting on the movement's waning. He estimated that it would continue without political responses and indicated that he had proposed immediate measures to resolve the crisis. (translated)

Guillaume Herblot presented the extension of the vote in Brazil as an example of "the deep state," believing that France was experiencing a similar mechanism. He wrote that, on Sunday, after the counting began as scheduled at the closing of the polls at 5 PM, Lula's campaign had appealed to the STF to request a national extension. According to him, Judge Cristiano Zanin, Lula's former personal lawyer and appointed to the Supremo Tribunal Federal by him in 2023, had ordered two additional hours, forcing the TSE to halt the count. He mentioned polling stations that had closed and then reopened in confusion. Herblot also recalled that in 2022, Alexandre de Moraes, then head of the TSE, had rejected a similar request from the PT despite roadblocks. He felt that the rules were applied differently depending on the concerned camp and that judicial and administrative institutions had become political actors. For France, he cited the Constitutional Council, the Court of Cassation, the Council of State, administrative jurisdictions, and part of the public prosecutor's office. He accused them of limiting the scope of reforms voted by elected majorities through interpretations of the law, priority questions of constitutionality, and censorship decisions. He also stated that senior officials and magistrates continued to influence the limits of political debate despite changes in political personnel. Herblot concluded that in both countries, unelected institutions held what he believed to be a blocking and interpretative power that diminished the impact of changes resulting from elections. #ÉtatProfond #Démocratie #Justice (translated)

Gadi Eisenkot, former chief of staff of the Israeli military and resigning minister, emerges as a serious challenge to Benjamin Netanyahu in the 2026 legislative elections, with a program aimed at repealing certain reforms and promoting a centrist policy, while promising alliances to form a governing majority. #GadiEisenkot #Israël #Politique (translated)