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Macron: “The threats made against the judges are absolutely unbearable and intolerable”
French president Emmanuel Macron He commented for the first time since Marine Le Pen has been declared guilty of embezzlement and prevented from running to France’s next presidential elections.
By opening a weekly meeting of the French ministers, Macron faced the decision of the court by remembering the three things that the spokesman for the Sophie Primas government said.
They were “that the judiciary is independent”, “that the threats made against the judges are absolutely unbearable and intolerable” and that “the law is the same for everyone”, Political reports.
Macron also declared that “all the defendants have the right of legal appeal,” said Primas.
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Norway It does not withdraw from the global agreement that prohibits anti-personal anti-man mines like all other European countries on the border Russia I did, said the country foreign minister on Wednesday.
Tuesday Finland said that he left the 1997 Ottawa convention as a way to mitigate the military threat represented by Russia, following Poland and Baltic countries, which announced similar moves last month.
The Foreign Minister of Norway Espen Barth Eide said to Reuters: “This particular decision (from Finland) is something we will regret.
“If we begin to weaken our commitment, it makes it easier for the factions at war all over the world to use these weapons again, because it reduces the stigma.”
He added: “We have a very modern advanced defense system. We have purchased extremely advanced systems that can attack from the land, air and the sea”.
NATO allies promised over 21 billion dollars in support of Miltary at Ukraine in 2025, says Rutte
BORN The allies promised $ 21.65 billion (over 20 billion euros) in military support for Ukraine In the first three months of the year, the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.
The foreign ministers of the alliance meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to discuss further support for Ukraine against the three -year invasion of Russia.
Macron: “The threats made against the judges are absolutely unbearable and intolerable”
French president Emmanuel Macron He commented for the first time since Marine Le Pen has been declared guilty of embezzlement and prevented from running to France’s next presidential elections.
By opening a weekly meeting of the French ministers, Macron faced the decision of the court by remembering the three things that the spokesman for the Sophie Primas government said.
They were “that the judiciary is independent”, “that the threats made against the judges are absolutely unbearable and intolerable” and that “the law is the same for everyone”, Political reports.
Macron also declared that “all the defendants have the right of legal appeal,” said Primas.
Hungary has deployed soldiers and launched new disinfection measures to help contain a burst of foot and mouth diseases in a north-western area on the border with Slovakia e AustriaThe minister of agriculture said on Wednesday.
Hungary has reported its first case in over 50 years of illness, which often leads to commercial restrictions, on a cattle farm at the beginning of last month, reports Reuters.
Since then, nearby Slovakia has detected outbreaks in five locations after reporting its first cases in March. He also intensified the measures to contain the spread of the disease.
The Minister of Hungarian agriculture Istvan Nagy said that the disease and mouth disease was found in two other farms in the county of Gyor-Moson-Sopron by Wednesday morning, hitting 3,500 cattle.
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The Italian Ministry of the Interior wrote to the police forces across the country to increase security in Tesla dealers after 17 electric cars made by Elon Musk’s company were destroyed by a fire in Rome.
The anti -terrorism unit of the Italian State Police, Digos, is investigating whether the fire at the Tesla dealership in Torre Angela, a suburb in the Eastern capital, was started by the anarchists.
The firefighters worked for hours to put on fire in the early hours of Monday. The images of the drones showed a row of the burnt remains of the vehicles in a parking lot of the dealership. Using its social media platform, X, Musk called it “terrorism”.
There are 13 Tesla Dealers in Italy, all managed by the parent company, most of them in Rome, but also in other cities including Florence and Milan.
A source of the Ministry of the Interior stated that the circular aimed to “raise awareness” of possible anti-terre demonstrators in the midst of a global wave of vandalism in response to Musk’s political activities in the United States. If necessary, the surveillance of dealers would have increased, he said.
French On Wednesday the president Emmanuel Macron was convening ministers and key experts to discuss Iranincluding his nuclear program, among the growing tensions between Tehran and President of the United States Donald TrumpThey said three diplomatic sources in Reuters.
Such a cabinet meeting dedicated to a specific topic is rare and highlights a growing concern between the European allies of Washington that the United States and Israel could launch air attacks on the nuclear structures of Iran unless there is a rapid negotiated agreement on its nuclear program.
The secretary of the United States Defense Pete Hegseth has strengthened the US military capacity in the Middle East with multiple war planes, said the Pentagon Tuesday, among a campaign of US bombings against the Houthi who control most of the Yemen and are supported by Iran.
A high European official said that European strategists were wondering if the campaign could be a precursor of a United States strike in Iran in the coming months.
Three Spanish citizens and one Australian They were arrested in an attempt to reach Baikonur’s cosmodrome at Russian level in Kazakhstan, according to reports from the Russian state press agency Ria Wednesday, citing a source.
The out of measurement of the United States In the global economy it means that economic policy moves can influence economic decisions in Europe, European Central Bank The member of the Council Isabel Schnabel said Wednesday in Paris.
Judge in the case of Le Pen given the protection of the police after the death threats
The judge who prohibited the far right leader Marine Le Pen From the race to the presidential elections of 2027 in France it is under the protection of the police after dealing with death threats, he told Reuters a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
Benedictte de Perthuis – the head of a panel of three judges who found the penalties of undue appropriation of EU funds and has given it a five -year ban on looking for public offices – he is now receiving police protection at work and at home.
De Perthuis has also received threats on social media, with his plastered photo on X and far -right sites.
The Paris police confirmed an investigation into threats, reporting further questions to the Paris prosecutor, who did not answer.
Denmark The prime minister is visiting Greenland Wednesday for the interviews with the arrival government of the territory, following Donald Trump of the President of the United States Repeated expressions of interest in the control of the Arctic island, reports Reuters.
He puts FrederiKsen begins his three -day trip less than a week after a visit to the territory of the United States vice -president JD Vance received a freezing welcome from the authorities in Denmark and Greenland.
The prime minister coming from Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who won the general elections of last month and will form a coalition government, declared to welcome FrederiKsen’s journey, stating on Monday that Denmark remains “the closest partner of Greenland”.
Nielsen told Reuters on Monday that Greenland would strengthen his ties with Denmark until he could satisfy his last desire to become a sovereign nation.
In the meantime, Greenland wishes to establish a respectful relationship with the United States, he said.
“Talking about annexation and talking about acquiring Greenland and not respecting sovereignty is not respectful, he said.” So we start being respectful with each other and build a large partnership on everything. “
The introduction of new US rates would affect Italian Hard producers, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni He said in Rome on Wednesday, adding that every effort should be made to avoid a commercial war, reports Reuters.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to visit Hungary Today, challenging an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued for accusations of war crimes in Gaza.
During the visit, which will last until Sunday, Netanyahu will meet his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán, who invited him in November, immediately after the ICC issued the arrest warrant.
Orbán said at the moment that the mandate would not be “observed”.
All Member States of the European Union, including Hungary, are members of the EIC, which means that they are required to enforce their Warrant.
Orbán, a right -wing nationalist, has often been in contrast with the EU on democratic standards and human rights in Hungary.
The Times of Israel reported a source by saying that Netanyahu and Orbán will discuss the potential Hungarian support on the Gaza plan of the President of the United States Donald Trump.
THE Kremlin Wednesday said a visit to US From the advance of President Vladimir Putin, Kirill Dmitriev, it was “possible” and that contacts with the United States continued.
Reuters reported that Dmitriev is scheduled in Washington this week for interviews with the administration of the President of the United States Donald Trump.
