Saturday, December 9 News Highlights for Your Update

Solidarity. This Saturday, the French can still make a donation for the 37th edition of the Telethon. The charity event to finance scientific research and the fight against rare diseases has been organized since 1987 by the French Association Against Myopathies (AFM). As Élisabeth Borne recalled, an additional 1 billion euros will be released for research in 2024. Since Friday, events have been organized in many municipalities. It is also possible to make a donation to 3637, or on the website don.telethon.fr.

Secularism. December 9 is also dedicated to National Secularism Day. On this occasion, a presentation of the secularism prizes of the French Republic must take place, “with an envelope of 50,000 euros intended for projects selected by the Interministerial Committee on Secularism”, recalls the government website. Local initiatives were also organized in several municipalities this Friday, with a reminder in schools of the history of this day, which marks the anniversary of the promulgation of the 1905 law.

Support for the Palestinians. Several mobilizations in support of the Palestinians will take place this Saturday. A procession is planned in Paris leaving from Place de l’Opéra at 2:30 p.m. A meeting is also set at Place de la Sorbonne at 3 p.m. In Morlaix, the France Palestine Solidarity Association (AFPS) will demonstrate for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, from 3 p.m., Place des otages. Same thing in Strasbourg, where the departure will be at 2 p.m., Place Dauphine (Rivétoile). A Pro-Palestinian gathering must also take place in Nantes, at 3 p.m.

Ecology. The Earth Uprising environmental movement will demonstrate peacefully in front of the Lafarge factory in Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou, near Angers, at 10 a.m. Activists launched a national campaign against cement manufacturer Lafarge-Holcim from December 9 to 12. Several gatherings are planned at different group sites.

Socialist Party. The PS continues the redefinition of its political line with a new national convention, this time aimed at the feminist cause. Entitled “Le Temps des femmes”, this convention scheduled for 2 p.m., in Saint-Denis, is an opportunity for the party to discuss many subjects of the feminist cause, and to put the fight for women’s rights at the heart of his DNA. It must in particular be led by the national secretary for women’s rights Marie le Vern.

This article is originally published on lepoint.fr