The Blues qualified in the semi-finals, corruption in the European Parliament, a bitter cold… five facts to remember from the weekend

World Cup 2022: The Blues qualified for the semi-finals after beating England

The French national team won the last World Cup quarter-finals strongly at the expense of England (2-1), after a tense and closed match on Saturday in Al-Khor. In Wednesday’s semi-finals, the Blues will face world champions Surprise Morocco, who fell from Portugal just earlier in the day. This will be the first opposition in an official match between the two teams.

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Alleged corruption in the European Parliament

On Sunday, the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Eva Kayley, was charged with “corruption” in Brussels, and was imprisoned, in an investigation with a Belgian judge regarding large payments that Qatar would have made to influence decisions within this great European institution. A judicial source indicated that Eva Kaili and three other people were imprisoned by a judge in Brussels, two days after they were arrested in an investigation targeting the actions of the country organizing the 2022 World Cup.

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Very cold in the south of France

It was a nice but cold weekend in Occitania. Winter has already begun with temperatures dropping – close to 0°C – and prevalent dawn frosts. This cold period is set to generalize and intensify next week. With the dangers of snowfall in the plain.

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Changes in the heads of Europe-Ecologie the Greens, Rebellious France and the Republicans

An intense weekend in French politics. On Saturday, Marine Tondeleire was largely elected president of the European Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV), in the second round of the party’s federal conference. A change of president is also for rebellious France, with deputy Emmanuel Bompard, 36, who will take over the operational management of LFI. Alpine-Maritimes deputy Eric Ciotti was elected Republican president Sunday with 53.7% of the vote to 46.3% for his opponent Bruno Rettaio.

France’s victory at Eurovision Junior

On Sunday, December 11, 13-year-old Lisandro won the Eurovision Junior Contest, which was held in Armenia. During his performance, Lisandro performed “Oh mom!” , a sunny and catchy song by Barbara Pravi that climbed to second place during Eurovision in 2021.

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