What’s on the front page of Le Monde?
The front page of Le Monde reports on the far-right party – the RN – sticks to a posture rejecting measures aimed at combating global warming. The paper says that opposed to climate diplomacy, the National Rally fights the measures proposed by France and Europe at COP29 in Baku at the national level, Marine Le Pen’s troops presented a “counter-budget” which cuts all spending in favour of the environment.
A picture of NGO Marea Verde who works on Wanda, the hydraulic and solar machine that collects waste from the Juan Diaz River, in Panama, features on the front page. The paper discusses plastic production.
‘Russia launches record number of drones’ & ‘French mass rape trial concludes’ & ‘Merkel releases highly anticipated memoir’ – Paper Talk Europe
Russia’s record bombing of Ukraine leads much of the bloc’s major news sites this morning as Ukraine’s air force says it has shot down 76 Russian drones in 17 regions, whilst another 95 were lost from their radars or downed by electronic jamming defensive systems in overnights attacks.
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel also dominates much of the European news. A formidable feature of European politics, Merkel served Germany for 16 years. Today, her memoir Freedom is released. The highly anticipated memoir confronts criticisms of her policies on Russia and migration, which some say left Germany overly dependent on Russian gas and has fueled the rise of the far right in the Deutschland.
The conclusion of the mass rape trial in France finds plenty of space as prosecutors demand the maximum sentence for Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband and women around the world protesting for an end to violence against women. Much of the European media – including the UK – are running various campaigns and stories around violence towards women, sexual assault and calls for governments to do better.
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