Thursday, September 23, 2021
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‘Donnez-moi un break’: Johnson Deepens Rift with France over Defence Deal
THE GUARDIAN: UK prime minister hits out after Paris reacted with fury to announcement of defence pact
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THE GUARDIAN: UK prime minister hits out after Paris reacted with fury to announcement of defence pact
Boris Johnson has reopened the rift with Paris over the Aukus defence and security deal, urging the French to “prenez un grip about this and donnez-moi un break”, after he and Joe Biden discussed deepening the pact.
The prime minister was speaking in Washington, where he attended a dinner on Tuesday evening with the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, after meeting the US president at the White House.
Johnson and Biden talked about extending their cooperation through the pact to cover further issues including safeguarding human rights and promoting free markets – and ruled out inviting more countries to join.
Johnson said: “What I found on Capitol Hill was that they want to populate the agenda with all sorts of other things which matter.” He cited the need for a western rival to telecom giant Huawei, which the UK government recently decided to remove from some parts of the country’s critical infrastructure because of security concerns. “What we need is a western technology on which we can all rely,” he said. Read the rest of the article and watch the video » | Heather Stewart, Political editor | Wednesday, September 22, 2021
THE GUARDIAN: UK prime minister hits out after Paris reacted with fury to announcement of defence pact
Boris Johnson has reopened the rift with Paris over the Aukus defence and security deal, urging the French to “prenez un grip about this and donnez-moi un break”, after he and Joe Biden discussed deepening the pact.
The prime minister was speaking in Washington, where he attended a dinner on Tuesday evening with the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, after meeting the US president at the White House.
Johnson and Biden talked about extending their cooperation through the pact to cover further issues including safeguarding human rights and promoting free markets – and ruled out inviting more countries to join.
Johnson said: “What I found on Capitol Hill was that they want to populate the agenda with all sorts of other things which matter.” He cited the need for a western rival to telecom giant Huawei, which the UK government recently decided to remove from some parts of the country’s critical infrastructure because of security concerns. “What we need is a western technology on which we can all rely,” he said. Read the rest of the article and watch the video » | Heather Stewart, Political editor | Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Crise des sous-marins: dans les coulisses de la «trahison» du siècle
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - Pour satisfaire les Australiens, la France avait même proposé de «réévaluer» le contrat et de fournir des sous-marins nucléaires.
Même les anciens espions John le Carré et Ian Flemming, le créateur de James Bond, n’auraient pu imaginer un tel scénario. Ils auraient en revanche pu trouver un titre à l’affaire dite «des sous-marins australiens»: la trahison du siècle. Ses détails, qui racontent l’une des plus grandes arnaques diplomatiques dont a jamais été victime la France, expliquent le niveau de colère, rarement vu pour un allié, des plus hauts responsables français. Ils justifient aussi la «rupture de confiance» évoquée par Paris envers les États-Unis et l’Australie. Elle devrait laisser des traces pendant longtemps. Surtout vis-à-vis de l’Australie. » | Par Isabelle Lasserre | mardi 21 septembre 2021
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Forbidden Love - Taboos in World Religions | Faith, Love, Desire
Weg mit diesem Unsinn! Ein Homosexueller ist ein Kind Gottes. Es ist genau so, wie der Schöpfer es geschaffen hat! Was kann ein Mensch gegen den Willen Gottes sagen? Man kann nicht behaupten, daß Gott auf der einen Seite vollkommen ist und auf der anderen sagen, daß er Fehler macht! Entweder ist er perfekt und kann keine Fehler machen, oder er ist nicht perfekt und kann doch Fehler machen. Welches ist es?
Ist es nicht wahr zu sagen, daß Religion ein Werkzeug der Mächtigen ist, um die Schwachen zu kontrollieren? – © Mark
Les Quatre Saisons de Antonio Vivaldi
Voici une version complète des Quatre Saisons de Antonio Vivaldi.
Les Quatre Saisons (dont le titre original italien est « Le quattro stagioni ») est le nom donné aux quatre concertos pour violon, composés par Antonio Vivaldi, Opus 8, no 1-4, qui ouvrent le recueil Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione — « La confrontation entre l'harmonie et l'invention ». L'opus 8 de Vivaldi a été édité en 1725 à Amsterdam par Michel Le Cène, mais il est admis que la composition de ces quatre concertos est antérieure de plusieurs années. L'œuvre connut un grand succès dans toute l'Europe notamment à Londres et à Paris où les concertos furent interprétés au début de l’année 1728 au Concert Spirituel.
Les Quatre Saisons (dont le titre original italien est « Le quattro stagioni ») est le nom donné aux quatre concertos pour violon, composés par Antonio Vivaldi, Opus 8, no 1-4, qui ouvrent le recueil Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione — « La confrontation entre l'harmonie et l'invention ». L'opus 8 de Vivaldi a été édité en 1725 à Amsterdam par Michel Le Cène, mais il est admis que la composition de ces quatre concertos est antérieure de plusieurs années. L'œuvre connut un grand succès dans toute l'Europe notamment à Londres et à Paris où les concertos furent interprétés au début de l’année 1728 au Concert Spirituel.
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Earthquake in Australia Forces Hospitals and Residents to Evacuate
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The 5.9-magnitude quake damaged buildings in Melbourne, but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths.
Damaged buildings along Chapel Street in Melbourne after an earthquake on Wednesday. | Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The 5.9-magnitude quake damaged buildings in Melbourne, but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths.
MELBOURNE, Australia — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit southeast Australia on Wednesday morning, damaging buildings and forcing hospitals to evacuate staff members and patients. It was an unusually large quake in a country less susceptible to major temblors than neighboring countries.
There were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said at a news conference from New York, where he was attending the U.N. General Assembly.
It was the largest onshore earthquake in the state of Victoria in recorded history, according to Adam Pascale, chief scientist at the Seismology Research Center. And it was the largest land earthquake in the country since 2016, when a 6.1-magnitude temblor hit the Northern Territory, according to Geoscience Australia.
The quake on Wednesday collapsed the walls of buildings in Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city and the capital of Victoria. It forced residents to flee apartments, shattered windows, left cracks in roads and led to power outages.
Photos and videos shared widely on social media show a damaged building in Melbourne, with bricks spewed across the street. » | Yan Zhuang | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The 5.9-magnitude quake damaged buildings in Melbourne, but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths.
MELBOURNE, Australia — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit southeast Australia on Wednesday morning, damaging buildings and forcing hospitals to evacuate staff members and patients. It was an unusually large quake in a country less susceptible to major temblors than neighboring countries.
There were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said at a news conference from New York, where he was attending the U.N. General Assembly.
It was the largest onshore earthquake in the state of Victoria in recorded history, according to Adam Pascale, chief scientist at the Seismology Research Center. And it was the largest land earthquake in the country since 2016, when a 6.1-magnitude temblor hit the Northern Territory, according to Geoscience Australia.
The quake on Wednesday collapsed the walls of buildings in Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city and the capital of Victoria. It forced residents to flee apartments, shattered windows, left cracks in roads and led to power outages.
Photos and videos shared widely on social media show a damaged building in Melbourne, with bricks spewed across the street. » | Yan Zhuang | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The Roots of French Pique
THE NEW YORK TIMES: It’s hardly surprising that France would be furious over losing a multibillion-dollar arms deal with Australia, all the more so because it believes it was blindsided as Canberra, Washington and London secretly worked to get a different deal for themselves.
But recalling ambassadors, as France did from Washington and Canberra, a step just short of breaking relations, is not normal behavior among allies, no matter how miffed they may be. The lost sale of a dozen submarines is painful, but not fatal to the French arms industry, especially as the hulls and engines were to be built in Australia and the electronics and armaments were to come from Lockheed Martin, an American company. And, as the Australians argue, France should have seen it coming: The diesel-powered submarines France offered were no longer what confronting a rising China required.
What really got the French seeing red was something else. It was being callously shunted aside by the United States and its Anglophone allies — “les Anglo-Saxons,” as Gen. Charles de Gaulle somewhat disparagingly referred to them — and being excluded from a role in what is shaping up to be the central geopolitical action for decades to come.
The imperious general, whose place in French history and national identity is reflected in the innumerable streets, boulevards and squares bearing his name, left a legacy very much in the background of the furor over the submarine deal, according to Serge Berstein, a noted historian of the de Gaulle era. The common thread, he said, arises from de Gaulle’s conviction that France, even if not a superpower, “retains an important international role by virtue of its presence in all parts of the globe.” In Asia, that includes a long colonial history and control over several islands in the Pacific. » | Serge Schmemann | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
No Wonder the French Are Angry »
Trump verklagt seine Nichte
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Donald Trump will sich für die Enthüllungen über seine Finanzen rächen. Er verklagt die New York Times und seine eigene Nichte – denn die war eine wichtige Quelle.
Der frühere amerikanische Präsident Donald Trump hat wegen der Enthüllungen der Zeitung New York Times über seine Finanzen Klage gegen die Zeitung und seine Nichte Mary Trump eingereicht. Er wirft ihnen vor, ein „heimtückisches Komplott“ geschmiedet zu haben, um seine Steuererklärungen zu erhalten, wie aus der bei einem Gericht im Bundesstaat New York eingereichten Klageschrift hervorgeht.
Die New York Times-Reporter Susanne Craig, David Barstow und Russ Buettner hätten einen „Kreuzzug“ geführt, um an vertrauliche Unterlagen des früheren Präsidenten zu gelangen. Ihr Motiv sei Rache gewesen. » | Quelle: AFP | Mittwoch, 22. September 2021
Trump Sues His Niece and The New York Times Over Leaked Tax Documents: Former President Donald J. Trump filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Mary Trump and three Times reporters of conspiring to publish information about his tax records. »
Der Nahe Osten – eine Weltregion im ewigen Krieg
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Gescheiterte Revolutionen, Bürgerkriege, Flüchtlingswellen und Hungersnöte: Der Nahe Osten macht nur selten positive Schlagzeilen. Und ein Ende von Gewalt und Chaos ist nicht in Sicht. Selbst die Inseln relativer Stabilität sind auf Sand gebaut.
«Im Nahen Osten muss man ein Optimist sein», hat mir ein erfahrener Kollege einst geraten. Als mentale Überlebenshilfe mag diese Denkweise für einen Korrespondenten nützlich sein. Nach drei Jahren in Beirut muss ich indes feststellen: Realistisch betrachtet gibt es im Orient kaum Grund, auf Besserung zu hoffen. Selbst verheissungsvolle Silberstreifen am Horizont erweisen sich als leere Luftspiegelungen.
Einer dieser seltenen Silberstreifen war der Aufstieg von Mohammed bin Salman in Saudiarabien. Der junge Kronprinz predigte einen «gemässigten Islam», schlug freundliche Töne gegenüber Israel an, erlaubte den Frauen das Autofahren und lockerte ihre Bevormundung. Er liess Kinos und Konzerte zu und öffnete das Mutterland des Islams für abenteuerlustige Individualtouristen. Hatte die saudische Erdölmonarchie früher die globale Verbreitung eines rigiden Islams finanziert, der nicht selten zur Einstiegsdroge für Jihadisten wurde, schien Riad nun offen für eine zukunftsfähige, pragmatische Politik zu sein. » | Christian Weisflog, Beirut | Mittwoch, 22. September 2021
«Im Nahen Osten muss man ein Optimist sein», hat mir ein erfahrener Kollege einst geraten. Als mentale Überlebenshilfe mag diese Denkweise für einen Korrespondenten nützlich sein. Nach drei Jahren in Beirut muss ich indes feststellen: Realistisch betrachtet gibt es im Orient kaum Grund, auf Besserung zu hoffen. Selbst verheissungsvolle Silberstreifen am Horizont erweisen sich als leere Luftspiegelungen.
Einer dieser seltenen Silberstreifen war der Aufstieg von Mohammed bin Salman in Saudiarabien. Der junge Kronprinz predigte einen «gemässigten Islam», schlug freundliche Töne gegenüber Israel an, erlaubte den Frauen das Autofahren und lockerte ihre Bevormundung. Er liess Kinos und Konzerte zu und öffnete das Mutterland des Islams für abenteuerlustige Individualtouristen. Hatte die saudische Erdölmonarchie früher die globale Verbreitung eines rigiden Islams finanziert, der nicht selten zur Einstiegsdroge für Jihadisten wurde, schien Riad nun offen für eine zukunftsfähige, pragmatische Politik zu sein. » | Christian Weisflog, Beirut | Mittwoch, 22. September 2021
Crise des sous-marins: Scott Morrison, le pire des alliés pour la France
LE FIGARO : PORTRAIT - L’actuel premier ministre australien est l’exact opposé de son prédécesseur, le centriste Malcolm Turnbull avec qui la France avait signé en 2016 le «contrat du siècle».
Le monde l’avait découvert lors des violents incendies qui ont ravagé l’Australie en 2019-2020. Une crise d’une ampleur inédite particulièrement mal gérée par Scott Morrison, qui, au summum de celle-ci, avait choisi de maintenir ses vacances à Hawaï. Finalement contraint de revenir, il s’était défendu en rappelant que son rôle n’était pas de «tenir la lance à incendie»…
Depuis la semaine dernière et l’annonce choc d’un rapprochement anglo-saxon, plus personne en France n’ignore le nom du premier ministre australien. Scott Morrison, 53 ans, est accusé par Jean-Yves Le Drian d’avoir porté à la France un «coup dans le dos». Une figure qui ne lui est pas inconnue. Morrisson est devenu premier ministre en août 2018, après une énième rébellion interne du Parti libéral qui s’est traduite par l’éviction de son prédécesseur, le modéré Malcolm Turnbull, avec qui la France avait signé en 2016 le «contrat du siècle». » | Par Henri Biaujout | mardi 21 septembre 2021
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Crise des sous-marins : Macron s'entretiendra avec Biden ce mercredi – Le président américain a sollicité un entretien avec son homologue français pour évoquer la crise diplomatique entre les deux pays. »
US-UK ‘Special Relationship’ Faces New Challenges Despite Signs of Healing
THE GUARDIAN: Relationship between Biden’s US and Johnson’s post-Brexit UK remains complicated and inevitably transactional
Further highs and lows in store: UK PM Boris Johnson meets US president Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington DC. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
What a difference a month makes.
In August Joe Biden was being denounced in the British parliament for a “shameful” retreat from Afghanistan that blindsided the UK and other allies. The US president reportedly took a day and a half to return prime minister Boris Johnson’s call.
On Tuesday, by contrast, Johnson rode triumphantly into Washington on one of the Amtrak trains so beloved by Biden, celebrating both a new military pact and the lifting of a pandemic ban on British travellers visiting the US. He sat in the Oval Office and lavished praise on the president’s address to the UN general assembly.
The swing from hapless despair to giddy euphoria made for snappy headlines. But neither extreme was realistic. The relationship between the US and post-Brexit Britain, and between Biden and Johnson, remains complicated, nuanced and inevitably transactional – with further highs and lows surely still in store. » | David Smith in Washington | Wednesday, September 22, 2021
What a difference a month makes.
In August Joe Biden was being denounced in the British parliament for a “shameful” retreat from Afghanistan that blindsided the UK and other allies. The US president reportedly took a day and a half to return prime minister Boris Johnson’s call.
On Tuesday, by contrast, Johnson rode triumphantly into Washington on one of the Amtrak trains so beloved by Biden, celebrating both a new military pact and the lifting of a pandemic ban on British travellers visiting the US. He sat in the Oval Office and lavished praise on the president’s address to the UN general assembly.
The swing from hapless despair to giddy euphoria made for snappy headlines. But neither extreme was realistic. The relationship between the US and post-Brexit Britain, and between Biden and Johnson, remains complicated, nuanced and inevitably transactional – with further highs and lows surely still in store. » | David Smith in Washington | Wednesday, September 22, 2021
How We Got Gay – Discovery Channel Documentaries (2017)
Channel 4 Rupert Everett explores the changes in gay life in the 50 years since the decriminalisation of male homosexuality in.
‘How We Got Gay’ tells the incredible story of how gay men and women went from being the ultimate outsiders to occupying the halls of power.
Authors: Bertrand Loyer, Jessica Menendez, Stéphane Alexandresco.
According to recent scientific research, more than 450 different kinds of animals engage in homosexuality.
‘How We Got Gay’ tells the incredible story of how gay men and women went from being the ultimate outsiders to occupying the halls of power.
Authors: Bertrand Loyer, Jessica Menendez, Stéphane Alexandresco.
According to recent scientific research, more than 450 different kinds of animals engage in homosexuality.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
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Emmanuel Macron et Narendra Modi veulent «agir conjointement» en Indo-Pacifique
LE FIGARO : Après l'annulation du «contrat du siècle» par l'Australie, le président français et le premier ministre indien se sont entretenus et ont réaffirmé leur volonté «d'agir conjointement».
Le président français Emmanuel Macron et le premier ministre indien Narendra Modi se sont entretenus mardi 21 septembre en pleine crise des sous-marins australiens et ont réaffirmé leur volonté «d'agir conjointement dans un espace indo-pacifique ouvert et inclusif», a annoncé l'Élysée.
Le chef de l'État «a rappelé l'engagement de la France à contribuer au renforcement de l'autonomie stratégique de l'Inde, y compris sa base industrielle et technologique, dans le cadre d'une relation étroite fondée sur la confiance», a précisé la présidence française. Cet entretien téléphonique intervient au moment où Paris continue de montrer sa colère après l'annonce, le 15 septembre, d'une nouvelle alliance stratégique entre l'Australie, les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni, qui a torpillé un méga-contrat de sous-marins français à Canberra. Regardez la vidéo » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 21 septembre 2021
Le président français Emmanuel Macron et le premier ministre indien Narendra Modi se sont entretenus mardi 21 septembre en pleine crise des sous-marins australiens et ont réaffirmé leur volonté «d'agir conjointement dans un espace indo-pacifique ouvert et inclusif», a annoncé l'Élysée.
Le chef de l'État «a rappelé l'engagement de la France à contribuer au renforcement de l'autonomie stratégique de l'Inde, y compris sa base industrielle et technologique, dans le cadre d'une relation étroite fondée sur la confiance», a précisé la présidence française. Cet entretien téléphonique intervient au moment où Paris continue de montrer sa colère après l'annonce, le 15 septembre, d'une nouvelle alliance stratégique entre l'Australie, les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni, qui a torpillé un méga-contrat de sous-marins français à Canberra. Regardez la vidéo » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 21 septembre 2021
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Tory Corruption: It’s Shocking What a “Donation” Can Buy. Truth To Power
Whoever would have thought that the UK would turn into one of those sh****** countries of which Trump spoke so colourfully? BoJo and his corrupt entourage are taking this country to new lows, to new depths.
In a relatively recent post, I likened British society to a bottle of non-homogenized milk. As well as all the cream rising to the top, you can now add corruption into the mix. In my lifetime, I have never known such a corrupt administration as BoJo’s. That man needs to be kicked out of office asap. His administration is a disaster. His administration is not fit for purpose; and nor is he. – © Mark
Macron Takes on U.S., a Big Gamble Even for a Bold Risk-Taker
THE NEW YORK TIMES: For President Emmanuel Macron of France, a debacle over a lost submarine deal with Australia suggests that the NATO alliance is debilitated through lack of trust.
President Emmanuel Macron of France cannot afford to be seen as soft just over six months from a presidential election. | Gonzalo
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron of France has gambled big. He has directed his foreign minister to use language not typically associated with diplomacy, let alone diplomacy between allies, in describing American actions: “lies,” “duplicity,” “brutality” and “contempt.” He has recalled the French ambassador to the United States, a first.
Such boldness is in character. That is how Mr. Macron became president at the age of 39. He has also recalled French ambassadors to Turkey and Italy during his presidency over perceived insults. The question in the Australian submarine deal that slipped from France’s grasp is: Does the president hold sufficient cards?
In responding to the secretive U.S.-British move to sell nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, a decision that the Australians used to nix the prior French deal, Mr. Macron could choose to escalate. One idea doing the rounds in France is for the country to withdraw from NATO’s integrated military command structure, which it rejoined in 2009 after a 43-year absence.
But that would be a radical step — whatever Mr. Macron’s view, expressed in 2019, that NATO is “brain dead” — and foreign ministry officials discounted the possibility.
Still, that the idea should even circulate suggests the extent of what Jean-Yves Le Drian, the foreign minister, has called “a grave crisis between us.” France feels humiliated. It will not readily forget what it sees as an American slap in the face, described by the minister as “intolerable.” » | Roger Cohen | Monday, September 20, 2021
This is J. G.'s comment.
This is my response to it:
I wrote this short comment on the NYT today, but it appears to be too controversial for the NYT to handle. I have waited hours for the newspaper to put it up, but to no avail. So I thought I would share my comment with you here. Here it is; it is a counter-comment to J. G.'s comment from The Netherlands. His comment, in my opinion,, is spot on:
@J. G. Great comment! I couldn't agree with your assessment more. Bravo! This AUKUS deal is so dirty it stinks! [© Mark]
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron of France has gambled big. He has directed his foreign minister to use language not typically associated with diplomacy, let alone diplomacy between allies, in describing American actions: “lies,” “duplicity,” “brutality” and “contempt.” He has recalled the French ambassador to the United States, a first.
Such boldness is in character. That is how Mr. Macron became president at the age of 39. He has also recalled French ambassadors to Turkey and Italy during his presidency over perceived insults. The question in the Australian submarine deal that slipped from France’s grasp is: Does the president hold sufficient cards?
In responding to the secretive U.S.-British move to sell nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, a decision that the Australians used to nix the prior French deal, Mr. Macron could choose to escalate. One idea doing the rounds in France is for the country to withdraw from NATO’s integrated military command structure, which it rejoined in 2009 after a 43-year absence.
But that would be a radical step — whatever Mr. Macron’s view, expressed in 2019, that NATO is “brain dead” — and foreign ministry officials discounted the possibility.
Still, that the idea should even circulate suggests the extent of what Jean-Yves Le Drian, the foreign minister, has called “a grave crisis between us.” France feels humiliated. It will not readily forget what it sees as an American slap in the face, described by the minister as “intolerable.” » | Roger Cohen | Monday, September 20, 2021
This is J. G.'s comment.
This is my response to it:
I wrote this short comment on the NYT today, but it appears to be too controversial for the NYT to handle. I have waited hours for the newspaper to put it up, but to no avail. So I thought I would share my comment with you here. Here it is; it is a counter-comment to J. G.'s comment from The Netherlands. His comment, in my opinion,, is spot on:
@J. G. Great comment! I couldn't agree with your assessment more. Bravo! This AUKUS deal is so dirty it stinks! [© Mark]
Aukus: French Minister Bemoans Lack of Trust in British Alliance
THE GUARDIAN: Clément Beaune says Brexit fallout and secret defence pact have undermined Franco-British relations
‘We cannot pretend there is no problem’: Clément Beaune leaving the Élysée Palace in Paris earlier this month. | Photograph: Daniel Pier/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
The British-French alliance lacks trust, France’s EU affairs minister has said, citing Downing Street’s approach to the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland and the secretly negotiated defence agreement with the US and Australia.
Clément Beaune, a close ally of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said that while the two problematic issues should not be mixed, together they highlighted the flaw in the relationship.
“We need to rebuild confidence, we need to discuss together – we are not in this context at the moment,” Beaune said, before a meeting of EU affairs ministers and the Brexit commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, in Brussels.
During a visit to New York for the United Nations general assembly, Boris Johnson had insisted on Monday night that the alliance with Paris remained strong and “absolutely vital”, adding: “Our love of France is ineradicable.”
But a British-French defence meeting due to take place this week has been cancelled by Paris in the fallout over the Aukus defence pact, and there has not been a bilateral leaders’ summit for three years, despite attempts by Downing Street to organise one.
Beaune admitted there was a need to rebuild confidence in the relationship. On Brexit, he said the UK was not implementing the deals it agreed on fishing rights for EU boats nor on checks on goods travelling into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
“They are not well implemented … they are not fully respected,” he said. » | Daniel Boffey in Brussels | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The British-French alliance lacks trust, France’s EU affairs minister has said, citing Downing Street’s approach to the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland and the secretly negotiated defence agreement with the US and Australia.
Clément Beaune, a close ally of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said that while the two problematic issues should not be mixed, together they highlighted the flaw in the relationship.
“We need to rebuild confidence, we need to discuss together – we are not in this context at the moment,” Beaune said, before a meeting of EU affairs ministers and the Brexit commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, in Brussels.
During a visit to New York for the United Nations general assembly, Boris Johnson had insisted on Monday night that the alliance with Paris remained strong and “absolutely vital”, adding: “Our love of France is ineradicable.”
But a British-French defence meeting due to take place this week has been cancelled by Paris in the fallout over the Aukus defence pact, and there has not been a bilateral leaders’ summit for three years, despite attempts by Downing Street to organise one.
Beaune admitted there was a need to rebuild confidence in the relationship. On Brexit, he said the UK was not implementing the deals it agreed on fishing rights for EU boats nor on checks on goods travelling into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
“They are not well implemented … they are not fully respected,” he said. » | Daniel Boffey in Brussels | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Zurück zu Pfund und Unze: Grossbritannien sucht die Brexit-Dividende und droht, sich zu verrennen
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Mit Deregulierung und Bürokratieabbau will London dem EU-Ausstieg Nutzen verleihen. Doch etwas anders zu machen, nur weil man es kann, hilft nicht weiter.
«Darf es eine Unze mehr sein?» Ein Londoner Geschäft im Jahr 1947. | Imago
KOMMENTAR
Anderthalb Jahre nach dem Austritt aus der EU überlegt Grossbritanniens Regierung, was sie nun konkret anders machen möchte. Brexit-Minister David Frost präsentierte am Donnerstag einige Felder, in denen durch Deregulierung die ersehnte Brexit-Dividende eingefahren werden soll. Unter den Punkten, die jetzt ausgearbeitet werden: Britische Händler sollen ihre Waren wieder ausschliesslich nach alten imperialen Massen kennzeichnen dürfen – also in Pfund statt Kilogramm und Unzen statt Gramm. Ein Kilogramm zählt 2,2 Pfund zu je 16 Unzen.
Diese Idee steht sinnbildlich für vieles, was beim Brexit schiefläuft: Sie ist symbolisch, zielt an praktischen Problemen der Wirtschaft vorbei und bedient primär die Nostalgie konservativer Wähler. Obendrein hat sie wenig mit der EU zu tun. Wer in einem britischen Supermarkt Milch kauft, erhält seit Ewigkeiten deutlich gekennzeichnete 2 Pint. Doppelter Praxistest » | Benjamin Triebe, London | Samstag, 18. September 2021
Anderthalb Jahre nach dem Austritt aus der EU überlegt Grossbritanniens Regierung, was sie nun konkret anders machen möchte. Brexit-Minister David Frost präsentierte am Donnerstag einige Felder, in denen durch Deregulierung die ersehnte Brexit-Dividende eingefahren werden soll. Unter den Punkten, die jetzt ausgearbeitet werden: Britische Händler sollen ihre Waren wieder ausschliesslich nach alten imperialen Massen kennzeichnen dürfen – also in Pfund statt Kilogramm und Unzen statt Gramm. Ein Kilogramm zählt 2,2 Pfund zu je 16 Unzen.
Diese Idee steht sinnbildlich für vieles, was beim Brexit schiefläuft: Sie ist symbolisch, zielt an praktischen Problemen der Wirtschaft vorbei und bedient primär die Nostalgie konservativer Wähler. Obendrein hat sie wenig mit der EU zu tun. Wer in einem britischen Supermarkt Milch kauft, erhält seit Ewigkeiten deutlich gekennzeichnete 2 Pint. Doppelter Praxistest » | Benjamin Triebe, London | Samstag, 18. September 2021
Canada : les libéraux de Justin Trudeau donnés vainqueurs mais de nouveau minoritaires
LE FIGARO : Après sa réélection, le premier ministre a promis aux Canadiens, dans son allocution de victoire, «un avenir meilleur» une fois que le pays serait «sorti de cette pandémie».
Les libéraux de Justin Trudeau sont en passe de remporter les législatives canadiennes, une demi-victoire toutefois pour le premier ministre sortant qui n'est pas parvenu à redevenir majoritaire à l'issue d'une campagne durant laquelle il a été malmené. D'après les projections des médias canadiens lundi soir, les résultats préliminaires permettent d'affirmer que le parti libéral obtiendrait autour de 155 sièges, sous le seuil des 170 sièges permettant d'obtenir une majorité. Or c'est précisément pour sortir de cette situation qu'il avait déclenché des élections anticipées à la mi-août pour tenter de regagner la majorité qu'il avait perdue deux ans plus tôt. Dans son allocution de victoire, le premier ministre réélu a promis aux Canadiens «un avenir meilleur» une fois le pays «sorti de cette pandémie». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 21 septembre 2021
Les articles suivants portent sur les élections russes et marocaines :
Élections russes: la victoire annoncée du parti de Poutine »
Aziz Akhannouch, milliardaire et premier ministre du Maroc »
KOMMENTAR: Putin und die Macht: Ein gestohlener Sieg ist wenig wert: Russlands Führung kann die Duma auch künftig wie ein willenloses Instrument benutzen. Aber um die Macht abzusichern, muss der Kreml heute grobschlächtiger vorgehen als früher. Das sollte für Putin ein Alarmzeichen sein. »
Im Dienste seiner Majestät: Die Nähe zum Königshaus hat Aziz Akhannouch geholfen, zu einem der reichsten Männer Marokkos zu werden. Jetzt soll er die Geschicke des Landes führen – die Nähe zum König bleibt. »
Tom Ford Announces Death of Husband, Richard Buckley, at 72
ADVOCATE: Richard Buckley, a legendary fashion editor who once worked at the industry trade journal Womens Wear Daily, has died according to his husband fashion designer Tom Ford. Buckley was 71 [?].
Buckley passed Sunday and "died of natural causes after a long illness," a statement to People from Ford's representatives stated.
"It is with great sadness that Tom Ford announces the death of his beloved husband of 35 years, Richard Buckley," the statement said. "Richard passed away peacefully at their home in Los Angeles with Tom and their son Jack by his side." » | Mikelle Street | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
A great interview of Tom Ford: The Jess Cagle Interview:
Tom Ford’s Painful Memories of Childhood Bullying: ‘I Was Absolutely Tortured' »
How Tom Ford Found 'Love at First Sight'— and Makes His 30-Year Relationship Last : Ford says he met Buckley in an elevator at a fashion show and immediately knew he was "the one"»
Fashion editor Richard Buckley, husband of Tom Ford, dies at 72 »
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Global Markets Swoon as Worries Mount over Superpowers’ Plans
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The S&P 500 closed down 1.7 percent over a number of jitters, like China’s sputtering real estate market and the phasing out of stimulus measures in the United States.
Investors on three continents dumped stocks on Monday, fretting that the governments of the world’s two largest economies — China and the United States — would act in ways that could undercut the nascent global economic recovery.
The Chinese government’s reluctance to step in and save a highly indebted property developer just days before a big interest payment is due signaled to investors that Beijing might break with its longstanding policy of bailing out its homegrown stars.
And in the United States, the globe’s No. 1 economy, investors worried that the Federal Reserve would soon begin cutting back its huge purchases of government bonds, which had helped drive stocks to a series of record highs since the coronavirus pandemic hit.
The sell-off started in Asia and spread to Europe — where exporters to China were slammed — before landing in the United States, where stocks appeared to be heading for their worst performance of the year before a rally at the end of the trading day. The S&P 500 closed down 1.7 percent, its worst daily performance since mid-May, after being down as much as 2.9 percent in the afternoon.
The catalyst for the swoon was the continued turmoil at China Evergrande Group, one of that country’s top three developers of residential properties. The company has an estimated $300 billion in debt, and an interest payment of more than $80 million is due this week. » | Matt Phillips, Eshe Nelson and Coral Murphy Marcos | Monday, September 20, 2021
Investors on three continents dumped stocks on Monday, fretting that the governments of the world’s two largest economies — China and the United States — would act in ways that could undercut the nascent global economic recovery.
The Chinese government’s reluctance to step in and save a highly indebted property developer just days before a big interest payment is due signaled to investors that Beijing might break with its longstanding policy of bailing out its homegrown stars.
And in the United States, the globe’s No. 1 economy, investors worried that the Federal Reserve would soon begin cutting back its huge purchases of government bonds, which had helped drive stocks to a series of record highs since the coronavirus pandemic hit.
The sell-off started in Asia and spread to Europe — where exporters to China were slammed — before landing in the United States, where stocks appeared to be heading for their worst performance of the year before a rally at the end of the trading day. The S&P 500 closed down 1.7 percent, its worst daily performance since mid-May, after being down as much as 2.9 percent in the afternoon.
The catalyst for the swoon was the continued turmoil at China Evergrande Group, one of that country’s top three developers of residential properties. The company has an estimated $300 billion in debt, and an interest payment of more than $80 million is due this week. » | Matt Phillips, Eshe Nelson and Coral Murphy Marcos | Monday, September 20, 2021
Monday, September 20, 2021
L'Europe doit payer | America First, le bilan | Episode 01 | ARTE
Apr 7, 2021 • Au fil du récit d’acteurs clés, une immersion dans les coulisses diplomatiques de l’ère Trump, entre stupeur et tremblements. Norma Percy signe une investigation édifiante sur l’histoire en marche. Premier volet. Retrait de l'accord de Paris sur le climat, mise en danger de l’Otan : les premières décisions de Trump choquent, notamment les Européens, alliés historiques des États-Unis.
"America First." Dès son arrivée à la Maison-Blanche en 2017, Donald Trump martèle son credo sur la scène internationale. Par la brutalité de ses postures et décisions, il choque ses interlocuteurs, dont les Européens, alliés historiques des États-Unis. Le président bafoue toutes les règles diplomatiques lors des sommets. Retrait de l'accord de Paris sur le climat, mise en danger de l’Otan, institution qui traverse, selon Jeremy Hunt, le ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères de l'époque, "la plus grande crise de son histoire"… Encore surpris, François Hollande se souvient de son premier échange au téléphone avec lui : "Ce qu'il m'a dit tenait en une phrase : 'Nous ne voulons plus payer pour vous. […] Les Européens doivent payer pour leur propre sécurité'." Brisant le statu quo, le président américain se rapproche de Vladimir Poutine, proximité qui inquiète les dirigeants du G7. Et si, lors du défilé du 14 Juillet, Emmanuel Macron, qui l’a invité, déploie les grands moyens pour lui plaire, François Hollande le prévient : "N'attends rien de Donald Trump, ne pense pas qu'il sera possible de le contourner ou de le séduire."
Coulisses privilégiéesr
Au fil du récit d’acteurs clés et de témoins, cette investigation fait pénétrer au cœur des sommets et des tractations internationales du mandat Trump, offrant le rare et réjouissant privilège de les suivre en différé des coulisses. Reconstituant minutieusement l’histoire en marche dans les pas des dirigeants, selon la méthode éprouvée des productions Brook Lapping, cette série documentaire, qui rappelle les éructations du président américain battu par Joe Biden en novembre dernier et la stupéfaction, au mieux amusée, de ceux auxquels elles s’adressent, met aussi à nu les failles de la diplomatie et la fragilité des équilibres planétaires. Car les homologues de Donald Trump et l’armada de ses conseillers (dont ceux qu’il se targue d’avoir remerciés, même s’ils ont démissionné) racontent aussi leur impuissance à contrôler un chef d’État qui entend diriger son pays − et imprimer le monde de sa marque ignorante au péril de la paix − comme il a géré son empire, sûr que tous les coups ou presque sont permis.
America First, le bilan Série documentaire de Norma Percy (France, 2019, 58mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 03/10/2021
"America First." Dès son arrivée à la Maison-Blanche en 2017, Donald Trump martèle son credo sur la scène internationale. Par la brutalité de ses postures et décisions, il choque ses interlocuteurs, dont les Européens, alliés historiques des États-Unis. Le président bafoue toutes les règles diplomatiques lors des sommets. Retrait de l'accord de Paris sur le climat, mise en danger de l’Otan, institution qui traverse, selon Jeremy Hunt, le ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères de l'époque, "la plus grande crise de son histoire"… Encore surpris, François Hollande se souvient de son premier échange au téléphone avec lui : "Ce qu'il m'a dit tenait en une phrase : 'Nous ne voulons plus payer pour vous. […] Les Européens doivent payer pour leur propre sécurité'." Brisant le statu quo, le président américain se rapproche de Vladimir Poutine, proximité qui inquiète les dirigeants du G7. Et si, lors du défilé du 14 Juillet, Emmanuel Macron, qui l’a invité, déploie les grands moyens pour lui plaire, François Hollande le prévient : "N'attends rien de Donald Trump, ne pense pas qu'il sera possible de le contourner ou de le séduire."
Coulisses privilégiéesr
Au fil du récit d’acteurs clés et de témoins, cette investigation fait pénétrer au cœur des sommets et des tractations internationales du mandat Trump, offrant le rare et réjouissant privilège de les suivre en différé des coulisses. Reconstituant minutieusement l’histoire en marche dans les pas des dirigeants, selon la méthode éprouvée des productions Brook Lapping, cette série documentaire, qui rappelle les éructations du président américain battu par Joe Biden en novembre dernier et la stupéfaction, au mieux amusée, de ceux auxquels elles s’adressent, met aussi à nu les failles de la diplomatie et la fragilité des équilibres planétaires. Car les homologues de Donald Trump et l’armada de ses conseillers (dont ceux qu’il se targue d’avoir remerciés, même s’ils ont démissionné) racontent aussi leur impuissance à contrôler un chef d’État qui entend diriger son pays − et imprimer le monde de sa marque ignorante au péril de la paix − comme il a géré son empire, sûr que tous les coups ou presque sont permis.
America First, le bilan Série documentaire de Norma Percy (France, 2019, 58mn)
Disponible jusqu'au 03/10/2021
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Tory Corruption: Boris Johnson Facing Day of Reckoning. Truth To Power
Get this sucker out of office asap! The SOB has even suspended the Triple Lock on state pensions! Yet he can find billions for his cronies. The man is unprincipled and corrupt. The country needs to be rid of him. – © Mark
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