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Published on: 06/05/2026 - 07:34 Modified on: 06/05/2026 - 07:48

On the front page of the press on Wednesday, the return of political instability in Romania, after the vote on a motion of censure. Anger in Italy, after Donald Trump's new criticism of Pope Leo VIV. Italy, where the Venice Biennale will open its doors this Saturday, against a backdrop of controversy over the participation of Israel and Russia. Controversy, also, in France, after the publication of the Alloncle report on public broadcasting. And a highly anticipated football meeting.

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On the front page of the press, Wednesday May 6, the return of political instability in Romania, after the vote on a motion of censure tabled by the Social Democratic Party and the far right.

“A major political crisis that could have been avoided”: the economic daily Bursa accuses the leaders of the PSD and the AUR, the nationalist party Alliance for the Unity of Romanians of having “put their political interests before the needs of the country”, of sinking the “ship” Romania. Following ! Only ten months after its formation, the government of Ilie Bolojan, much criticized for its austerity policy, has just fallen and Romania Libera has already announced the opening of negotiations for the formation of a new executive, because time is running out: if Romania, whose budget deficit is the highest in the EU, does not undertake new reforms by the end of August, Bucharest could lose 8 billion euros of European funds. A feeling of urgency that Ziarul Financiar also expresses: “The king is dead. Long live the king!”. The daily newspaper is alarmed by the consequences of this crisis on the economy, inflation and the cost of loans contracted in foreign currencies. Concerns that President Nicusor Dan, quoted by the English-speaking Romanian newspaper Nine O'clock, tried to allay by calling for "calm", promising that Romania will soon have a new "pro-Western" government. An attempt, too, to pull the rug out from under the Eurosceptics, who are on the rise in Romania.

Concern and anger also in Italy, after Donald Trump's new criticism of Pope Leo VIV. While Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected at the Vatican tomorrow, La Stampa evokes the "high tension" between the sovereign pontiff and the American president, who repeated that the pope was "favorable" to Iran having nuclear weapons. La Repubblica relays Leo XIV's response: "The mission of the Church is to preach the Gospel, to preach peace." A declaration applauded - everything ends up happening - by the communist daily Il Manifesto, which praises the "holy patience" of the pope. According to the newspaper, "the timing" of these declarations "is far from fortuitous", after Leo XIV made three episcopal appointments in the United States "seeming straight out of a seminar of resistance to the MAGA movement".

Italy, where the Venice Biennale, a global event for contemporary art, will open its doors this Saturday. The Financial Times announces an edition which begins on a "bitter" note, in particular because of the participation of Israel and Russia in this event which is held every two years. Le Quotidien de l'Art evokes "an uninterrupted flow of controversies, worthy of an acqua alta", this Venetian high tide phenomenon. The reinstatement of a Russian pavilion provoked the anger of the EU, which announced the suspension of the subsidy of two million euros planned for the next edition and the resignation, a few days ago, of the Biennale jury. Appointed by the government of Giorgia Meloni, the president of the Biennale, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, explains that "the Olympic Games of art" "intend to be, and must remain a place of truce in the name of art, culture and artistic freedom", without convincing Les Inrockuptibles. The cultural magazine contrasts "the obscenity of apolitical art in the face of wars" with "the decency of an art attentive to the disorders of the world", recalling that Putin and Netanyahu are being prosecuted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.

In France, the publication of the Alloncle report on public broadcasting also triggered a media and political storm. Le Figaro welcomes the summary of the Ciottiste deputy Charles Alloncle – who, according to him, was able to draw “the necessary lessons” from his hearings: “the double need for better management and greater pluralism of opinion on public service broadcasts”. If it criticizes Charles Alloncle's "crusade", the newspaper L'Opinion considers that its report has a "merit": "putting an end to the immunity enjoyed by France Télévisions and Radio France". For the Mediapart info site, the Mass is said: the Alloncle report "prepares the ground, with the far right, for the extinction of the public service". Charles Alloncle, presented by L'Humanité as the "gun-bearer of the far-right billionaire Vincent Bolloré", the herald of "his ideological obsessions" and "his interests".

Football, to finish, with a highly anticipated meeting this evening: the semi-final return of the Champions League between Bayern Munich and PSG. The same please! After the legendary first leg, Le Parisien/Aujourd'hui en France hopes that the two teams will "do it again", especially PSG, which is only a small goal ahead and whose accession to the final for the second time in a row would be "a huge achievement". The team hopes for “the return of the magic”, “in a mixture of excitement and apprehension”, “between the wish to relive a crazy night of football and the need to preserve the first leg advantage”. Extreme tension on the program. Be careful though of cracking and breakdown. Questioned by the magazine So Foot, a cognitive science teacher and supporter of OM in civilian life explains that "in essence, a match is unpredictable", that the first leg was "to the extreme" and that "in these moments, the brain spends a lot of glucose and pumps a lot of energy". Notice to fans: take care!

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