French president also says he will decide on concrete ‘next steps’ for the next nationwide demonstrations

• Angry lawyers and bewildered defendants: the fallout from fast-tracking French rioting cases

Emmanuel Macron has said “illegitimate” demonstrations will be banned over the coming days as France seeks to get a grip on civil unrest after some of its worst street violence in years erupted on the fringes of cost of living protests at the weekend.

Speaking after a ​meeting with intelligence officials and senior ministers, the French president said on Thursday that demonstrations organised by recognised groups would be allowed to go ahead, although their routes could be changed.

French president also says he will decide on concrete ‘next steps’ for the next nationwide demonstrations

• Angry lawyers and bewildered defendants: the fallout from fast-tracking French rioting cases

Emmanuel Macron has said “illegitimate” demonstrations will be banned over the coming days as France seeks to get a grip on civil unrest after some of its worst street violence in years erupted on the fringes of cost of living protests at the weekend.

Speaking after a ​meeting with intelligence officials and senior ministers, the French president said on Thursday that demonstrations organised by recognised groups would be allowed to go ahead, although their routes could be changed.

“La Green Innovation è un’evoluzione possibile e necessaria, ma può essere raggiunta soltanto se industria, istituzioni e società civile uniscono le forze”. È questo uno dei messaggi lanciati da Philippe Aghion, Premio Nobel per l’Economia 2025, intervenuto oggi con una Lectio Magistralis nella giornata conclusiva di NetZero Milan, l’Expo-Summit di Fiera Milano dedicato alla decarbonizzazione dell’economia.

Al centro dell’intervento dell’economista il rapporto tra innovazione, politiche industriali e transizione energetica, con un’attenzione particolare al ruolo di tecnologie come intelligenza artificiale e nucleare, che secondo Aghion non devono essere considerate necessariamente incompatibili con gli obiettivi ambientali, ma possono diventare strumenti strategici per raggiungerli.

Aghion: “La carbon tax da sola non basta”

Partendo dal concetto di “distruzione creativa”, sviluppato nelle teorie di Joseph Schumpeter e Peter Howitt, Aghion ha sottolineato la necessità di creare le condizioni affinché l’innovazione green possa svilupparsi e diffondersi. “Bisogna supportare l’innovazione green. Non possiamo pensare di realizzare la transizione verde semplicemente attraverso la Carbon Tax – ha osservato Aghion –. Questa, da sola, non è la soluzione: ciò di cui abbiamo bisogno sono politiche industriali capaci di sostenerla e accelerarla”.

Per l’economista, infatti, la transizione non può essere affidata alla singola impresa o alla singola tecnologia, ma deve coinvolgere l’intera filiera produttiva. “L’innovazione green non può riguardare una singola impresa o una singola tecnologia: deve coinvolgere l’intera filiera. Ogni tassello deve evolvere in maniera coerente con gli altri. È proprio qui che la politica industriale diventa essenziale, perché può creare coordinamento tra tecnologie, investimenti e attori economici”, ha spiegato.

“Il nucleare è necessario, le rinnovabili da sole non bastano”

Nel corso della Lectio Magistralis Aghion ha affrontato anche il tema delle tecnologie che continuano a suscitare un confronto acceso nell’ambito della transizione energetica. Tra queste, il nucleare. “Il nucleare mostra perché non possiamo affrontare la transizione chiudendo a priori determinate strade tecnologiche: la transizione verde senza questo tipo di energia non è possibile e le rinnovabili da sole non bastano”, ha affermato. Secondo il Nobel, dunque, la decarbonizzazione richiede un approccio tecnologicamente aperto, senza escludere a priori alcune soluzioni che possono contribuire alla riduzione delle emissioni.

L’intelligenza artificiale può contribuire alla transizione green

Un ragionamento analogo riguarda l’intelligenza artificiale, spesso al centro del dibattito per l’elevato consumo energetico legato ai sistemi di calcolo e ai data center. Anche in questo caso, Aghion invita a considerare non soltanto l’energia utilizzata dalla tecnologia, ma il suo bilancio complessivo. “L’intelligenza artificiale può avere un ruolo fondamentale nella transizione. I gemelli digitali applicati, per esempio, ai sistemi di purificazione dell’acqua possono ridurre il consumo energetico del 5,4%, le emissioni del 6% e i costi energetici dell’8,2%”. “È vero che l’IA richiede energia, ma dobbiamo guardare al bilancio complessivo: in questo caso, l’energia utilizzata dai server rappresenta appena l’1% di quella che la tecnologia consente di risparmiare”, ha aggiunto.

“La questione non è fermare l’innovazione, ma indirizzarla”

Da qui la conclusione dell’intervento: non frenare lo sviluppo tecnologico, ma orientarlo verso obiettivi capaci di produrre benefici ambientali ed economici. “La questione non è fermare l’innovazione, ma indirizzarla – ha concluso Aghion –. Dobbiamo utilizzare l’intelligenza artificiale e le nuove tecnologie in modo intelligente, facendo in modo che l’energia e le risorse investite producano un beneficio superiore al loro costo”. “La strada da seguire” è quindi quella di “politiche industriali che rendano possibile l’innovazione green e strumenti come la carbon tax applicati in un contesto nel quale esistano realmente alternative tecnologiche”.

Il ruolo dei capitali nella transizione energetica

Al termine della Lectio Magistralis, Aghion si è confrontato con i rappresentanti dei fondi Algebris e Ambienta e della società di consulenza finanziaria Clearwater, affrontando il tema delle nuove strategie di investimento nella transizione energetica. Il confronto ha riguardato in particolare il ruolo dei capitali nel sostenere decarbonizzazione, innovazione e competitività industriale, mettendo in relazione gli obiettivi della transizione con le opportunità di investimento e sviluppo per le imprese.

Con l’intervento del Premio Nobel Philippe Aghion, NetZero Milan ha così riportato al centro del dibattito il rapporto tra capitale, energia e industria, offrendo un momento di confronto tra imprese, esperti e istituzioni sulle strategie necessarie a trasformare gli obiettivi climatici europei in nuove opportunità di crescita e competitività.

L'articolo NetZero Milan, il Nobel Aghion: “AI e nucleare risorse strategiche per la transizione green” proviene da Affaritaliani.it.

Politicians have called for ruthless sentencing, but lawyers blame the politicians for the poverty, and anger, behind their clients’ looting

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Awa, 18, stood in the dock in the tribunal de Paris, a small, mute and bewildered figure seeming unable to understand, let alone answer, the simplest of questions.

The court was told she had joined young people who looted an Yves Saint Laurent store on Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris’s Left Bank late on Sunday and stripped it bare within minutes.

Politicians have called for ruthless sentencing, but lawyers blame the politicians for the poverty, and anger, behind their clients’ looting

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Awa, 18, stood in the dock in the tribunal de Paris, a small, mute and bewildered figure seeming unable to understand, let alone answer, the simplest of questions.

The court was told she had joined young people who looted an Yves Saint Laurent store on Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris’s Left Bank late on Sunday and stripped it bare within minutes.

• Walmart chief people officer Donna Morris oversees more than 2 million workers globally.
• She shared three green flags that make her lean in during a job interview.
• Morris said she likes to see a track record of grit in a candidate.

Donna Morris oversees over 2 million employees, so she knows a strong candidate when she sees one.

Walmart's chief people officer identified three green flags that make her lean in during a job interview — regardless of the role they're applying for. First, she told Business Insider that she looks for a genuine alignment with the company's purpose and values.

Second, she wants to see an ability to take on multiple responsibilities and make things work.

"They demonstrate a track record of grit," Morris said, defining those individuals as people who have overcome adversity.

In an ideal world, she said that means they've worked on the frontline, since so many of Walmart employees have customer-facing roles. She said the company looks for candidates with a focus on service.

Morris, who started working at 13 at a dry cleaner's and then worked at a drugstore for eight years, said that if a candidate has never experienced what it's like to be a frontline hourly worker, it may be challenging for them to lead. Morris said those jobs gave her purpose, and she found it hard to resign.

Now, when she interviews candidates, Morris said her go-to question is "If I was to ask people who've worked for you before, what will they tell me?" She said the open-ended question generates a genuine response and helps her gauge whether the person is focused on servant leadership, which is a "big green flag."

Asking this question allows her to hear more about a candidate's first job or a work experience. She said that while graduating from an Ivy League school is valuable, she's more focused on hearing about what they've learned from work experience.

"What was the grit they had to persevere through?" Morris asked.

The chief people officer, who worked at Adobe for more than 17 years before joining Walmart, said that her third green flag is candidates who are passionate about making a difference.

"That, to us, would be really, really key," Morris said.

Mientras París arde, el mundo del arte contemporáneo se refugia en su caja de cristal. Estos días, la metáfora resulta tan literal que roza la humorada, aunque todo vaya muy en serio: los coleccionistas más poderosos y buena parte de los principales profesionales mundiales del sector se reúnen en el Grand Palais, el monumento de vidrio y acero de finales del siglo XIX de los Campos Elíseos, para asistir a Art Basel Paris, la gran feria de arte contemporáneo del otoño, llevando en sus móviles un correo electrónico que les informa de las férreas medidas de seguridad desplegadas por la organización ante los disturbios generados por las protestas sociales.

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El motor y el zumbido de las aspas del helicóptero de la policía, que sobrevuela el centro de París con un potente foco que alumbra sus callejones desde hace dos días, es lo único que rompe el silencio impuesto en las últimas noches. La capital de Francia, como las otras grandes ciudades donde hubo disturbios el pasado sábado, se ha blindado a través de un despliegue policial enorme y toques de queda que restringen los movimientos de los ciudadanos a partir de las nueve de la noche. Pero el ruido continúa durante el día en la esfera política y mediática y en las redes sociales, donde se cocina la manifestación convocada para el sábado: el segundo acto, según los chalecos amarillos.

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• Rebecca Mac traveled from Manchester, UK, to Paris for a Céline Dion concert in memory of her late mother.
• She said she was caught in traffic near Galeries Lafayette as unrest spread through the city.
• Mac said hotel staff warned her against going outside, saying she was a "perfect candidate" to get mugged.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rebecca Mac, who owns Cosmetic Finance Group, a Manchester, UK-based aesthetics finance company, and Mc Aesthetics, a cosmetic clinic group. It has been edited for length and clarity.

On Saturday, 110 demonstrations drew 550,000 people nationwide, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, including 110,000 in Paris. Organizers put the national total at 800,000.

I went to Paris to see Céline Dion in memory of my mom.

My mom had loved Céline for years. We had tickets to see her before the pandemic in Manchester before she died, but the show was canceled. She never got to see her perform.

Friday's concert was really emotional. "All Coming Back to Me Now" and "I'm Alive" made me emotional, but "My Heart Will Go On" was the one that really made me cry.

Seeing Céline felt like I was finally doing it for my mom. Little did I know, less than 24 hours later, my friend and I would be trapped in an Uber during the Paris riots.

We had no way of getting out

At about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, we left Galeries Lafayette and saw what felt like a sea of people marching toward us. We were like: "Oh my god. This is crazy." We walked away and got an Uber outside Sephora.

Every road the driver tried was closed. He told us to get out, but young men were running past the car, throwing things and banging. We said: "No, we're not getting out of the car in the middle of this."

Then people threw metal barriers into the road so cars could not pass. We were stuck there, panicking. Within seconds, police with riot shields charged in from the other side.

We thought the crowd was coming toward us and that we were trapped in the middle. The taxi stood still for a few minutes. It felt like we had no way of getting out.

The police formed a line in front of the car and cleared the barriers so traffic could move. It took about 20 minutes to get back to Le Damantin Hôtel & Spa, near the Champs-Élysées, where we were staying.

Roads were sectioned off, and police on motorbikes and police vans with sirens kept passing us as we drove away.

It was very stressful. It just felt very surreal and very long. We were just relieved to be back at the hotel and safe.

'Perfect targets to be mugged'

Later that night, hotel staff locked the doors as we were leaving for dinner.

Men in balaclavas were passing outside. A staff member told us: "You cannot go out," and said we looked like "perfect targets to be mugged."

After waiting for about an hour, we decided to take a taxi to the restaurant, which was just around the corner.

But it stopped across the road, where another group of six masked men was standing outside. It was quite intimidating, so we walked around parked cars to avoid getting too close to them.

I wanted to get home

My Sunday flight to Manchester was delayed, so I booked a 9 a.m. flight to London and then an Uber home to Manchester.

I kept thinking about my children. We had been to Paris a couple of years earlier for Disneyland with my little girl, my niece, and my nephew. I thought: Imagine if this had happened then.

I'm so grateful I saw Céline on Friday. It is a memory I will remember forever. But I'm very upset and disappointed because I do like to go to Paris quite a lot.

The whole experience made me lose my love for Paris a bit.

Additional reporting by Amanda Goh.

A little over a month ago, at a high school on the outskirts of Paris, a group of students blocked their school to protest the condition of the facilities and the lack of teachers. Within days, students from other schools joined in, first in Paris and then across the country, complaining of leaks in classrooms and even cockroaches, and of walls that are cracking. They are cold in the winter and hot in the spring. That image of public schools — long considered a pillar of the French Republic, but gradually falling apart — also illustrates the economic decline of recent years.

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Two specialised maritime security training courses bringing together personnel from Cyprus and Egypt have been completed, focusing on operational readiness, interoperability and cooperation in responding to security threats.

According to a social media post by the Cyprus centre for land, open seas and port security (Cyclops), the courses involved personnel from the Egyptian navy and border guard corps, alongside members of the Cyprus Navy and Cyprus maritime police.

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris was also present at the completion ceremony, alongside the commander of the Egyptian border guard corps.

The training covered Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) threats, two areas of particular importance to maritime security.

VBSS training focuses on procedures for boarding, inspecting and securing vessels, while CBRN training addresses the risks associated with hazardous substances and potentially dangerous incidents.

Cyclops said the courses were aimed at strengthening operational readiness, improving interoperability between participating forces and enhancing regional security through international cooperation.

The Larnaca-based Cyclops centre was established through cooperation between Cyprus and the United States under a 2020 agreement and was inaugurated in April 2022. Its construction and equipment were funded through a US state department programme, while the facility is owned and operated by the Cypriot foreign ministry.

Tras años de alertar de que se estaba cerrando la ventana de oportunidad para cumplir con el objetivo del Acuerdo de París más ambicioso —y seguro para la humanidad—, el área de medio ambiente de la ONU ha terminado por asumir este miércoles una “dura realidad”: la posibilidad de mantener el calentamiento global por debajo de 1,5 grados Celsius respecto a los niveles preindustriales se ha esfumado. Lo hace por primera vez en el informe de referencia que desde 2010 presenta para analizar los planes climáticos de los países y las trayectorias que se deben seguir para cumplir con los acuerdos internacionales. En las anteriores entregas se señalaba que todavía había “una oportunidad” si se hacía “un esfuerzo hercúleo”, recuerda Inger Andersen, directora ejecutiva del Pnuma (Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente). “Ahora está claro que ese esfuerzo hercúleo no se hizo; procrastinamos con el clima. Y, en consecuencia, ahora decimos que esta ventana se ha cerrado”.

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El mobiliario y el arte español de los cincuenta y sesenta son el secreto mejor guardado –o peor promocionado– del coleccionismo internacional. O lo habrán sido hasta que, el próximo 27 de octubre, se celebre la subasta Le Modernisme Espagnol 1950-1970 en la casa parisina PIASA. Una selección de lienzos de Chillida o Zóbel, esculturas de Aurèlia Muñoz o mobiliario diseñado por los principales arquitectos de la época, comisariada por el dúo madrileño Machado-Muñoz, saldrá a la venta en conjunto por primera vez.

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