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The social security funding project for 2027, which will be debated in the National Assembly, provides for significant savings in several areas, including pensions, health, and the introduction of a new tax on sugary products, but faces opposition that could jeopardize its adoption. #SécuritéSociale #Retraites #Économie (translated)

The future tax on sugary products, included in the social security funding bill, worries small traditional candy businesses in Brittany, who fear that it will jeopardize their financial stability and historical craftsmanship, already weakened by the rising costs of raw materials. #TaxeSucre #ConfiseriesTraditionnelles #PMEFrance (translated)

Daniel Conversano stated that Lisnard would not be present in the second round. He estimated that Reconquête was advocating a liberal line while also carrying, in his opinion, a necessary discourse on immigration and identity. He contrasted Lisnard's ability to implement tax reforms and cut government positions with that of the Knafo-Zemmour tandem, which he described as attacking relentlessly for five years. He also asked which party should confront the RN: Reconquête, which he presented as having a complete and civilizational program, or a new center-right formation that he compared to that of François Fillon, which he believed was destined to fall into oblivion. #Politique #Réformes #Élections (translated)

Patient associations, including the League Against Cancer, are calling not to yield to industrial lobbying regarding the extension of tax on sugary products as part of the 2027 budget, highlighting the public health issues related to obesity and diabetes. #TaxeSucre #SantéPublique #LutteContreObésité (translated)

During the initial budget debates, lawmakers supported the extension of the soda tax to pre-packaged food products containing a high amount of sugar, aiming to encourage industries to modify their recipes and reduce nutrition-related chronic diseases. #TaxeSoda #AlimentationSaîne #Budget2027 (translated)

Gustavo Petro rejected Eva's accusations against the mother of his younger daughters and claimed they lacked evidence. He also questioned the director and the owner of the magazine that published them, asserting that the allegations portrayed his family as linked to drug trafficking and arms trafficking. Petro stated that his children were desired and that he raised them with the intention of bringing them closer to Colombia's history, books, and poetry. He claimed that his family had distanced itself from power and greed, and highlighted the help he received from Jorge Emilio Alcocer in his fight against narcoparamilitarism in Sucre, as well as the public and professional background of Emilio Alcocer, whom he identified as the grandfather and great-grandfather of his daughters. The author asserted that he had fulfilled the peace agreement he signed 37 years ago and denied that official planes from his government had transported clandestine weapons or drugs. He stated that he had removed officials suspected of doing so before his government. Furthermore, he urged affected individuals to go to court against Eva, the director, and the owner of the magazine if they did not publish a retraction of equivalent scope; he noted that the accusation was based on the testimony that "a person told me." #Colombia #Justicia #Historia (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that there had been no crime between Laura Sarabia and the President of the Republic, and he asked Sarabia to take legal action and restore the truth. He added that he would do the same and maintained that judicial actions would help dismantle what he called falsehoods and protect democracy. He also invited the mother of a minister—whom, according to Petro, Angie accused of pimping and who allegedly recommended Angie for the position of secretary general—to speak publicly and present the corresponding complaints. Petro asked Gabriel Guilinski, whom he described as a beneficiary of the fraud from Venezuela, to show evidence of his alleged accusations against Verónica Alcocer. According to Petro, Guilinski had accused her of drug trafficking and arms trafficking using an official FAC plane. Additionally, he requested that his daughters and mother take legal action against Gabriel Guillinsky for aggravated defamation. #Justicia #Democracia #Verdad (translated)

Yesid Lancheros wrote that SEMANA reported that Verónica Alcocer made 149 trips, almost all on state planes, and transported nearly 2,100 passengers. Among them were the Catalans, Alcocer's cousin, Mario Fernández Alcocer; Carolina Plata, who Eva Ferrer pointed out as an alleged frontman; and the Italian Enrico Romagnoli, investigated for alleged corruption in Ecopetrol. Lancheros indicated that a flight to Venezuela on January 31, 2023, on a state aircraft Legacy FAC 1218, was the one Ferrer mentioned in statements to SEMANA. According to Ferrer, drugs would have been transported on that flight, and 2.5 million dollars had been brought from Venezuela. He also stated that the Catalan businessman Manel Grau told him that part of that money was intended to finance Fernández Alcocer's campaign for the governorship of Sucre in the 2023 regional and local elections. Ferrer added that, according to what he had been told, there would be photographs of Alcocer getting off the plane with gray suitcases and a movement of capital between both countries would have occurred. #Corrupción #Colombia #Ecopetrol (translated)

Sophie wrote to François Razna that a doctor had been found as well as a person to call the emergency number of the SNCF. She added that she had, like the others, looked for something sweet to give to the person concerned and wondered what else they could do. #SNCF #Secours #Médecin (translated)

The author stated that he did not fear the situation mentioned, but actually desired it, and that his oligarchic government contributed to provoking it. According to him, chaos would allow for the cancellation of elections and the imposition of oppressive and tyrannical measures. He added that no one was being fooled. (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that the University of Córdoba had been under the control of Salvatore Mancuso, with the murders of dozens of students and professors, and pointed out that Abelardo had been an advisor to Mancuso and paramilitarism. Petro said he had held parliamentary debates on the influence of drug trafficking and paramilitary groups in politics, including public universities. He wrote that he denounced that these had been taken over to divert resources, promote violence, and restrict freedom of thought and expression. He added that, after his debates and accusations against politicians allegedly allied with armed drug traffickers, 35% of senators were convicted and imprisoned by the Supreme Court of Justice. He also claimed that the court was persecuted and replaced by the "cartel of the toga" and corrupt prosecutors. The president maintained that, after the fall of politicians linked to drug trafficking — whom he said were succeeded by family members — the University of Córdoba was freed from paramilitarism and grew significantly in coverage and quality. He stated that those who benefited from the takeover of the institution stagnated it while turning the private university into a business and hoarding peasant lands and water through violence. Petro said that these sectors governed Córdoba and had a president, despite not having a majority, and that they sought to return to the past. He attributed to them the halting of programs of his government to recover swamps, including the Grande, and to promote agrarian reform in Córdoba and Sucre. He also asserted that they wanted to stop the development of the university and the access of Cordoban youth to knowledge. Finally, he called on the Historic Pact to summon the people to elect delegates to its congress and urged resistance against what he described as a new advance of allies of drug trafficking and violence, with municipal coordinations ideally made up of women, peasants, and youth. #UniversidadDeCórdoba #Narcoparapolítica #DerechosHumanos (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that the rector of the University of Córdoba had confronted Mancuso's paramilitarism. He said that the paramilitaries took the institution by force and killed dozens of professors and students, and he argued that Abelardo was an advisor to those groups and did business with them. He also assured that during his government there was the greatest growth of higher education in Córdoba and Sucre. #Córdoba #Educación #Colombia (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella said that he had inaugurated the Warsaw–El Delirio road in Sucre, a stretch of 3.2 kilometers that, he claimed, completed a strategic section of the Transversal of the Montes de María and improved the connection between Sincelejo and Toluviejo, the Route to the Sea, and the Gulf of Morrosquillo. He pointed out that more than $10.2 billion had been spent on the project and stated that it would facilitate the transport of crops, tourism, and commerce. He also claimed that, during his Government, the works would be completed and delivered on time, without undue cost overruns. He presented the project as part of progress that, as he wrote, should reach the territories. #Caminos #Desarrollo #Sucre (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella said that he inaugurated the road connection Varsovia-El Delirio, in Sucre, a stretch of 3.2 kilometers of the Transversal de los Montes de María. According to what he wrote, the road connected Sincelejo to Toluviejo, the Route to the Sea and the Gulf of Morrosquillo, and would facilitate the export of harvests, access for doctors, tourism, and trade in the region. He closed his post with patriotic and religious slogans. #Infraestructura #Desarrollo #Transporte (translated)

In its 2027 budget proposal, the French government suggests expanding the soda tax to sugary processed products to encourage manufacturers to modify their recipes, specifically targeting ice creams, cookies, cereals, and candies containing additives and a sugar content of at least 10%. #TaxeSoda #ProduitsSucrés #SantéPublique (translated)