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Press briefs reported that, in its latest editorial, Le Monde argued that the protests on Saturday, October 17 should not be reduced to looting and destruction. The newspaper claimed that the vast majority of the processions had been peaceful and made legitimate demands, with 800,000 participants according to the organizers and 550,000 according to the Interior Ministry. The editorial blamed Emmanuel Macron for a persistent deafness to social movements during his two terms. It reproached successive governments for sidelining unions since 2017, weakening their role as intermediaries, and ignoring the dissatisfaction of young people. Le Monde linked the movement of October 17 to the Yellow Vests, which emerged in December 2018 around purchasing power and the cost of living, and reminded that the 225,000 contributions from the grievance books had not led to a political translation. The newspaper estimated that the 2023 demonstrations against the pension reform, adopted by the Borne government without a parliamentary vote, had similarly been followed by a lack of political response. According to the editorial, this situation had fueled mistrust towards the head of state, and the executive could no longer dismiss the demands; social peace, it argued, depended on their consideration. #Macron #GiletsJaunes #France (translated)

At the investors' summit in Berlin, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, together with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, is advocating for international investments in Germany, while the country struggles with declining direct investments and political instability despite high potential. #Investitionsgipfel #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Deutschland (translated)

Impact accused the editor-in-chief of Marianne of targeting Mohamed, an 18-year-old student, without knowing his academic record. According to Impact, the young man had submitted 80 applications to become a nurse and received 80 rejections. The account reported that the editor-in-chief believed his record was probably mediocre, as nursing programs are very selective, and that he should have also applied to other programs, as his teachers had advised him. #Éducation #Infirmier #Réussite (translated)

The author believed that the intervention of the head of state the night before, which he said shifted responsibility to the prefects, and the resignation of the Minister of the Interior that same morning constituted an admission of powerlessness. He stated that the government was abandoning the field and collapsing from within. (translated)

"The law in Judea and Samaria applies to everyone, without distinction of identity or belonging," added the Israeli police chief, Daniel Levy, referring to the occupied West Bank using the designation of the Israeli right. #ConflitoIsraeloPalestiniano #Cisjordânia #Violência (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche has temporarily suspended all future investment decisions in Germany. Following Boehringer Ingelheim, another company is affected. Roche Germany's CEO Daniel Steiners sharply criticized the federal government and called it a political watershed. According to Boeminghaus, Roche invested around 719 million euros in German locations in 2025 and a total of around 3.8 billion euros since 2020. The company employs 18,594 people in Germany and achieved a revenue of 8.9 billion euros in 2025. In future investments, Germany competes with the USA and China, wrote Boeminghaus. Steiners demanded better local conditions and stated that Europe must try harder again. Boeminghaus described the investment freeze as a warning signal for the industrial location and a bad start to the week for Friedrich Merz. https://t.co/AGLz75iw7Z #Roche #Deutschland #Wirtschaftskrise (translated)

Impact reported that Jean-Luc Mélenchon contested live on television the comments made by Sébastien Lecornu regarding the violence that occurred during the mobilization on October 17. Mélenchon accused the government of being solely responsible and called on Emmanuel Macron to respond to social anger and the demands of young people. He rejected the idea of having to choose between looters and police, believing that the conflict was rather between a youth facing a deep crisis and a government that, according to him, allowed the situation to deteriorate before resorting to blind violence. He compared the methods used to those observed during the Yellow Vests movement and the repression in the Antilles. Mélenchon also argued that maintaining order required a professional technique rather than resorting to brutality. He cited May 1968, stating that a month of violence and car and business fires had resulted in no deaths, and referred to the republican morals of the police union leaders of the time. He concluded that the government was responsible for the disorder and that democracy should allow for managing social tensions through debate and the maintenance of tranquility. #Mélanchon #Gouvernement #Violences (translated)

The Austrian alpine skiers will start the new ski season in Sölden on Sunday with the goal of winning World Cup rankings again after two winter seasons without any medals, while head coach Marko Pfeifer demands determination from his athletes. #SkiWeltcup #ÖSV #MarcoSchwarz (translated)

In return, the leader of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, denounced "a deep crisis of trust and authority that poses a threat to democracy," while the leader of the France Unbowed party, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, accused the head of state of playing the "waiting game." #Macron #Manifestations #Violences (translated)

In return, the leader of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, denounced "a deep crisis of confidence and authority, which poses a threat to democracy," while the leader of the rebellious faction, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, accused the head of state of playing the "deterioration." #Macron #Manifestations #Violences (translated)

Those who sought to bring down the Republic will have to answer for it. On Sunday evening, the head of state had already spoken in a solemn address, stating that "those who sought to bring down the Republic will have to answer for it," said Emmanuel Macron. #Macron #Manifestations #Violences (translated)

Carl Eos wrote that it mattered how one voted and referred to a case where a man who had lived in Sweden since the age of five was to be deported after having put his partner in a chokehold and pressed her face against a pillow so that she had difficulty breathing. According to Eos, stricter rules for deportation due to crime had come into effect the day before the incident. He quoted Anders Larsson, the chief judge of Södertörn District Court, who said that the bar for deportation was now lower. https://t.co/lnrgJYJRA1 #brott #utvisning #röstning (translated)