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Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend “a few days” in hospital for treatment, the Vatican said in a statement on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government has been accused of trampling on same-sex couples’ parental rights.

A woman in northern France is to be put on trial on charges of insulting President Emmanuel Macron after describing him as ‘filth’ in a Facebook post, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. The woman risks a fine of 12,000 euros but not prison if convicted at the trial due to be held in June.

The law is good, they say. But EU consumers might also have to change their behaviour and take a closer look at what they consume.

France’s highest constitutional authority will rule on President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform on April 14, it said Wednesday, a verdict decisive for the future of the changes.

France increased the minimum age for using an electric scooter from 12 to 14 on Wednesday ahead of a weekend vote in Paris on whether to ban rental of the devices. The government unveiled a new regulatory plan for e-scooters on Wednesday increasing the age limit as well as hiking fines for riding on them with another person from 35 euros to 135 ($150).

Henrik Hololei has served as the Director-General for Mobility and Transport since 2015.

Three issues remain outstanding: port concessions, district heating networks and the so-called “integrated urban plans.”

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King Charles travels to Germany on Wednesday in his first state visit abroad since becoming British monarch. Charles, who succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth as the British monarch in September, had been due to travel first to France, but cancelled that part of the tour due to violent social unrest over President Emmanuel Macron’s new pension law.