Did you catch any news over the weekend? We summarize the main information of the last two days.
World Cup: France and Morocco qualified for the semi-finals
France, reigning world champion, has made its way to the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup by winning against England (2-1) in the quarterfinals on Saturday, thanks to goals from Aurélien Tchouaméni and Olivier Giroud. The English got two penalties, but failed to score the second.
The surprise of the day came from the Morocco team, which obtained a historic qualification in the last four of the world, with a 1-0 victory against Portugal. It is the first time that an African or Arab team has reached this stage of the competition. An event celebrated in the streets of Morocco, but also in Paris. France and Morocco will meet for the semi-final on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Corruption scandal in the European Parliament
The Greek vice-president of the European Parliament, Eva Kaili, and three other people were charged and imprisoned on Sunday in Belgium as part of an investigation into suspicions of corruption in connection with Qatar within this institution of the Union. European.
The day before, the Greek MEP had been temporarily withdrawn from the tasks delegated to her by the President, Roberta Metsola. Eva Kaili is suspected of having received money from the emirate for “influencing economic and political decisions” of the European Parliament.
War in Ukraine: “not between two states, but between two systems”, according to the Nobel Prize
At the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday in Oslo, the President of the Center for Civil Liberties, Oleksandra Matviichuk said: “The war in Ukraine is not a war between two states, but between two systems: authoritarianism and democracy. » (find the whole speech.) The prize also went to Belarusian Ales Bialiatski and the Russian NGO Memorial.
On the ground, the Ukrainian army on Saturday reported fire from missiles, rockets and from planes in several regions of the country, including in the Donbass and in the Kherson region.
Eric Ciotti at the head of LR, Marine Tondelier elected at EELV
The political weekend was dense for many parties, both left and right, who appointed their new leader after the 2022 electoral sequence. At Les Républicains, Eric Ciotti was elected by the internal vote of the militants sunday. The day before, the centrist Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) party had chosen Hervé Marseille as new president.
On the left, Marie Tondelier was elected national secretary of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts with more than 90% of the votes, while at La France insoumise, a new direction under the leadership of Manuel Bompard was unveiled, without voteprompting the anger of several figures of the movement feeling left out. Friction was also heard at the New Anti-Capitalist Party, meeting in Saint-Denis.
The Orion capsule back from the Moon
After visiting the Moon and venturing further into space than any habitable spacecraft before it, NASA’s Orion capsule has landed in the Pacific Ocean on Sundaythe last stage of the Artemis 1 mission.
The success of this mission, which will have lasted just over twenty-five days in total, is crucial for NASA, which has invested tens of billions of dollars in the American program to return to the Moon, Artemis, whose goal is to prepare for a future trip to Mars.
And also :
Transports. The metropolis of Strasbourg inaugurates the first RER outside Ile-de-France.
Peru. New president appoints government after failed coup.
Use. The government wants to introduce a remaining charge for the personal training account.
Immigration. Italy welcomes three migrant rescue ships.
Bangladesh. The opposition demonstrates in the capital to demand the dismissal of the government.