En février dernier, Emmanuel Macron avait annoncé avoir stoppé les négociations de l'accord de libre-échange UE-Mercosur. Il n'en est rien. Elles se poursuivent au point que grandit le risque qu'il soit définitivement conclu d'ici à la fin de l'année 2024. Raison pour laquelle, à l'initiative du collectif national Stop Mercosur, près de 40 syndicats, ONG et associations publient cette lettre ouverte à Emmanuel Macron et Michel Barnier. En février dernier, Emmanuel Macron avait annoncé (…)

This week's Parliamentary Elections in Sri Lanka are taking place in a situation where the country's political landscape has changed to a greater extent than during previous Parliamentary Polls. None of the traditional mainstream political parties are asking the people to vote in order to bring them to power. Their leaders are asking for votes to function in Parliament as a strong Opposition. Meanwhile, the National People's Power (NPP) led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is asking (…)

President Prabowo Subianto accompanied by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka inaugurated the ministers and deputy ministers of the new Red and White Cabinet for 2024-2029 at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday afternoon, October 21. Included among them were former cadres of the People's Democratic Party (PRD). They were Mugiyanto Sipin as the Deputy Human Rights Minster, Agus Jabo Priyono as the Deputy Social Affairs Minister, Faisol Riza as the Deputy Minister of Industry and Nezar (…)

Passed out as a lawyer from the Colombo Law College and having two Master-LLM from the University of Colombo and a LLM and Development as a Chevening Scholar at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, young activist Swastika Arulingam was a prominent figure in the Aragalaya (Protest) which toppled the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government. She has been a fearless voice and as a legal representative played her part to protect those who were beaten up by political goons of (…)

Mediapart a comptabilisé qu'à Bakou ont été accrédités au moins 196 représentants directs des géants mondiaux, ainsi que des principaux lobbies des industriels du fossile. Les porte-voix de la compagnie nationale pétrogazière d'Azerbaïdjan sont trois fois plus nombreux que l'an dernier. Alors que 2024 est en passe d'être l'année la plus chaude jamais enregistrée et la première à franchir la limite symbolique de + 1,5 °C de réchauffement global, les lobbyistes des énergies fossiles sont (…)

It wasn't close. Donald Trump's reelection may not make the history books as a landslide: measured by share of popular vote or of the electoral college, his margins are historically in the middle of the pack. But it is decisive nonetheless. In 2020, there were seven swing states in which the margin was less than three points. Six of those went to Biden. Last week, Trump won all seven. In nearly every one of the country's thousands of counties, he improved on his 2020 numbers. The result (…)

Y aura-t-il bientôt des COP sans les États-Unis ? Ces derniers vont-ils de nouveau quitter l'accord de Paris ? Quel avenir pour les énergies renouvelables outre-Atlantique ? Alors que Trump revient à la Maison Blanche, l'économiste Christian de Perthuis nous en dit plus sur ce que l'on peut attendre de ce climatosceptique convaincu à la tête de la première puissance mondiale. Climatosceptique affiché, Donald Trump avait fait campagne en 2016 sur la relance du charbon aux États-Unis, (…)

Trois années de sécheresse, un régime paria et la perte de travailleurs qualifiés ont paralysé l'infrastructure hydraulique de l'Afghanistan, entraînant une augmentation du prix de l'eau et une propagation des maladies. Chaque soir, Abdullah Achakzai, directeur du Réseau des volontaires pour l'environnement (EVN), est confronté à la même triste réalité lorsqu'il rentre chez lui après son travail à Kaboul. Des files d'attente, composées essentiellement d'enfants, se succèdent pendant des (…)

Three years of drought, a pariah regime and the loss of skilled workers have crippled Afghanistan's water infrastructure, increasing water prices and spreading disease Every evening, Abdullah Achakzai, director of the Environmental Volunteer Network (EVN), encounters the same grim reality as he returns home from work in Kabul. Queues of people, mostly children, wait for hours to collect water from private tankers. With piped water in short supply, many Afghans rely on these tankers to meet (…)

Une lettre qui sera adressée aux parlementaires français et aux membres du parlement européen. Nous, juifs et juives d'horizons politiques différents, particulièrement sensibilisés au sort des populations israéliennes et palestiniennes, sommes horrifiés par le déchaînement de violence déclenché depuis le 7 octobre 2023 et qui a d'ores et déjà fait des dizaines de milliers de victimes. Nous assistons avec angoisse au risque de plus en plus probable d'élargissement du conflit à d‘autres (…)

Exclusive: Those with ‘interest in keeping world hooked on fossil fuels' should not oversee climate talks, say report authors Azerbaijan, the host of the Cop29 global climate summit, will see a large expansion of fossil gas production in the next decade, a new report has revealed. The authors said that the crucial negotiations should not be overseen by “those with a vested interest in keeping the world hooked on fossil fuels”. Azerbaijan's state-owned oil and gas company, Socar, and its (…)

Despite nations' pledges at Cop28 a year ago, the burning of coal, oil and gas continued to rise in 2024 There is “no sign” of the transition away from burning fossil fuels that was pledged by the world's nations a year ago, with 2024 on track to set another new record for global carbon emissions. The new data, released at the UN's Cop29 climate conference in Azerbaijan, indicates that the planet-heating emissions from coal, oil and gas will rise by 0.8% in 2024. In stark contrast, (…)

Amid Israeli settler attacks, military raids, roadblocks, and an economic crisis, simply getting to school can be a challenge. But still we fight for our students. Palestinian students pass an Israeli military jeep on their way home from school in the village of At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, September 28, 2022. (Oren Ziv) In Masafer Yatta, a collection of villages in the South Hebron Hills of the occupied West Bank, being a teacher is a hefty responsibility. The future of (…)

Benjamin Netanyahu espérait la victoire de Trump avec impatience et a fait tout ce qu'il pouvait pour y contribuer. Alors, qu'est-ce qui nous attend maintenant que le retour de Trump à la Maison Blanche est confirmé ? La victoire de Trump dans la course à la présidence des États-Unis est une catastrophe majeure pour les peuples de la région, en plus de l'énorme Nakba qui fait rage depuis le « déluge d'Al-Aqsa » dirigé par le Hamas. Benjamin Netanyahu espérait cette victoire avec (…)

Donald J. Trump won a decisive victory for himself and for the Republican Party, taking the presidency, the Senate, and it appears the House as well, while in his first term Trump's appointments remade the Supreme Court, which fully supports him. Trump and the Republican Party thus control all three branches of government giving him the power to implement his right-wing program and to transform the United States, and possibly dismantle its democratic system and suppress civil liberties. (…)

Trump's victory in the US presidency race is a major catastrophe for the peoples of the region, on top of the huge Nakba that has been raging since 7 October 2023. Benjamin Netanyahu had been eagerly hoping for this victory and did everything he could to contribute to its achievement... So, what awaits us now that Trump's return to the White House is confirmed? Trump's victory in the US presidency race is a major catastrophe for the peoples of the region, on top of the huge Nakba that has (…)