MEDI1TV Afrique : MEDI1 SOIR 20:00 - 01/04/2025
Catégorie
🗞
NewsTranscription
00:00Let's take a look at the latest from Paris to Algeria, France intends to resolve the
00:26and disagreements with Algeria,
00:28assured this Tuesday the head of French diplomacy.
00:31The next day, an interview between Emmanuel Macron and Abdel-Majid Tebboune.
00:34Details in a few moments.
00:39Marine Le Pen's condemnation reacted internationally and in France.
00:44Some French did not fail to express their opinion
00:47on the ineligibility of the head of the UN.
00:51The US trade partners are preparing so well that badly
00:55before the expected announcement on Wednesday
00:58of the new customs law by Donald Trump.
01:01We meet again immediately for the development.
01:06Welcome, ladies and gentlemen.
01:08Paris intends to resolve tensions with Algeria
01:11with demand and without any weakness,
01:14assured this Tuesday the head of French diplomacy.
01:17The next day, an interview between French and Algerian presidents.
01:21To renew the dialogue after eight months of unprecedented diplomatic crisis,
01:25the tensions between France and Algeria,
01:28of which we are not at the origin,
01:31are therefore not in the interest of anyone,
01:34neither France nor Algeria,
01:37said Jean-Noël Barraud in front of the National Assembly,
01:40underlining that dialogue and firmness are in no way contradictory.
01:45The exchange between President Macron and his Algerian counterpart
01:48has opened a diplomatic space that can allow us to move forward
01:51towards a resolution of the crisis, he added.
01:57Can we therefore talk about a return to Algerian policy?
02:00Christophe Boutin, French political scientist and professor of public law,
02:04tells us more.
02:08For the moment, Paris has absolutely not given in to the Algerian case.
02:12One element that we are still waiting for a lot
02:15is the release of Boalem Sandsal,
02:18the binational writer who is currently in prison,
02:21who has just been sentenced to five years in prison
02:24and who was convicted for a rather particular motive,
02:28to have so-called affected Algerian history in a way.
02:34Let us remember that Boalem Sandsal was content here
02:38to recall the truth of Algerian history
02:41and in particular the fact that France had, at one time,
02:45transferred territories that were historically under Moroccan control
02:50to Algeria, where they still are.
02:54The principle of tariff reciprocity, which emanates from Donald Trump's conviction
02:59that the United States is suffering a great tariff injustice
03:02in relation to its commercial partners, comes into force this Wednesday.
03:06In the meantime, the unpredictable American president
03:09remains uncertain about the extent of his protectionist offensive.
03:13Cheyma Fikri, for the explanations.
03:17Avoiding it being taken for a fish of April,
03:20global tariff reciprocity will be applied as early as April 2.
03:24This is what the American president said.
03:26Donald Trump added, on a more serious note,
03:29that many countries have taken advantage of his country for so long,
03:32and this will no longer be the case.
03:34According to the American officials,
03:36tariff reciprocity will help attract foreign investments,
03:39revitalize the middle class and generate income
03:42to compensate for the expected tax cut.
03:46The president's historic action tomorrow
03:49will improve American competitiveness in all areas of the industry.
03:53It will reduce our massive trade deficits
03:55and will ultimately protect our economic and national security.
03:59President Trump's economic vision is anchored in common sense.
04:02He will offer companies taxes, energy costs
04:05and the lowest regulations
04:07if they manufacture their products here in the United States
04:10and if they hire American workers for work.
04:12It's simple.
04:13If you manufacture your products in America,
04:15you will not pay taxes.
04:18However, this tariff instrument has already proven its limits
04:21during the first term of President Trump.
04:23No detail has been released on the scope of the new policy,
04:27since discussions within the administration are still underway.
04:30However, the Republican promised last Monday
04:33that he could possibly grant exceptions to many countries.
04:36Treasury Secretary Scott Benson said
04:39that these exceptions concern 15% of U.S. trade partners.
04:44Things are still in the process of finalizing,
04:47but we know that if we see it through to the end,
04:49it could have a severe impact on consumer costs.
04:52It has already had an impact on markets,
04:54so we are all waiting to see the details
04:56of what President Trump has exactly planned.
04:59According to official data,
05:01the United States recorded last year
05:03its biggest trade deficits,
05:05with China, the European Union, Mexico, Vietnam,
05:08Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Canada and India, among other countries.
05:13Faced with this decision by Trump,
05:15the reactions of the concerned countries are shared.
05:17Some do not necessarily want to take measures of retaliation,
05:21but have a solid plan to do so if necessary,
05:24while others expect an indulgent treatment,
05:26such as Vietnam, which announced
05:28it would reduce its customs rights to a number of goods.
05:32Ladies and gentlemen,
05:34to talk about the latest developments
05:36of the new U.S. customs rights,
05:38we meet live from Marrakech
05:40economist Mohamed Benchikroun.
05:42Good evening to you, Mr. Benchikroun,
05:44and thank you for responding to this invitation.
05:48Good evening.
05:50First of all, good evening and thank you for the invitation.
05:53So, what new customs rights does President Trump
05:57plan to introduce on April 2,
05:59also in relation to the news?
06:04So, April 2 would be the day of liberation.
06:08As Donald Trump has just said,
06:12there is a conference he has called
06:14Make America Wealthy Again,
06:16which means making America even richer,
06:19even more decent economically.
06:24So the idea is to go at a higher rate
06:27in terms of imposing customs rights,
06:29either on the basis of reciprocity with the partner countries,
06:35or to apply universal customs rights
06:38up to 20% with all U.S. partners.
06:43Because the dilemma in the eyes of Donald Trump
06:46is the deficit in the commercial balance
06:49with his first 15 commercial partners,
06:53which are China, Taiwan, the European Union,
06:57Myanmar, etc.
06:59So the idea is that Donald Trump thinks
07:02that by applying customs rights
07:04with his main economic partners,
07:06he could actually rebalance the balance
07:09and this could result in additional income
07:12for the United States
07:14and this for the benefit of the renaissance
07:17of the American economy.
07:19And what are the countries that could be
07:21in the view of the American president?
07:26So there are 15 countries.
07:28He has called them the 30-15.
07:31The first is China,
07:33because with China he is registering
07:35a deficit in the commercial balance
07:37of more than $1.2 billion.
07:40Then there is the European Union,
07:42there is Taiwan,
07:44there is also India.
07:46So these are the 5, these are the 15 countries.
07:50There is Mexico, there is Canada.
07:52So these are the partners with which
07:55he is actually registering
07:57a commercial deficit balance.
07:59But would this idea of imposing customs rights
08:05be in the interest of the American economy?
08:09Many economists strongly doubt
08:11this hypothesis because there are
08:13several scenarios of repercussions
08:16and consequences that could be
08:18evaluated in this regard.
08:20And also on this same dynamic,
08:22what is he hiding behind this
08:24customs policy propelled by Donald Trump?
08:28So the idea behind this idea is that
08:31he wants to restart American industrialization,
08:36that is to say the substitution of imported products
08:40by the Made in the US.
08:42So in fact, these are measures of
08:44dissuasion of American economic actors
08:47to American contractors,
08:49that is to say to dissuade imports
08:51and to apply an industrial restart policy.
08:54So this will actually create employment,
08:57it will re-dynamize American industrialization
09:00and it is a risky bet.
09:02Because if the entire economic circuit,
09:07if the entire world's supply chain
09:11is dominated by the American chain,
09:13it will have consequences,
09:15it will generate costs.
09:17Maybe structurally it will allow
09:21the creation of employment,
09:23but it is a risky bet.
09:25If this measure is accompanied by
09:28a real political restart of the industry,
09:31through measures of subvention,
09:33measures of encouragement,
09:35through a decrease in the share of the Fed,
09:37through a decrease in the taxation of companies,
09:41through the facilitation of other investments,
09:44it could succeed.
09:46However, if this measure of customs rights
09:49would be a measure, let's say,
09:51isolated from the panoply of encouragement
09:55of the industrial policy,
09:57the consequence would be
10:00a terrible inflation on the American economy
10:03which could impact the purchasing power
10:06of the United States.
10:07This would be catastrophic
10:09for the image of the American president
10:12on the train,
10:13as well as for the American economy
10:17globally.
10:19And in your opinion,
10:20what impact could these new customs rights
10:23have on the American economy,
10:24while some observers say
10:26that in the end, it is the American consumer
10:28who would suffer any increase
10:31in the price,
10:32true or false, in your opinion?
10:35Yes, indeed,
10:36there is true as there is false.
10:38That is to say,
10:39it is a risky bet.
10:40As I said before,
10:42if these customs rights
10:44are accompanied by a real,
10:46courageous policy
10:47of restarting the American economy
10:49through a decrease
10:53in taxation,
10:54through granting investment
10:58through access to funds,
11:01which would be much more affordable.
11:03So, if the American economy succeeds
11:05in transforming imported products
11:07into US-made products,
11:09it would be a fair, winning bet
11:12and everyone will celebrate
11:14this initiative of Donald Trump.
11:16If these customs rights
11:19are a failure,
11:22there will be inflation.
11:26So, the first category
11:28or the first target
11:30that will suffer this failure
11:32of this customs policy
11:34would be the American households,
11:37so-called low-callers,
11:39those who are the most vulnerable
11:41and generally,
11:42it is this electoral target
11:44that has allowed Donald Trump
11:46to present himself
11:48and therefore,
11:49it would actually be a betrayal
11:51compared to the population
11:53that Donald Trump has created.
11:55So, it seems risky,
11:56but Donald Trump is a man
11:57who is unpredictable,
11:58who is courageous,
11:59who has the sense
12:00and the flair of a businessman.
12:01So, all we can say to him
12:03is to wish him good luck
12:05in this measure
12:07that will transform
12:09the current world economy.
12:11You speak of measures right away.
12:13How, by the way,
12:14could the world economy
12:15and the stock markets
12:16be affected?
12:19Well,
12:20undeniably,
12:22the stock markets
12:24have taken a step back.
12:26These are measures
12:28that do not encourage
12:30the investment of shares.
12:32So, if tomorrow,
12:34Donald Trump
12:36will actually take strong measures
12:38in terms of
12:40increasing foreign exchange
12:42with all
12:44US partners,
12:47it would actually be
12:49a catastrophe for the stock markets.
12:51So, there will be a step back,
12:53a devaluation of shares
12:55and therefore,
12:57a crisis of confidence
12:59between shareholders
13:01and the stock markets.
13:03Mohamed Benchekroun,
13:04thank you again for these insights.
13:06I remind you that you are an economist
13:08and with us,
13:09you also come back to this principle
13:11of customs law
13:13with the American president.
13:16And without further ado,
13:17after his sentence on Monday
13:19to a five-year sentence of ineligibility,
13:21Marine Le Pen maintains
13:23her ambitions for the
13:252027 presidential election.
13:27The head of the National Assembly
13:29asks to be quickly judged
13:31before the next presidential election.
13:33The details are with Raja Ingo.
13:39In France and elsewhere,
13:40Marine Le Pen's sentence
13:42created a real political upheaval.
13:44The French far-right leader
13:46denounced on Monday
13:48a political decision
13:50after her sentence
13:52to five years of ineligibility.
13:53Marine Le Pen maintains
13:55her ambitions for the
13:572027 presidential election
13:59and asks to be quickly judged
14:01before the next presidential election.
14:03The system has released
14:05the nuclear bomb
14:07and if it uses
14:09such a powerful weapon
14:11against us,
14:13it is obviously because
14:15we are about to win the elections.
14:17They stole our legislations
14:19by scandalous maneuvers.
14:21To be clear,
14:23we will not let the French
14:25steal the presidential election.
14:27We will use
14:29all the means available
14:31to allow
14:33the French
14:35to choose
14:37their future leader
14:39and we will win.
14:41Earlier in the morning,
14:43the president of the National Assembly,
14:45Jordan Bardella,
14:47also denounced
14:49a tyranny of judges
14:51while condemning threats,
14:53insults and insults.
14:55I think it is unworthy of the French
14:57but it also disqualifies
14:59France,
15:01a country of human rights,
15:03to teach democracy
15:05to the whole world.
15:07If they think that a decision
15:09to make politics
15:11will prevent us from
15:13continuing to bring hope
15:15to millions of French people,
15:17it is not only bad for us
15:19but also bad for them.
15:21The National Assembly
15:23is preparing a rally
15:25to support Marine Le Pen
15:27on Sunday in Paris
15:29to announce the party.
15:31It is, according to the National Assembly,
15:33a meeting called
15:35in the context of popular
15:37resistance to the presidential election.
15:39This condemnation has aroused
15:41the wrath of many political leaders
15:43across the planet.
15:45Je suis Marine has been launched
15:47on the social network X.
15:49In the wake of this,
15:51Italian Vice Prime Minister
15:53Matteo Salvini denounced
15:55a declaration of war in Brussels.
15:57The Kremlin deplored on Sunday
15:59a violation of democratic norms
16:01after the decision of the Paris Tribunal.
16:03The head of the far-right party
16:05Greenwilders,
16:07said he was shocked
16:09by an incredibly severe decision.
16:11The Paris Court of Appeal
16:13confirmed on Tuesday
16:15that three appeals were made
16:17to the verdict of the
16:19Paris Tribunal
16:21in the case of Parliamentary
16:23Assistants of the National Front.
16:25In a statement, the Court
16:27affirmed that it will examine this case
16:29and that it will make a decision
16:31in the summer of 2026.
16:33The Israeli army bombed
16:35this morning the southern border
16:37of Beirut, killing and injuring
16:39several people.
16:41The Lebanese president,
16:43Josef Aoun, condemned this strike
16:45and called on the allies of Lebanon
16:47to support the right of its country
16:49to full sovereignty.
16:57Four months after the agreement
16:59that ended the conflict
17:01between Lebanon and Israel,
17:03an Israeli strike targeted
17:05the southern border of Beirut
17:07on Tuesday morning,
17:09killing and injuring several people.
17:11Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salem
17:13denounced a blatant violation
17:15of the ceasefire.
17:17Israel confirmed that it had
17:19targeted Hassan Bder,
17:21a Hezbollah official
17:23and supporter of the Hamas movement.
17:25This is the second strike
17:27since the start of a fragile
17:29ceasefire on November 27.
17:31Residents woke up in the middle of the night,
17:33left their homes panicked,
17:35while rescuers
17:37helped the injured.
17:39We were sleeping
17:41when we heard
17:43violent rockets
17:45that were deafening.
17:47We were saved from under the rubble.
17:53As you can see,
17:55we are used to these acts of aggression
17:57and we do not respect any conditions
17:59or any agreement.
18:01We expect the worst
18:03and we will continue
18:05on this path of resistance.
18:09Lebanese President Joseph Aoun
18:11condemned the strike
18:13and called on Lebanon's allies
18:15to support its right to full sovereignty.
18:17On his side,
18:19Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
18:21had told him on Friday
18:23that Israel would strike Lebanon
18:25as a threat.
18:37It was 3 a.m.
18:39We were sleeping
18:41when we heard violent sounds
18:43just before the first shot.
18:45The two girls were very scared.
18:47I tried to reassure them.
18:49I rushed, I carried them
18:51and we went down to the street
18:53We were told that the strikes
18:55were close to our homes
18:57but we could not see anything
18:59because of the dust.
19:03Since the incomplete withdrawal
19:05of Israeli soldiers from southern Lebanon
19:07on February 18,
19:09Israel continues to strike Lebanon,
19:11claiming to target
19:13Hezbollah positions.
19:15Let us recall that Hezbollah
19:17had opened a front against Israel
19:19at the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip
19:21on October 4, 2023
19:23claiming to act in support of the Palestinians.
19:25These hostilities,
19:27which degenerated into an open war
19:29in September 2024,
19:31killed more than 4,000 people in Lebanon
19:33and forced more than a million people
19:35to flee.
19:37Still with Israel,
19:39Benjamin Netanyahu,
19:41who announced today
19:43to be back on his choice
19:45announced the day before
19:47by a new director
19:49of the Israeli Foreign Ministry,
19:51while the Israeli Prime Minister
19:53opposed the decision
19:55of the Supreme Court
19:57to freeze the decision of the government
19:59to dismiss the current head
20:01of Shin Bet, Ronen Bar.
20:07Donald Trump said that today
20:09he met with his Egyptian counterpart
20:11Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
20:13evoking a phone call
20:15that went very well.
20:17He addressed many issues,
20:19including the considerable military progress
20:21that we have made
20:23against the tools in Yemen
20:25that destroy ships,
20:27wrote the American president
20:29on his social network.
20:31He did not specify when this call took place.
20:33Monday, Donald Trump assured
20:35that the hardest was yet to come
20:37for the tools and their support
20:39in Iran,
20:41while the United States had already
20:43launched several strikes against the rebels
20:45Trump also said
20:47to have, among other things,
20:49discussed with the Egyptian leader
20:51of Gaza and possible solutions
20:53and the state of military preparation.
20:59The heads of diplomacy
21:01of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger
21:03reunited in the alliance
21:05of the states of the Sahel
21:07are expected Thursday in Moscow
21:09to participate in the first consultation
21:11between their confederation and Russia,
21:13in a statement published on Monday.
21:15At the invitation of the Russian Foreign Minister
21:17Sergei Lavrov,
21:19the heads of diplomacy of the three countries
21:21will meet in Moscow
21:23on Thursday and Friday
21:25in order to take part in the first session
21:27of the consultations with Russia.
21:29The Sahelian ministers
21:31indicate in a statement published
21:33on Facebook by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
21:35of Mali,
21:37which assures the presidency of the confederation.
21:43The consultations initiated by the Congolese president
21:45in view of the formation of a government
21:47of the National Union
21:49were resumed on Monday in Kinshasa,
21:51but within the political spheres
21:53the opposition refuses such a proposal.
21:55Here is the reaction
21:57of dear Sadi Bouniaï,
21:59a specialist in political science.
22:01The opposition in RDC
22:03has simply rejected
22:05these proposals in the sense
22:07of a government of the National Union
22:09to bring solutions
22:11to the conflict that is really
22:13raging in the democracy of the Congo.
22:15So the pretexts
22:17raised by the opposition are quite simply
22:19that Tshisekedi has moved
22:21the chariots before the oxen.
22:23On the side of Fayoulou, we also think
22:25that there are personal and political interests
22:27that Tshisekedi is trying to defend
22:29in this government of the National Union.
22:31This is why the opposition
22:33has taken a step back
22:35and has put
22:37a certain veto
22:39concerning the government's proposals
22:41for this government of the National Union
22:43which, until now,
22:45despite the talks that have been
22:47initiated between the camps,
22:49whether it is the opposition or civil society,
22:51but what we need to know is that
22:53the opposition and civil society
22:55have more confidence in religious people,
22:57in really Protestant and Catholic priests
22:59who have been in a long-term
23:01consultation
23:03for years,
23:05to try to
23:07bridge the gaps
23:09between the governments that have led
23:11the democracy of the Congo and the political sectors.
23:13So it is a country
23:15that is going through a very difficult crisis situation
23:17and according to Tshisekedi,
23:19a government of the National Union must be put in place
23:21to really face
23:23this conflict
23:25that is taking place in the south of the country.
23:27It is a conflict
23:29that threatens
23:31cities and villages,
23:33which is taking up a lot of territory.
23:35So it is essential that the Congolese
23:37can reunite around the essential.
23:39And the essential, as we often say,
23:41is to reunite the people
23:43behind their political class,
23:45behind their governments,
23:47to face
23:49these orcs,
23:51these rebels
23:53who are really hurting this country
23:55because, until now,
23:57the RDC, which has thousands of resources,
23:59is really in a very difficult situation.
24:01Between armed conflicts
24:03and flames of prices,
24:05the Democratic Republic of the Congo
24:07is plunged into an unprecedented
24:09food crisis.
24:11This week, several agencies
24:13of the United Nations raised the alarm
24:15with Rachid Farhan.
24:19In the RDC, the food crisis
24:21is getting worse.
24:23Conflicts and inflation
24:25plunge 28 million people
24:27into a high famine.
24:29More than 2 million displaced people
24:31and food prices
24:33have increased by 37%.
24:35Armed clashes
24:37complicate access to humanitarian aid
24:39and inflation
24:41exacerbates the situation.
24:452.5 million people
24:47have been pushed towards
24:49acute food insecurity
24:51and the needs continue to grow.
24:53The humanitarian situation in the RDC
24:55is deteriorating at an alarming rate.
24:57Families who were already
24:59facing difficulties
25:01are now facing
25:03an even harsher reality.
25:07Faced with this crisis,
25:09the World Food Programme
25:11and the FAO are doubling their efforts
25:13to provide emergency aid
25:15but are calling for international financial support
25:17to avoid the catastrophe.
25:23Peace is the number one priority.
25:25Peace would allow us to continue
25:27cultivating what would allow us
25:29to meet our needs.
25:33The Democratic Republic of the Congo
25:35is facing a more and more complex
25:37security situation
25:39marked by the clashes
25:41with the rebels of the M23.
25:43They have seized vast territories
25:45in the North Kivu,
25:47causing the displacement
25:49of hundreds of thousands of people.
25:53That's all for today.
25:55See you next time.