Sophie Binet
41 years old – The general secretary of the CGT des cadres was elected by surprise at the head of the central trade union. She takes over from Philippe Martinez, who has led the CGT since 2015.
Marie Lavandier
53 years old – The director of the Louvre-Lens will take over as head of the Center des monuments nationaux, which brings together 103 sites and monuments, including the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel and the Arc de Triomphe.
Tony Parker
40 years old - The basketball player is the first Frenchman to join the Hall of Fame, a kind of pantheon of the best players in the American basketball championship, the NBA.
M'jid El Guerrab
39 years old – The former LREM deputy, sentenced to one year in prison for acts of violence (he appealed), was eliminated in the first round of the partial legislative in the 9th constituency of French people living abroad.
Christian Favier
72 years old – The former communist president of Val-de-Marne was fined 10,000 euros for embezzlement of public jobs within the community between 2011 and 2017.
Right of reply
Lawyer Emmanuel Pierrat indicates that, contrary to what was written in our March 30 edition, he was "not convicted of harassment, a precise legal qualification but totally absent from the decision concerning [him]" and that he also appealed in cassation. The Paris Court of Appeal sentenced him on March 23 for "breaches of the essential principles of the profession".
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