The Red Devils full-back believes the 2019-20 campaign should be declared null and void, with there no desire on his part to play behind closed doors

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw believes the 2019-20 campaign should be declared null and void, with Premier League authorities urged to “scrap it and start again”.

The vast majority of sides in the English top-flight have just nine games left to take in this season.

Uncertainty reigns, though, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with competitive football having been shut down indefinitely.

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As an enforced break drags on, there is a very real threat that all remaining fixtures will be written off.

That would deny table-topping Liverpool the chance to toast a first title triumph in 30 years, while relegation and promotion matters would spark intense debate among those involved.

Shaw, though, believes bringing the curtain down and starting again later in the year is the most sensible option.

The England international said during a Combat Corona Twitch FIFA competition: “Scrap it and start again.

“If we can’t carry it on it’s got to be void.”

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Premier League and EFL bosses have confirmed that football will remain in lockdown for the foreseeable future, with there no plans to kick-start the campaign in early-May.

Talks are said to have been held regarding a return in June, with it possible that games could be played behind closed doors in a “festival of football”.

Shaw would rather avoid that situation, with the 24-year-old eager to have supporters in attendance whenever a green light is given.

He added: “Fans are so important. You realise it even more [now].

“I think the sport is for fans really, do you know what I mean? I think if you don’t have fans, and you don’t play in front of fans, it just doesn’t feel right.

“Especially on matchday, the fans are always amazing and always help the team. Whether it’s home or even away, our fans are always brilliant and I feel like they’re always there with us.”

United did take in a fixture behind closed doors before the official lockdown came into force, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side sweeping aside LASK 5-0 in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 showdown.

It remains to be seen whether their return to action will be made in similar circumstances, or if the 2019-20 campaign will be completed at all.

Czech PM rejects leaked Commission report on conflict of interest

Andrej Babiš faces scrutiny for his ties to an agricultural conglomerate that has received millions in EU funds.

PRAGUE — Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš fired back against reports that the European Commission found his ties to an agricultural conglomerate represented a conflict of interest, saying such a conclusion would be “absurd.”

Several Czech media outlets over the weekend and on Monday published in full what they reported to be the Commission’s final audit report looking into Babiš’s continued links to the conglomerate Agrofert, which he founded and which last year raked in an estimated €82 million in EU subsidies. Critics have argued this represents a conflict of interest while Babiš negotiates the bloc’s budget with other EU leaders.

According to the media reports, the final assessment confirmed a preliminary analysis, released in May, which had determined that the prime minister still has ties to his businesses while involved in decisions that could affect EU subsidies.

In a statement to POLITICO, Babiš said he does not “and cannot know what is in the report. The only thing I know is that if the Commission reaches a conclusion in which it attempts to explain [away] the relevant Czech legislation, such a conclusion would be absurd in my eyes.”

He added that he had fully respected “Lex Babiš,” a 2017 amendment to the Czech law on conflicts of interest passed specifically to enable the prime minister to place Agrofert — a sprawling chemicals, agriculture and media empire — in a trust while he is in office.

“Lex Babiš was drafted by Czech politicians with the sole purpose of targeting my person, and I put my former companies in trust funds, exactly according to this law,” he said.

Watchdog groups including Transparency International, however, have argued Babiš — one of the richest men in the Czech Republic — is still “the founder and 100% end-user of benefits” of the two trusts overseeing the firm.

A Commission spokesperson would not confirm the content of the report, but told journalists in Brussels on Monday that the Commission had on Friday sent the final audit in English to Czech authorities. Once Prague receives the Czech version of the audit from the Commission, authorities will have two months to respond, explaining how they intend to implement the report’s recommendations.

If the Czech response does not satisfy the Commission, the government may be forced to return as much as €17.6 million in subsidies to the EU.

The head of the Czech Pirate Party, Ivan Bartoš, has demanded that the Prague government publish the full audit and that Czech MPs be allowed to take part in its processing, local media reported.

“As there were immediate attempts to suppress and downplay the results of the audit, I asked the chairmen of parliamentary parties for a joint meeting to coordinate the procedure,” Bartoš said. He called for the audit committee of the Chamber of Deputies to be allowed to deal with it, and that it appear as a special item on the plenary agenda.

However, the Commission spokesperson said the report is still “confidential” and Brussels does not grant public access requests to audits while the process is ongoing.

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Spot the difference: Draft vs. final Green Deal plan

There were last-minute changes to the Commission’s climate strategy.

The European Commission fast-tracked its European Green Deal to life 11 days into its mandate. That doesn’t mean there weren’t changes to the text, even at the last minute.

Days before its release, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen dialed up pledges for “just transition” funding, meant to help regions and sectors that are highly dependent on fossil fuels or carbon-intensive industries to clean up.

EU leaders will consider a suggestion that a new investment mechanism for decarbonization could be worth up to €100 billion, according to draft conclusions for Thursday’s summit obtained by POLITICO — compared with €35 billion in the initial Green Deal presentation.

Other changes were made behind closed doors.

POLITICO compared the published strategy agreed by commissioners to a near-final draft submitted to their Cabinets, as well as to an earlier presentation.

Here are the points that proved contentious enough to alter.

Scroll over the highlighted parts to read explanations.

Bjarke Smith-Meyer, Eline Schaart, Arthur Neslen, Barbara Moens, Kalina Oroschakoff and Paola Tamma contributed reporting. 

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Sum up 2019 in three words? Easy: Elections, Brexit, Trump.

Hundreds of millions of voters trekked to the polls around the EU for the European parliamentary ballot, setting the Continent’s course for the next five years. And Finns, Brits, Austrians, Spaniards, Estonians, Maltese, Slovaks, Dutch, Czechs, Lithuanians, Irish, Belgians, Greeks, Latvians, Danes, Germans, Norwegians, Portuguese, Poles, Bulgarians, Romanians and Croats — did I miss anyone?! — voted in their own elections.

Meanwhile, the Brexit dance continued, with first Theresa May, then Boris Johnson sparring with the EU and their own parliament in an attempt to finally deliver on the U.K.’s 2016 EU referendum. Spoiler alert: No one has managed to tick that off their to-do list just yet.

And as all that was happening, U.S. President Donald Trump kept things interesting, lobbing hand grenades across the Atlantic.

POLITICO revisits the events that shaped — and intrigued — the Continent through our most popular stories of the year.

20. Finland’s grand AI experiment

What’s a country to do when its pride and joy — a national mobile phone champion, say — falls on hard times, and its finances face pressure from China, the United States and beyond? Finland’s answer: to repurpose its economy toward high-end applications of artificial intelligence.

19. Von der Leyen reveals picks for European Commission

It’s no surprise that the 2019 European election was a hot topic for POLITICO readers. The first (but certainly not the last) election-related story to make our list was a rundown of incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposed new team. Of course, not all the would-be commissioners ended up making the European Parliament’s cut, but as some wise dudes once said, you don’t always get what you want — but maybe you get what you need.

18. Theresa May’s passive-aggressive parting gift for Trump

In the dying days of her prime ministership, Theresa May welcomed Donald Trump to Downing Street on his state visit to the U.K. — and used the opportunity to present him with a gift laden with symbolism (and snark): Winston Churchill’s own draft of the Atlantic Charter of 1941, a foundational text of the United Nations. Who said the Maybot has no sense of humor?

17. The Notre Dame wildfire that can’t be put out

The haunting image of Paris’ famed Notre Dame cathedral going up in flames, its narrow spire collapsing into the blazing inferno below it, shook the world. In the wake of the disaster, as France was grappling with the aftermath, we explored how conspiracy theorists were rushing in to widen the country’s cultural divides.

16. London mayor mocks Trump for dealing with hurricane ‘out on the golf course’

There’s no love lost between Donald Trump and London Mayor Sadiq Khan. In September, after Trump pulled out of a trip to Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II to concentrate on the devastating Hurricane Dorian, but was then pictured playing golf at his private club in Virginia, Khan didn’t miss an opportunity to get in a dig, telling London Playbook’s Jack Blanchard: “He’s clearly busy dealing with a hurricane out on the golf course.”

15. Pass the Duchy: Luxembourg’s grand plan to legalize cannabis

Luxembourg’s ambition to legalize recreational cannabis — and to convince others to do the same — caught readers’ interest this year. With the country pushing to become the first in the EU to make cannabis completely legal, we interviewed Health Minister (and deputy PM) Etienne Schneider, one of the main advocates of the move. Alas, the plan could now be in jeopardy, with Schneider announcing he would be stepping down from the government early next year.

14. Pompeo is dead to Berlin

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s 11th-hour decision to cancel a trip to Germany, jilting Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, had Germans up in arms in May — and saw POLITICO’s Matthew Karnitschnig proclaim that “Pompeo is dead to Berlin.”

13. Meet Boris Johnson’s new Cabinet

Newly crowned U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson oversaw the most brutal government reshuffle in decades when he took over the reins in the middle of a heatwave in July. We gave Johnson’s new Cabinet the pen portrait treatment.

12. The people who hold UK’s Brexit destiny in their hands

Before he got the chance to convince his country to get on board with his vision for Brexit Britain, Boris Johnson had to win round 160,000 grassroots Conservative Party members. We took a deep dive into the Tory psyche for a long read on the people who held the U.K.’s Brexit destiny in their hands.

11. The inconvenient truth about Ursula von der Leyen

The von der Leyen Commission is now in full swing, but way back in July, when she was still the German defense minister and the surprise candidate for the EU’s top job, Matthew Karnitschnig asked whether the polyglot who raised seven children and earned a medical degree on the side was too good to be true.

10. In graphics: How Europe voted

The European election resulted in a fragmented European Parliament, with the traditional two big groups — the center-right European People’s Party and the center-left Socialists & Democrats — losing ground while Euroskeptics made gains. We broke down the results in graphs and charts.

9. Why Europe can’t stop laughing at Boris Johnson

It was the Dawn of the Age of Boris Johnson — and Europe had the giggles. In the early days of his premiership, with the triumphant December election still but a twinkle in Dominic Cummings’ eye, Johnson’s biggest challenge in dealing with the EU was to prove there was more to him than gaffes and bloopers.

8. Ivanka Trump congratulates Boris Johnson on becoming PM … of Jamaica!

And speaking of gaffes … first daughter Ivanka Trump tweeted her congratulations to Johnson on “becoming the next Prime Minister of the United Kingston.” Says it all, really.

7. The Brexit deal explained

Remember the time before Boris Johnson’s roaring election victory, back when he had to wrangle a minority government and the rabble-rousers in the Democratic Unionist Party, plus a House of Commons that had become used to throwing its weight around? This was the Brexit deal that that Johnson struck with Brussels, explained.

6. Finland’s government collapses over failed health care reform

Who knew POLITICO readers were so interested in the most sparsely populated country in the European Union (h/t REPOPA)? Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipilä announced his resignation over failed health care reforms in March, one month ahead of an election — paving the way for Sanna Marin to become the world’s youngest prime minister in December.

5. Austrian government collapses over Russia scandal

A day after the release of a bombshell video showing Heinz-Christian Strache, the leader of the junior party in Austria’s ruling coalition, trying to trade public contracts for party donations from a woman he believed to be the wealthy niece of a Russian oligarch, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz pulled the plug on his big experiment: attempting to tame the far right by welcoming it into government.

4. French far right beats Macron in EU election

Emmanuel Macron may have beaten her in the French presidential election, but Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally pipped him to the post on the EU ballot.

3. EU Election: Live Blog

As millions of people across the EU went to the polls to elect a new European Parliament, we covered the blow-by-blow via our essential live blog.

2. How the UK lost the Brexit battle

Whoever said people no longer read long-form journalism clearly hadn’t counted on Brexit. In this 7,000-word opus, POLITICO dissected how the course of Brexit was set in the hours and days after the 2016 referendum. The story, which details how the EU managed to implement a better strategy than the U.K. from Day 1 after the Brexit vote, explains that London’s crucial strategic mistake was to allow itself to be pushed into triggering Article 50, which set the Brexit clock ticking all those years go.

1. June EU Summit: Live Blog

It was the monster three-day EU summit to discuss the bloc’s top jobs. Hearts were broken (oeps, Frans), legacies tainted (auf wiedersehen, Mutti), democracy damaged (h/t Manfred) … and the EU’s course for the next five years was set.

DENVER, CO — RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos was returning from a quick business trip to the East Coast when he met Lorraine by chance. While he was looking forward to four hours of uninterrupted work on the flight, Lorraine wanted to chat with her accidental travel companion — and, according to Contos, she wanted to talk for a reason.

Contos said he could tell Lorraine was scared and lonely, so he took out his headphones and decided to listen. Doing so, he learned Lorraine hadn’t flown in awhile. He also learned she was leaving Florida abruptly to escape the approaching Hurricane Dorian. Lorraine was sad, Contos said, so he made it his mission to help.

“People who are scared, lonely, hurting or lost always get my ear. You can tell if you look for them,” Contos said in a Facebook post detailing the meeting. “Don’t ignore this. Look for it. And do something about it.”

Lorraine was confused, he continued. She couldn’t remember who dropped her off at the airport in Florida, and she couldn’t remember who was supposed to pick her up in Denver. She talked herself into a feeling of helplessness, Contos said, so he made every effort to be there for her. He helped her with her tray table, food and drinks. The pair had dinner together. When the plane encountered turbulence and frightened Lorraine, Contos told her jokes to ease her anxiety.

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All the while, Contos worked with United Airlines staff on board to plane to ensure someone would be at the airport in Denver to pick up Lorraine. When they landed, staff was at the gate with a wheelchair to help Lorraine, and before they parted, Contos wrote his cell phone number on his card and gave it to her, telling her to call him if she needed help.

Contos called the meeting an “opportunity for kindness.” He said he chose to listen rather than ignore, and encouraged others to do the same when they see someone who needs help.

“We had fun. We called her a stow away on the plane and laughed about it. I told her she was a rebel for escaping her retirement community and that her friends would be jealous of her adventures,” Contos said. “That boosted her ego a little. We had a good time.”

While he hoped he helped make Lorraine’s day, Contos thanked her in his post, saying it was her who made his day.

NEW YORK, NY — Community gardeners outraged over new Parks Department rules held a boisterous rally outside City Hall that ended with them chanting “Shame on you” as Mayor Bill de Blasio walked past without stopping to talk.

Dozens of green-space advocates from across New York City gathered Thursday to demand the Parks Department and GreenThumb return to the negotiating table over rules that members say would make it more difficult to operate their volunteer-run spaces.

Garden groups have been told their licenses will be revoked if they don’t sign the documents — sparking chants of “don’t lock us out!” and “What do we want? A fair license!” alongside various local elected officials.

De Blasio was spotted walking into City Hall just as the rally came to a close and gardeners immediately began chanting, “Turn back around!” and,”Shame on you!” when he didn’t stop to speak to his constituents.

LUNGS later wrote on Twitter, “Hi Bill. … Don’t run away from us. Talk to us.”

City Hall deferred to the Parks Department’s comment on the gardeners’ complaints and didn’t respond to Patch’s requests for comment on their interaction with the mayor.

The advocates came to City Hall to speak out against the Parks Department reworking its GreenThumb licensing agreement with gardens, which it does every four years.

“The city has to reconcile with the fact that communities are organic,” Ray Figueroa, president of the New York City Community Garden Coalition, told Patch.

“We’re not corporate entities and as such they need to really wrap their heads around that and what that means,” Figueroa said. “We’re not going to let this go because it would mean letting go of our communities.”

Various changes — like additional permitting steps for events, liability put onto garden volunteers if someone were to get hurt at the garden, sidewalk-maintenance responsibility, among other concerns — have outraged gardeners.

“The city is creating regulations and rules that are just unworkable for our gardens,” said Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, who represents Manhattan’s East Village.

“To micromanage it like that is really untenable for gardens,” referencing additional permitting paperwork for events in the gardens.

The Parks Department said one section regarding liability concerns was removed, and had been in the 2016 license as well. The new license requires submitting events for review by GreenThumb after fire injuries at events last year, the department said, and two fundraising events are now allowed with permission.

“GreenThumb Gardens are neighborhood gems that bring communities together,” Parks Department spokesman Dan Kastanis said in a statement. “These new license agreements reflect gardener feedback, and we continue to work with gardeners across the City to understand their concerns and answer any remaining questions they have.”

About 70 percent of the 380 gardens have signed the agreement, the department said. Kastanis added, “We currently have no plans to lock out gardeners.”

After the deadline to sign the agreement was extended last month, gardeners met again with the department, but no changes were made this month, said Charles Krezell, of LUNGS.

The gardens’ custodians and elected officials called for another negotiation before the Friday’s deadline to sign the agreement for the gardens — which were built up on abandoned lots decades ago. The gardens’ history is one of “environmental reclamation,” as well as important for immigrant communities and culture, said Council member Carlina Rivera, who represents Kips Bay and the East Village, waving a Puerto Rican flag.

“When the South Bronx was burning, we started with a group of people cleaning out empty lots,” added Max Rivera, of the South Bronx’s Rainbow Garden of Life and Health. “We’re going to fight to the end.”

This article has been updated with additional comment from the Parks Department.

Le manager de NTM, Sébastien Farran, a affirmé qu’il ne savait toujours pas si le groupe de rap pourrait assurer ses concerts prévus cet été, après l’incarcération de Joey Starr, condamné le 12 juin à deux ans d’emprisonnement dont six mois ferme… Aie!

L’avenir artistique de Joey Starr s’assombrit. Le rappeur de 41 ans vient d’être condamné à deux ans de prison dont six mois ferme et placé sous mandat de dépôt pour agression à coups de hachoir... Petit problème: Joey Starr devait assurer plusieurs concerts cet été, avec son partenaire de scène, Kool Shen.

Le manager du duo a affirmé qu’il ne savait toujours pas si le groupe de rap pourrait assurer ses concerts prévus cet été: «On a les huit plus gros festivals français, belges et suisses qui attendent de savoir si on va éventuellement laisser sortir Joey pour les faire ou pas», a déclaré Sébastien Farran lors d’une interview donnée Marc-Olivier Fogiel, sur Europe 1. Avant de renchérir: «Aujourd’hui, on n’en sait trop rien. On sait que Joey, de l’intérieur entre guillemets, fait son maximum pour que la justice trouve une solution pour le laisser faire les concerts. C’est pas évident…»

D’après l’ancien juré de Popstars, l’incarcération d’un artiste est l’une des «causes de non-garantie» pour les assurances contractées en cas d’annulation de concerts. Et celle de Joey Starr pourrait engranger une perte de 450 000 euros, qui avaient été dépensés pour les répétitions du groupe de rap, reconstitué l’an dernier après dix ans d’absence: «Ca, c’est déjà dépensé, je ne les récupérerai pas. Après, les festivals peuvent se retourner contre moi qui suis le signataire des engagements d’NTM» a affirmé le directeur artistique du label Island Records.

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NTM était prévu à l’affiche de Solidays le 26 juin à Paris, des Eurockéennes de Belfort le 3 juillet, du BIG Festival de Biarritz, le 16, des Vieilles Charrues de Carhaix le 18 ou encore du Paléo Festival de Nyon (Suisse) le 24. La justice devrait prochainement se prononcer sur le «cas» Joey Starr…

Lundi 22 juin 2009

La fleur d’ylang-ylang pousse un peu à l’écart de l’agitation de l’île de Nosy Be à Madagascar. Ici, les cueilleuses commencent leurs journées très tôt pour ramasser ce produit présent dans de nombreux parfums. La fleur doit impérativement être cueillie le matin, car c’est à ce moment-là que son odeur est la plus développée. La distillerie de la plantation a été fondée à la fin du XIXe siècle. À elle seule, elle produit la motilité de l’essence d’ylang-ylang de Madagascar. Une fois la plante ramassée, il faut faire vite pour la chauffer durant deux heures.Une fleur qui fait vivre 30 000 personnes sur l’îleLe premier jus sorti de la machine va aller aux meilleurs clients. Cet élixir arrivera à Paris, dans les frigos du nez François Demachy. L’essence d’ylang-ylang est recherchée pour ses propriétés, mais aussi parce qu’elle fait partie des moins chères du marché. Le succès de cette plante a déjà changé le quotidien des cueilleurs malgaches. L’ylang-ylang fait vivre près de 30 000 personnes à Nosy Be. .Le JT

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  “Gilets jaunes” : comment réagit Emmanuel Macron aux récents dérapages ?

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Au milieu de la nuit, le cœur de l’Église bat au rythme d’un homme mystérieux, le clavigero. Lui seul a accès à toutes les pièces, les galeries, les merveilles. Gianni Crea possède les 2 797 clés de l’État le plus secret au monde. Derrière cette porte se trouve l’unique exemplaire de la clef de la chapelle Sixtine. 20 000 personnes visitent chaque jour la chapelle, jadis réservée au pape. Lorsque Gianni Crea met la clé dans la serrure, c’est un autre monde qui s’ouvre à lui.Une mission sacrée“Nous sommes ici au centre du christianisme à l’intérieur de la chapelle Sixtine, une œuvre exceptionnelle et unique. C’est aussi le siège du conclave qui élit les papes depuis 1492”, raconte le maître des clés du Vatican. Cela fait vingt ans que Gianni Crea est clavigero. Ce n’est pas un métier, mais une mission. On ne postule pas pour le devenir, on est choisi par l’Église, pour sa rigueur et sa moralité. En deux heures, il va parcourir 1 400 pièces pour vérifier que tout est normal. Le Vatican est l’un des plus grands palais du monde qui est encore un lieu de pouvoir. Le pape François n’y dort pas. Chaque nuit le maître des clés est donc tout seul.Le JT

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  Alexandre Benalla : les partis politiques demandent des comptes

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Une grande manifestation est prévue lundi 11 février à Téhéran, à l’occasion du 40e anniversaire de la Révolution islamique. En 1979, le 11 février, l’ayatollah Khomeini prenait le pouvoir en Iran. Pour l’occasion, le pays organise dans la capitale une grande exposition dédiée aux forces armées. L’occasion pour le régime de montrer ses muscles.Des enfants grimpent sur un véhicule blindé, d’autres essaient un fusil d’assaut, on vient en famille à cette exposition dédiée à l’industrie de l’armement en Iran. Farida, vêtue d’un tchador, se fait photographier par son mari devant un avion de combat : “Les gens ressentent beaucoup de fierté ici, ils prennent conscience de la qualité de nos équipements militaires. En voyant cela, on se sent en sécurité dans notre pays et ça nous rend très fiers.”

Cette exposition montre la puissance de l’Iran.Farida, une visiteuseà franceinfo

Tanks, drones, armes lourdes, statues de cire de soldats… Le ministère iranien de la Défense montre le meilleur de son armée. Il faut sortir du hall d’exposition pour voir le clou du spectacle : les missiles. Le programme balistique iranien inquiète les Occidentaux, mais pour les visiteurs qui connaissent par cœur le discours officiel, c’est ainsi que l’Iran affirme son indépendance : “Cette exposition montre que si quelqu’un veut attaquer notre pays, nous répondrons avec ces magnifiques missiles. Comme l’a dit notre ministre des Affaires étrangères Javad Zarif, ‘si nous avions eu ces missiles au moment de la guerre contre l’Irak, Saddam Hussein n’aurait jamais osé nous bombarder ou lancer contre nous des attaques chimiques'”, estime Vahid un autre visiteur.

Voilà maintenant 40 ans que nous nous tenons debout, malgré toutes les sanctions, tous les problèmes que les pays occidentaux provoquent en Iran.Mohamad, un visiteurà franceinfo

Le rétablissement des sanctions américaines a plongé l’Iran dans une nouvelle crise, mais personne ici ne remet en question les dépenses militaires du pays. “En dépit de tous les problèmes que nous avons, nous sommes fiers de notre Révolution”, affirme pour sa part Mohamad.Les visiteurs de cette exposition ne représentent pas toute la population iranienne, ce sont les fidèles soutiens de la République islamique, ils seront lundi dans la rue pour fêter son 40e anniversaire.Click Here: brisbane lions guernsey 2019