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Press Briefs reported that Ségolène Royal referred to Raphaël Glucksmann as an intern after his victory in the social-democratic primary. The media recalled that she stated to L’Obs at the end of September that he had attended a meeting of Nicolas Sarkozy and did not come from the left. According to Press Briefs, Glucksmann was surrounded by several figures from the outgoing majority, including Aurélien Rousseau, Marguerite Cazeneuve, Simon Bernard, and Sacha Houlié, and was presented by some as a "new Macron." The media also mentioned a campaign note revealed by Mediapart in May, which allegedly recommended targeting wealthy, educated, and older voters as a priority, rather than the 18-25 age group, the working classes, and residents of the suburbs. Press Briefs added that an anonymous executive from Place Publique confided to Mediapart in August that Glucksmann had requested to set the voting fee at 15 euros to restrict the electorate, fearing that too many people participating might lead to a loss. The primary reportedly gathered about 121,000 participants, nearly 14 times less than in 2017 and 22 times less than in 2011, according to the media's comparisons with the first rounds of previous socialist primaries. The media contrasted these figures with the LR primary of 2021, won by Valérie Pécresse with 60.95% of the votes among nearly 115,000 participants. She then obtained 4.78% in the 2022 presidential election. Glucksmann, on the other hand, received 66.17% of the votes in a vote counting approximately 121,000 participants, noted Press Briefs, which questioned the significance of this victory in view of the presidential election. #politique #France #primaires (translated)

Madrid is preparing for the military parade on October 12, which will feature the participation of nearly 4,400 military personnel, 50 aircraft, and 32 helicopters, and will be attended by the royal family and other authorities. #12Octubre #DesfileMilitar #FiestaNacional (translated)

Oliver Blume, CEO of Volkswagen, presented a plan in Paris to address the challenges of competitiveness in Europe, focusing on four models of compact electric cars and the sharing of technologies, while calling for new rules to support the European industry. #Volkswagen #Elettriche #SalonedellAuto (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized an article in Helsingin Sanomat and said he had made corrections to it. According to him, the nonfiction writer Ari Haasio and Mattila had suggested that Finnish identity was ambiguous, compared the mistrust faced by evacuees from Karelia to current fears directed at Muslims, and stated that everyone was a descendant of immigrants. Mäkäräinen wrote that migration was an old phenomenon, but migrations from different times could not be equated. He noted that the first people arrived in what is now Finland about 11,000 years ago and believed that this did not provide a basis for equating the current migration from Afghanistan or Somalia with the arrivals of earlier traders, craftsmen, or industrial founders. He described Finlayson as an actor that built factories in capital-poor Finland, brought technology, and created jobs. Mäkäräinen compared him to a Mohammed coming from Somalia, who he described as illiterate and dependent on Kela support. He believed these examples illustrated different types of migration and claimed that there were differences in education, employment, cultural distance, and criminality. He also claimed that those coming from Afghanistan were overrepresented in rape statistics. Regarding the evacuees from Karelia, Mäkäräinen wrote that they had come from within Finland, spoke Finnish, and shared key features of Finnish culture. He said they had faced mistrust and derogatory name-calling, but believed they differed from current arrivals from Afghanistan, for example, in terms of adaptation, work ethic, and use of social security. Mäkäräinen also denied the comparison made by Haasio and Mattila between 19th-century antisemitism and the Somali discussions of the 1990s. According to him, the groups were not similar, and Jews had mostly integrated well. He argued that current migrations should be evaluated based on their impacts on employment, crime, and social security. Finally, he wrote that the continuity of society required, in his opinion, the adaptation of newcomers. #maahanmuutto #suomalaisuus #kulttuuri (translated)

Kafir wrote that Ukrainian drones struck the data centers of the Russian Yandex, causing server failures. He added that a theory had emerged online suggesting that this could weaken Russian troll farms and online support for the AfD and the Confederation of the Crown of Poland, but he noted that there is no solid evidence for this. The author ironically described the imagined consequences of the failure for online patriots and trolls, who would reportedly lose access to the internet and wait for a "reset of views" from Moscow. He also suggested that without trolls, it might be harder to find real voters. #DepresjaTrolla #Ukraina #Rosja (translated)

Don Tonio wrote that, twenty years earlier, the very young Saint Carlo Acutis had died and that on that day he was being celebrated. He recalled Acutis's invitation to see the Eucharist as a way to heaven and to remain original, without becoming copies, entrusting in a special way the boys and young people to him. https://t.co/I39SAbkN49 #SanCarloAcutis #Eucaristia #Giovani (translated)

"This Paris Motor Show is taking place at a very special time," estimated the delegated minister in charge of Industry, Sébastien Martin, on Sunday during a presentation of the new models from the Volkswagen group. #MondialAuto2023 #Electrification #InnovationAutomobile (translated)

At the Paris International Motor Show, Emmanuel Macron positions himself as a defender of the European automobile industry against Chinese competition, emphasizing electrification, European preference, and innovation. #MondialAuto2023 #Electrification #InnovationAutomobile (translated)

Més Blaugrana reported that İlkay Gündoğan had responded to criticism regarding his statements about Barça. He explained that his public remarks were driven by his attachment to the club and his desire to win. He added that he had high expectations for himself and sought to encourage others to take responsibility. According to him, his comments aimed to help the team progress and meet the demands of Barça, and were not meant to be negative. #Barça #Gündoğan #Football (translated)

The demonstrations by high school students, triggered by difficult study conditions and the feeling of indifference from the authorities, reveal a deep sense of unease between an anxious youth and a president who admits to not understanding or appreciating teenagers, thus highlighting a generational rift after ten years of disdain. #LycéensEnColère #RéformeÉducative #Macron (translated)

In his column, Harald Martenstein describes the violent attacks on the 67-year-old HG Lindenau, who was attacked in his neighborhood shop in Kreuzberg after a poster with the lyrics of a Boy George song, expressing support for the Jews, was hung in his window, and shows how anti-Semitism manifests itself in Berlin's autonomous scene. #Kreuzberg #Judenhass #Gewalt (translated)