SHUTDOWN : les États-Unis sont à l’arrêt et bloqués, explications

It's a first since 2018, but the United States has launched this mercredi in a shut down, a situation that happens when the republicans and the democrats can't agree on the budget. As a result, the state must have closed some of its non-essential services, and hundreds of thousands of workers have been put into partial unemployment. But where does this parallelism come from and why some accuse Donald Trump of using this power as a political weapon? Hi, it's Sammy, I hope you're doing well. I'm shooting exceptionally today instead of the go, it's the subject of one of these acts of the day. Before entering the political strategy, what is a shut down? Well, it's a particularity of the American political system that doesn't exist in France. Concretely, a shut down means that the American government is blocked or closed its doors. And this happens when the congress, the equivalent of the parliament in France, fails to adopt the federal budget or a temporary financing law. In fact, just like in France, every year, the American government must vote for its budget. In France, if the budget is not adopted, the administration generally continues to function thanks to the principle of continuity of the state. But in the United States, if the government does not have the authorization to spend, it must stop all its activities, say non-essential, until an agreement is found. And so that's what happened on Wednesday. And you may suspect that the consequences are massive. The Office of the American Congress budget estimated that 750,000 workers would be put into partial unemployment, and therefore it would be impossible to work and be paid, as long as the government finds an agreement. Very concretely, the functionaries of museums, national parks and most of the state agencies have for example closed or are doing it, the shutdown time. Justice could also no longer work properly, and the overthrow of many social assets will be suspended or strongly delayed. The functions judged vital for the functioning of the nation, such as the forces of order, the army, or even the workers of public hospitals. And the firefighters continue to function. But if the shutdown is hard, these functionaries will not be paid, as long as the blockage is not raised. So it's not the first time there is a shutdown in the United States, it's even the 22nd since the first one in 1976. The latter had place under the first mandate of Donald Trump between December 2018 and January 2019, for a record time of 35 days. According to the Office of the American Congress budget, this shutdown had reduced the economic production of the country of $ 11 billion, your $ 3 billion that the economy has never recovered. At the time, the government of Donald Trump declared $ 5.7 billion to build its wall at the Mexican border. But the Democrats had categorically refused, before an agreement was finally found with a budget drastically lowered. But then, what is the blockage point today? There is obviously not only one, but the Democrats and Republicans, the two major parties in the United States, are today, in particular, agreements on one point. Basically, the government, which is therefore composed of Republicans, therefore the side of Donald Trump, has proposed a budget. But the Democrats, therefore the side of the former President Joe Biden, are not in agreement with all the proposals of this budget. They want to, in particular, obtain the recovery of hundreds of billions of dollars regarding the health expenses, which the Republicans refuse. On the other hand, the Republicans had therefore proposed to extend the current budget until late November, with the purpose displayed to find a compromise. But the Democrats refused, which led to the shutdown. In fact, in the United States, it is quite common that the two parties threaten to provoke a shutdown to put pressure on budget negotiations. The idea is to use this blockage as a lever to make them accept their proposal. And in most cases, the shutdown is finally avoided because the economic and political cost is too important. But this time, the negotiations have failed and the government has found itself blocked. And the shutdown has therefore taken place. And when they arrive, these shutdowns are historically rather poorly seen by the population for the reasons that we have already mentioned. This is why the two camps are accused of being responsible for this blockage. Donald Trump affirms, I quote, that the Democrats want to give money for health coverage to illegal foreigners and open the borders to the criminals of the world. A deadly combination, because everyone will come. His vice president, Jay Deven, had affirmed a little before the blockage, I quote, that the Democrats put a gun on the American temple. On their side, the Democrats accuse them of using Donald Trump as a weapon to continue his policy and strengthen his party. Donald Trump has several times made an allusion to his intention to take advantage of the jail of certain administrations to accentuate their delivery of thousands of federal officials, which had already been tamed at the beginning of the year with the commission of Dodge Dillon Musk. This Thursday, Donald Trump even posted on his social network a message affirming, I quote, having a meeting to determine which agencies must be removed and if these reductions will be temporary or if they will be permanent. Since Donald Trump's return to the White House last January, his administration has already licensed about 60,000 officials and 150,000 officials will leave their posts this week for the start of Antisipa organized by Elon Musk, according to The New York Times. In any case, a new vote should take place this Friday evening at the time when I turn these actions. There has not yet been a place, but according to experts, no agreement should be found and the shutdown should therefore be extended at least until the beginning of the next week. We will keep you informed and in the meantime, I leave you with Léa for the news. Thank you friends and hello to all. We start with this act. Germany and Belgium were hit in the night of Thursday to Friday by drone flights suspended. According to the Belgian television channel VRT, about 15 devices flew over the Belgian military base of Elsenborn located near the German border at 1.45 am. These last days, other European countries have known similar situations such as Poland, Romania, Lithuania and Denmark. By late September, three Russian military aircraft even penetrated the airspace of Estonia. These intrusions, which for some are suspected to apply to Russia, occur when Vladimir Putin declared this Thursday during a discussion forum that he carefully followed, I quote, "the growing militarization of Europe". He promised a response to threats. In fact, European countries have multiplied military investments since the invasion on a large scale of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Second act in Morocco, the JNZ-212 collective, which is at the origin of the demonstrations these last six days, asked for the dissolution of the government in a communique addressed to the King of Morocco Mohamed VI this Thursday. In fact, since September 27, young Moroccans are protesting in the street to declare a reform of the health system and education and the end of corruption within the government. And for the first time since the beginning of the movement, the first Moroccan minister took the floor, he qualified the situation of serious escalation after the death of three protesters on Thursday night during the attack of a gendarmerie. He insisted on the need for a dialogue to respond to social claims. On his side, the JNZ-212 movement, which has 150,000 members on the Discord social network, responded by demanding the dissolution of the government, which fails according to the movement, I quote, "to protect the constitutional rights and to respond to their social claims". At the same time, in Madagascar, where demonstrations were also carried out by young people from the JNZ, the movement has designated eight words charged to transmit the voice of the movement without exercising decision-making power. They claim access to electricity and water, freedom of expression and the fight against corruption. Third act, the United States is in a armed conflict against Venezuelan drug cartels. This is what Donald Trump declared in a letter sent this Thursday to the American Congress, so the equivalent of the Parliament in France. In fact, since late August, the American Navy has destroyed three boats presented as drug traffickers by the Venezuelans. According to Donald Trump, these boats served to mine drugs to the United States. But according to international experts, these strikes would be illegal. In fact, in the American Constitution, therefore the country's supreme norm, only the Congress has the power to declare war and to authorize military interventions. But it has not been consulted before these strikes. The qualification of armed conflicts therefore aims to justify the American military operations in the Caribbean, where 17 people were killed. The United States affirms, for I quote, "protect the country of those who try to bring deadly poison on their coast". On his side, the Minister of the Venezuelan Defense condemned Thursday the surveillance that he qualified illegally of five chase planes near the coast. According to the Venezuelan government, this puts the security of civil aviation and commercial aviation in the Caribbean in danger. Fourth act in France, Prime Minister Sébastien Le Corneux announced this Friday that he would not use the article 49.3. This article of the French Constitution allows the government to pass a reform without the vote of the MPs of the Assembly. According to the Prime Minister, it is a useful goal, but it is not adapted to a parliament, I quote, "renewed, pluralist and divided". The budget of 2026 will therefore have to be voted normally by the MPs until December 31. So following this announcement, Marine Le Pen, who is the president of the MPs of the National Assembly, estimated that it was a gesture, I quote, "more respectful for democracy than what has been done in the previous years". Olivier Ford, the first secretary of the Socialist Party, said to him a true evolution, while crediting that the government continues, I quote, "to capitalize", so to direct the parliamentary debate with other tools. On the other hand, the National Coordinator of France Insoumise, Manuel Bonpart, said that despite this announcement, the elected party will put a motion of censure as soon as the government's nomination is scheduled for the next few days. We will follow that. Fifth act, the verdict that was dropped this Thursday for the one who nicknamed "the rape of Tinder" of his real name, Salim Berrada. He was sentenced in appeal to maximum sentence, or 20 years in prison, by the tribunal of Valdemarne. The 40-year-old man of Moroccan nationality was recognized as guilty of 13 crimes and 4 sexual assaults on women he had met on the internet between 2014 and 2016. The justice also decided that he had the obligation to leave France. In fact, he used his photography profession as a pretext to attract women in his house by contacting them on social networks, Tinder meeting applications, or on a website dedicated to Menkina. He then forced them to drink several glasses of alcohol. All women were described in an abnormal and fast manner and a loss of force before a non-concentrated sexual relationship. Thirteen drugs were found in the body of several of them. Annotated just before the decision of the tribunal, Salim Berrada finally approved the facts. And we're done with this act. The third and last edition of the Squeezy's GP Explorer, its Formula 4 race event, began this Friday and will last until this Sunday at least. 24 personalities from the web and several French rappers and participants like Amin, Gotaga, Mr. V, S.C.H. or PLK. The last edition took place in 2023. So during this edition, "The Last Race", the public will be able to watch the tests and qualifications, but also at the concerts of several artists like S.C.H. or Vladimir Kochmar. It was noted that an album produced by S.C.H. was also entitled "The Last Race" and released this Friday. He met many artists like Gims, Clara Luciani or Theodora. In any case, the big final is scheduled this Sunday at 8 p.m. It will be broadcast live on TV on France 2 at 7.50 p.m. The whole event will also be followed live on Squeezy's channel. This weekend, nearly 200,000 people are waiting for the surprise. And on our side, we will be on the spot to follow the event on our Instagram and TikTok accounts. And that's all for today. Thank you, Léa, for your updates in short. Thank you again for being so many every day to follow us, whether it's on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok or a podcast and a newsletter. Take care of yourself, take care of your loved ones I had them.