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Impact, relaying information from Le Parisien, reported that the government announced measures to respond to the anger of high school students. According to the report, Parcoursup is set to be replaced in 2028, and starting in 2027, schools will have to justify their rejections and make their selection criteria more transparent. Impact also indicated that second-year classes will be limited to 28 students starting in the 2027 school year in half of the least advantaged high schools, and then in the others in 2028. The government planned, according to them, an additional 15,000 spots in higher education: 10,000 in BTS, 4,000 in IUT, and 1,000 in health training. The report also mentioned 5 billion euros destined for the renovation of schools, including 4 billion in low-interest loans for middle and high schools and an additional billion for universities. It added that more than 800 layoffs in secondary education would be cancelled, with 500 additional positions to reduce class sizes in second-year, as well as 920 positions to replace absent teachers and 200 recruitments in the field of mental health. Among the other announced measures, Impact cited a lunch break of at least one hour for high school students, a reduction in specialty combinations, a possible revision of continuous assessment in the first year, and an increase in student scholarships based on inflation starting this year. #Education #Réforme #Lycéens (translated)

The author indicated that in Brazil, the leftist president Lula had been re-elected for a fourth term, to everyone's surprise, and that his opponent Bolsonaro refused to acknowledge his defeat and was calling for the annulment of the election. #Bresil #élection https://t.co/iHTFrq033Q #Brésil #élection #politique #BR #BR (translated)

Guillaume Herblot wrote that BFMTV had canceled an interview scheduled the day before with Éric Zemmour at the end of the morning, following what he described as a racist attack in Trappes. He attributed this decision to a petition from MP Benjamin Lucas of Génération.s, which denounced a "provocation" and "complicity," alongside the cancellation by the channel's journalists' association and the judgment that the timing was indecent. Herblot condemned what he considered censorship and felt that Zemmour had been sidelined despite his prior invitation to the events. He also claimed that Zemmour had been warning for years about the rising tensions and violence of this kind, and that BFMTV journalists had themselves been attacked on the ground. The author linked this cancellation to the ideas of Jean-François Revel in *La Tentation totalitaire*. He described Revel as a leftist intellectual who gradually became close to the right and liberalism and argued that the temptation to control speech could also exist on the left, particularly under the guise of fighting racism and media accountability. Herblot finally warned that other voices could be pushed aside and believed that censoring debate weakened the Republic. #LibertéDExpression #Censure #DébatSociétal (translated)

The storm Austen, which is moving through Belgium with gusts reaching up to 110 km/h, is causing the closure of public spaces and the cancellation of events, while authorities and firefighters advise caution and safety measures to the population. #TempêteAusten #Belgique #Sécurité (translated)

The author indicated that, in his opinion, the City of Orléans had ordered, by prefectural decision and due to protests, the closure of public buildings, including the Sainte-Croix cathedral and its forecourt, as well as the cancellation of the mass. He invoked Joan of Arc and portrayed France as being on the verge of dying. https://t.co/KDIuBHQMmt #Orléans #manif #France #FR (translated)

The author wrote that discussions had begun about changing the dates of the election and canceling campaign events. He argued that the proposed measures would make a real campaign impossible and accused Emmanuel Macron of laying the groundwork for canceling the presidential election. #Élection2022 #Libertés #Politique #FR (translated)

Jean-Luc Mélenchon criticized the coverage of his project by Le Figaro, which presented as an authoritarian drift measures he described as democratic: an administrative redistricting, the establishment of a citizen referendum, and the management of social security funds by representatives of contributors. He also reproached Le Monde for attributing to him a controversial inspirer for the idea of canceling debt, which he said was over twenty years old. According to him, the media were now inventing information to create controversy. #Démocratie #Politique #Médias (translated)