quinta-feira, 28 de março de 2024
‘You’ve got to be joking’: Mandelson dismisses prospect of UK rejoining EU
‘You’ve got to be joking’: Mandelson dismisses
prospect of UK rejoining EU
Labour peer says there is little desire among voters
for a referendum and in Brussels for renegotiations
Richard
Partington Economics correspondent
Wed 27 Mar
2024 14.38 GMT
Peter
Mandelson has dismissed the prospect of an incoming Labour government taking
Britain back into the EU, saying “you’ve got to be joking” that Brussels would
want to renegotiate the UK’s membership.
The Labour
peer, a former EU trade commissioner and close adviser to Keir Starmer, said
rejoining the 27-country bloc would require a referendum that UK voters had
little desire for, after the Conservatives’ botched handling of Brexit.
“I cannot
see the British people running towards [a referendum] for love nor money after
what we went through during the last one. I really do not think that people are
going to run towards a repeat of that experience,” he told a British Chambers
of Commerce (BCC) event at Heathrow airport on Wednesday.
Lord
Mandelson, speaking at the launch of the lobby group’s report on building
“Global Britain” after the general election, added that a Starmer government
would build closer ties with the EU without rejoining.
The EU
wanted a more “stable, constructive relationship” with the UK, Mandelson
continued, but there was no desire in Brussels for wholesale negotiation of the
country’s return.
“Reopen a
negotiation? You’ve got to be joking,” he said. “They [the EU] have got other
priorities. They have other fish to fry now. And they’re not going to go
through the back-and-forth, up-and-down, seesaw motion; or another protracted,
probably hard fought over, and indecisive negotiation with Britain. So that’s
simply answered.”
His
comments come after the BCC called for politicians to “step out of Brexit’s
long shadow” and prioritise trade, including through closer ties with the UK’s
single largest trading partner.
Martha Lane
Fox, the tech entrepreneur and president of the BCC, said there was often a
reluctance among politicians to either recognise problems or suggest solutions
because of how they may be viewed either side of the Brexit divide.
“This must
stop. Our politicians must be bolder in their decision making. They must set
out a strategy on how we manage EU regulation and, where it makes sense, to
diverge so that British business can benefit,” she said.
Mandelson
said Brexit had triggered a “rollercoaster ride of instability, a
merry-go-round of changing ministers” that had left the British economy
“travelling along with one arm behind our backs”.
Speaking to
business leaders in the headquarters of the company responsible for operating
Heathrow, overlooking the airport’s northern runway, the former business
secretary under Tony Blair said Labour would not follow the Conservatives’
post-Brexit strategy of chasing free trade deals around the world.
However, he
said there was a danger that Britain could become “stranded” between a possible
Donald Trump administration in the US and weaker post-Brexit relationship with
Brussels.
“There is a
danger that we become stranded, or that we become collateral damage in what
could become quite an escalating tension,” he said.
Trump, who
launched a series of increasingly bitter trade battles with the US’s
traditional allies and adversaries alike during his time in the White House,
has said that if he is elected in November then he will impose 10% tariffs on
all goods imported into the US.
Mandelson
said the measure could push the UK to “join with others to maximise the
influence that we exercise” including in the EU and other G7 nations, while
also suggesting that action was required to strengthen the World Trade
Organization.
“What a
calamity [a trade war] would be, both for the US and Europe, and, I have to
say, for the rest of the world,” he said.
quarta-feira, 27 de março de 2024
Ventura garante a Montenegro que não contará com Chega e vai ter de governar com PS
Ventura
garante a Montenegro que não contará com Chega e vai ter de governar com PS
"Hoje,
Luís Montenegro escolheu e não teve dúvidas: o caminho é governar com o PS, é
fazer acordo com o PS. Luís Montenegro, cara a cara te digo: governarás com o
PS, porque com o Chega não contarás neste ciclo político", atirou, perante
um longo aplauso da sua bancada.
DN/Lusa
Ventura garante a Montenegro que não contará
com Chega e vai ter de governar com PS
Leonardo Negrão / Global Imagens
O líder do Chega garantiu esta quarta-feira ao
primeiro-ministro indigitado que não vai contar com o seu partido neste ciclo
político e vai ter de governar com o PS, após várias forças políticas o terem
acusado de bloqueio institucional.
No período de intervenções após o discurso do
novo presidente da Assembleia da República, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, André
Ventura considerou que, na composição para a mesa do parlamento, o PSD tinha a
escolha de "ou fazer uma convergência à direita, ou escolher os parceiros
de sempre de viagem", numa alusão ao PS.
"Hoje, Luís Montenegro escolheu e não
teve dúvidas: o caminho é governar com o PS, é fazer acordo com o PS. Luís
Montenegro, cara a cara te digo: governarás com o PS, porque com o Chega não
contarás neste ciclo político", disse, perante um longo aplauso da sua
bancada.
Esta intervenção de André Ventura surgiu
depois de a maioria dos partidos ter acusado o Chega de fazer um bloqueio
institucional ao chumbar o nome de José Pedro Aguiar-Branco para a presidência
do parlamento.
O futuro líder parlamentar do PSD, Hugo
Soares, foi o único que não abordou diretamente esse impasse, dirigindo a
Aguiar-Branco felicitações, mas "também boa sorte no desempenho das suas
funções", e pedindo que todas as bancadas saibam "honrar o sentido de
confiança" dos portugueses.
O compromisso do PSD é "com as pessoas
concretas, com aquelas a quem pouco lhe diz a trica política", garantiu.
Por sua vez, o líder parlamentar do PS, Eurico
Brilhante Dias, prometeu uma oposição "programática, política, ao Governo
de direita", mas sem ser "oposição ao país ou bloqueio das
instituições democráticas".
"O senhor presidente está hoje aqui como
o primeiro entre nós porque um partido responsável faz oposição, mas não faz
oposição ao país, nem bloqueia uma instituição como a Assembleia da República.
Teremos muito tempo para marcar a divisão clara de água nas opções políticas
(...) não contam connosco é para degradar mais as instituições da República e a
Assembleia da República", disse.
Já a líder da IL, Mariana Leitão, acusou PS e
Chega de se terem unido "num bloqueio ao país" e considerou que o
impasse à volta da presidência do parlamento mostra que "não se pode
confiar num partido populista e irresponsável que não tem nenhuma solução para
o país", apontando ainda "o fim da hegemonia do PS" com as
eleições.
Pelo BE, o líder parlamentar, Fabian
Figueiredo, disse esperar que Aguiar-Branco faça uma "defesa intransigente
da democracia parlamentar" e que "envide todos os esforços para
evitar a captura da Assembleia da República pelos jogos de poder de quem se
concentra meramente na sua degradação".
"A direita é confusão, trapalhadas e
barafunda, não se entendem sequer para a mesa da Assembleia da República. (...)
Não temos dúvidas, no entanto, de que não assistiremos a este lamentável braço
de ferro quando chegar a hora de defender o privilégio" dos grupos
económicos, disse.
A líder parlamentar do PCP, Paula Santos,
considerou que a eleição para a presidência do parlamento foi um "folhetim
lamentável" que, apesar "das manobras e dissimulações sobre acordos e
desacordos, não iludem a identificação de objetivos que une o conjunto da
direita e a sua convergência ao serviço do capital monopolista".
Por sua vez, a líder parlamentar do Livre,
Isabel Mendes Lopes, lamentou que Aguiar-Branco não tenha falado com o seu
partido antes de ser eleito e questionou como "vai impedir que deputados
insultem outros deputados".
Já o líder do CDS, Nuno Melo, acusou o Chega
de "um bloqueio do normal funcionamento das instituições
democráticas", considerando que esteve "a brincar com o
parlamento", e disse que os centristas vão mostrar que dois deputados
podem valer "muito mais" do que 50.
A deputada única do PAN, Inês de Sousa Real,
lamentou que esta legislatura traga "grandes desafios" e
"retrocessos", desde logo na igualdade de género, tendo em conta que
há menos mulheres representadas no parlamento, e garantiu ao Chega que
"não passarão".
Voile à l'école: vague d'indignation après le départ d'un proviseur menacé de mort / Headscarf at school: wave of indignation after the departure of a headmaster with death threats
Voile
à l'école: vague d'indignation après le départ d'un proviseur menacé de mort
Sophie LAUBIE
mer. 27 mars 2024 à 4:42 PM UTC+1
https://fr.news.yahoo.com/voile-%C3%A0-l%C3%A9cole-vague-dindignation-135618268.html
L'annonce
du départ du proviseur du lycée parisien Maurice-Ravel, menacé de mort après
une altercation avec une élève pour qu'elle enlève son voile, suscite une vague
d'indignation
"Echec collectif", "défaite de
l'Etat": l'annonce du départ du proviseur du lycée parisien Maurice-Ravel,
menacé de mort après une altercation avec une élève pour qu'elle enlève son
voile, suscite une vague d'indignation. Le chef d'établissement est reçu
mercredi après-midi à Matignon.
Le Premier ministre tient "à apporter son
soutien au proviseur et à la communauté éducative" en le recevant à partir
de 16H30, a indiqué son entourage avant ce rendez-vous où Gabriel Attal devait
être accompagné par sa ministre de l'Education nationale, Nicole Belloubet.
Le Premier ministre a estimé mi-mars que la
laïcité à l'école "est menacée", et s'était dit "engagé pour le
plein respect" de ce principe, alors que son application à l'école
continue à faire des remous, vingt ans après la loi interdisant le port de
signes religieux ostentatoires à l'école.
Nicole Belloubet s'était rendue début mars à
la cité scolaire Maurice-Ravel, dans le XXe arrondissement, pour apporter son
"soutien" au chef d'établissement, en déplorant les "attaques
inacceptables" dont il était la cible sur les réseaux depuis l'altercation
le 28 février avec une élève, scolarisée en BTS, à qui il avait demandé de
retirer son voile.
Une enquête avait été ouverte à Paris pour
cyberharcèlement, après des menaces de mort à l'encontre du proviseur,
proférées sur internet. Un jeune homme de 26 ans, originaire des
Hauts-de-Seine, a été arrêté et doit être jugé le 23 avril à Paris pour l'avoir
menacé de mort sur internet.
- "Pas de vagues" -
Deux plaintes avaient, par ailleurs, été
déposées: une par l'élève "pour violences n'ayant pas entraîné
d'incapacité de travail", et une par le proviseur "pour acte
d'intimidation envers une personne participant à l'exécution d'une mission de
service public pour obtenir une dérogation aux règles régissant ce
service".
La plainte de l'élève a été classée sans suite
pour "infraction insuffisamment caractérisée", a indiqué mercredi le
parquet de Paris.
Un mois après les faits, le proviseur a quitté
ses fonctions "pour des raisons de sécurité", selon un message envoyé
mardi aux enseignants, élèves et parents par le nouveau chef d'établissement.
Le rectorat, lui, a évoqué "des
convenances personnelles" et un "départ anticipé" à la retraite,
à "quelques mois" de celle-ci, "au vu des événements qui ont
marqué ces dernières semaines".
Ce départ anticipé a suscité une vague
d'indignation dans la classe politique. De la gauche à l'extrême droite, des
responsables ont déploré un "échec" face à la "mouvance
islamiste", cinq mois et demi après la mort de l'enseignant Dominique
Bernard, poignardé par un ancien élève radicalisé, et trois ans et demi après
l'assassinat du professeur d'histoire Samuel Paty.
"Voilà à quoi aboutit le +pas de vagues+,
voilà où nous mènent les petites lâchetés et les grands renoncements", a
réagi le président des sénateurs LR Bruno Retailleau.
- "Equipes mobilisées" -
"On ne peut pas l'accepter", a
déclaré le chef des députés socialistes Boris Vallaud, dénonçant "un échec
collectif".
"C'est surtout une défaite de
l'Etat", a estimé sur Sud Radio la tête de liste Reconquête! aux élections
européennes, Marion Maréchal.
La maire (PS) de Paris, Anne Hidalgo, est
"atterrée et consternée" mais "comprend" la décision
"de se protéger", selon son cabinet. Valérie Pécresse, présidente de
la Région Ile-de-France, a jugé que les "agresseurs (du proviseur, ndlr)
doivent être mis hors d’état de nuire".
Le nouveau proviseur de la cité scolaire, qui
a pris ses fonctions lundi, a expliqué avoir été "missionné par la
direction académique" pour assurer l'"intérim jusqu'au mois de
juillet prochain", dans son message à la communauté éducative.
Lors de sa visite début mars dans
l'établissement, Mme Belloubet avait souligné qu'une "série de
mesures" avait été prise pour protéger le proviseur, "de la
protection fonctionnelle à un travail sur les réseaux sociaux, en lien avec la
plateforme Pharos" de signalement des contenus illicites en ligne, en
passant par "la sécurisation de l'établissement".
Son ministère a assuré mercredi qu'il
"n'abandonn(ait) jamais ses agents" face aux menaces et que ses
équipes "demeurent mobilisées".
Headscarf at school: wave of indignation after
the departure of a headmaster with death threats
Sophie
LAUBIE
sea. March
27, 2024 at 4:42 PM UTC+1
hTTPS://fr.news.yahoo.com/voyle-%C3%A0-L%C3%A9col-wave-denigation-135618268.HTML
The announcement of the departure of the principal of
the Maurice-Ravel high school in Paris, who received death threats after an
altercation with a student to remove her veil, has sparked a wave of
indignation
"Collective
failure", "defeat of the state": the announcement of the
departure of the headmaster of the Maurice-Ravel high school in Paris, who
received death threats after an altercation with a student to remove her veil,
has sparked a wave of indignation. The head of the school was received on
Wednesday afternoon in Matignon.
The Prime
Minister is keen "to give his support to the principal and the educational
community" by receiving him from 4:30 p.m., his entourage said before this
meeting where Gabriel Attal was to be accompanied by his Minister of National
Education, Nicole Belloubet.
The Prime
Minister said in mid-March that secularism in schools "is
threatened", and said he was "committed to the full respect" of
this principle, while its application in schools continues to cause a stir,
twenty years after the law banning the wearing of ostentatious religious
symbols in schools.
Nicole
Belloubet had gone to the Maurice-Ravel school complex in the 20th
arrondissement at the beginning of March to give her "support" to the
head of the school, deploring the "unacceptable attacks" of which he
had been the target on the networks since the altercation on February 28 with a
student, a BTS student, whom he had asked to remove her veil.
An
investigation had been opened in Paris for cyberbullying, after death threats
against the principal were made on the internet. A 26-year-old man from the
Hauts-de-Seine region has been arrested and is due to stand trial on April 23
in Paris for threatening to kill him online.
- 'No
waves' -
Two
complaints had also been filed: one by the pupil "for violence that did
not result in incapacity for work", and one by the principal "for an
act of intimidation against a person participating in the performance of a
public service mission in order to obtain an exemption from the rules governing
this service".
The
student's complaint was dismissed for "insufficiently serious
offense," the Paris prosecutor's office said Wednesday.
A month
after the incident, the headmaster has left his post "for security
reasons", according to a message sent to teachers, pupils and parents on
Tuesday by the new head of school.
The
rectorate, for its part, evoked "personal conveniences" and an
"early retirement", "a few months" before it, "in view
of the events that have marked the last few weeks".
This early
departure sparked a wave of indignation in the political class. From the left
to the far right, officials have deplored a "failure" in the face of
the "Islamist movement", five and a half months after the death of
teacher Dominique Bernard, stabbed by a radicalized former student, and three
and a half years after the murder of history teacher Samuel Paty.
"This
is what +no waves+ leads to, this is where small cowardice and great
renunciations lead us," reacted the president of the LR senators Bruno
Retailleau.
- 'Teams mobilised'
-
"We
can't accept it," said Socialist MP leader Boris Vallaud, denouncing
"a collective failure".
"Above
all, it's a defeat for the state," the head of the Reconquête! in the
European elections, Marion Maréchal.
The mayor
of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, is "appalled and appalled" but
"understands" the decision "to protect herself", according
to her office. Valérie Pécresse, president of the Ile-de-France region, said
that the "aggressors (of the principal, editor's note) must be put out of
harm's way".
The new
headmaster of the school complex, who took office on Monday, explained that he
had been "commissioned by the academic management" to ensure the
"interim until next July", in his message to the educational
community.
During her
visit to the school at the beginning of March, Ms Belloubet had stressed that a
"series of measures" had been taken to protect the principal,
"from functional protection to work on social networks, in connection with
the Pharos platform" for reporting illegal content online, including
"the security of the school".
His
ministry assured on Wednesday that it "never abandons its agents" in
the face of threats and that its teams "remain mobilized".