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1:07 p.m. : One “favorable market” and “countercyclical investments” for amazing results: ExxonMobil made record $55.7 billion profit in 2022. The American oil group has notably benefited from the jump in the price of hydrocarbons linked to the recovery in demand and the drying up of Russian supply.
1:02 p.m. : Draw of the referendum motion: “There are rules, the rules have been applied”, defends @MLP_officiel. “[La Nupes] can get annoyed with luck, but no one else”. #DirectAN #RéformedesRetraites https://t.co/86hep0SzkI
1:07 p.m. : As we told you, the Conference of Presidents of the National Assembly proceeded this morning to a draw between the referendum motion tabled by the Nupes and that tabled by the RN. It is the latter which was chosen and which will therefore be examined at the opening of the debate.
Marine Le Pen, president of the RN group, believes from the National Assembly that “the rules have been applied” during this draw, which the deputies of the Nupes dispute.
12:54 p.m. : A union source told franceinfo that there were, at midday, 36.5% of SNCF strikers, according to a provisional count. The unions announced 46% of strikers on January 19, during the first day of mobilization against the pension reform.
12:51 p.m. : Hello, according to the National Education website, there are 3,750 high schools in France.
12:50 p.m. : How many high schools are there in France? Thanks !!
12:44 p.m. : ? According to our first reports in connection with our members and sympathizers, the #FIDL lists more than 200 blocked #high schools! ✊ A big congratulations to all for your #mobilization! https://t.co/KNCUUDxaqF
12:44 p.m. : FIDL, a secondary school student union, announces that “more than 200 high schools” are currently blocked as part of the mobilization against the pension reform.
12:38 : I decided to leave the field today in Charleville Maiziere after this sentence from a person in the stands “get up bonobo” and the height I was threatened with taking a technical foul because I had things to tell them.. 1/2
1:06 p.m. : On the basketball side, the French Federation has opened a disciplinary file for racist remarks made towards a National 2 player. Loïc Akono, Metz player, left the field after being insulted by a spectator on Sunday in Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes), as he explained on social networks the day before yesterday.
12:30 p.m. : The last day of January rhymes, in the world of football, with the end of the winter transfer window. Today, Portuguese defender Joao Cancelo has been loaned to Bayern Munich, future opponents of PSG in the Champions League, from Manchester City.
12:24 p.m. : In Burkina Faso, qfifteen people were found dead, yesterday, after their abduction the day before by a group of suspected jihadists in the west of the country. Burkina Faso, in particular its northern part, has been confronted since 2015 with increasing attacks by jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.
12:20 p.m. : This is a different mobilization than that against the pension reform: the French air transport sector expressed his concern this morning about an upcoming reduction in capacity at Paris-Orly airport, according to him due to an insufficient number of controllers.
12:16 p.m. : At noon, there were nearly 84 km of traffic jams recorded throughout France. This corresponds to “low level”. At the same time last week, Bison Futé noted 123 km of traffic jams in the country.
12:14 p.m. : It’s time to take stock of the news at midday:
• From Arras to Nice, opponents of the pension reform have started marching in processions where hundreds of thousands of French people are expected. About 100,000 people are expected this afternoon in Paris, according to the police.
• In education, the mobilization is down with more than 50% of strikers in education, according to the unions, but only 25%, according to the ministry.
• In 2022, French economic activity has shown resilience with gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 2.6% over the year.
• Pierre Alessandrisentenced to life imprisonment for his participation in the assassination in Corsica of the prefect Claude Erignac, was granted by the courts the semi-freedom he had been asking for several years.
