0:00Hello and welcome to the
0:01Hello French press review ! The podcast that immerses you in the news
0:05of the week to help you improve your French.
0:10On the front page for this week,
0:11from December 14 to 21, 2019, the US House of Representatives
0:16voted to dismiss President Donald Trump.
0:19The president is now awaiting the Senate verdict in January.
0:22Strikes are continuing in France against the pension reform.
0:25A country almost at a standstill during this holiday season.
0:28After his parliamentary victory, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,
0:32Boris Johnson, sets the country on the march for Brexit.
0:35Severe bad weather in Europe has already killed five people in Spain and Portugal.
0:40A new storm in the name of Fabien should arrive this weekend.
0:43Electric car?
0:44The automotive sector sees a drop in global sales in 2019. A first.
0:49This Wednesday, December 19, the US House of Representatives
0:53voted to dismiss Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstructing Congress.
0:57Donald Trump is the third president in history to be indicted.
1:01His trial will take place in January in the Senate, where Republicans are in the majority.
1:05Unless the situation turns around,
1:06the president should therefore avoid dismissal.
1:09In this case, the Head of State will be able to stand for a second term
1:13in the presidential elections of November 4, 2020, as he had planned.
1:17In France, no Christmas truce for strikers since December 5.
1:21The country is experiencing a strong wave of strikes
1:23and protests against President Emmanuel Macron's
1:27pension reform , mainly driven by public sector workers.
1:31Many sectors are affected by transport with trains, planes,
1:36subways , schools and nurseries.
1:38Today, the end date of these movements remains unknown.
1:41The strikers announced an
1:43indefinite strike until the government backtracked on its reform proposal.
1:47On December 12, 2019, early elections were held
1:51in Britain to elect the new representatives to the House.
1:54The aim was to break the deadlock
1:56and find an agreement to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Union.
2:01The Conservative Party largely won these elections.
2:04British Prime Minister
2:06Boris Johnson now holds an absolute majority in Parliament.
2:09Unsurprisingly, the deputies therefore voted this Friday, December 20, 2019 in favor
2:15of Boris Johnson's agreement on leaving Europe after three years of crisis.
2:19The Prime Minister of the Conservative Party
2:21and the country are now on the move to make Brexit a reality.
2:26The legislative process will continue after the holiday season.
2:30The official Brexit date is expected to take place on January 31, 2020.
2:34Heavy rains and very high winds hit Spain and Portugal this week.
2:39Called Elza, the storm has already killed five people.
2:44The gusts reached 160 km per hour because of these bad weather.
2:49The boat connections between Spain
2:51and Morocco were interrupted on Friday morning. This weekend, Fabien,
2:55a new high intensity storm, will once again affect Spain,
2:59Portugal, but also France, with gusts of up to 120 km per hour.
3:04It should be of a slightly lower intensity 7 million electric
3:07vehicles are in circulation today in the world.
3:10The automotive sector, however,
3:12recorded a decline in sales of electric vehicles this year.
3:15This 10% decrease in the third quarter of 2019 compared to 2018
3:20is probably due to an overall decrease in purchasing aid.
3:24Europe is an exception, however, with an annual increase in sales
3:28of 93%, probably due to subsidies and tax benefits.
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3:36I will now explain the key words, the important words of the week.
3:41Together, we'll explore the key vocabulary words for this week,
3:46December 14-21, 2019 in the Donald Trump news.
3:51We talked about impeachment.
3:54Dismissal is a sanction, someone is deprived of their function.
3:59In Donald Trump's case,
4:01impeaching him means he might no longer be president.
4:06We also said he was arraigned.
4:10This means that he is going to be sent to
4:12court for a trial to be tried. We also used the word verdict.
4:21A verdict is the result of a trial.
4:24When the judgment is rendered, we also used the verb to
4:29escape when we said that Donald Trump will escape impeachment.
4:34He will simply avoid it in the news on the situation in France.
4:39The main word is the word strike.
4:43A strike is when several people decide to stop working at the same
4:48time to show that they are not happy with a situation.
4:52These people are called the strikers.
4:54We also talked about the pension reform. A reform
4:59is a change in the way pensions are organized.
5:03Retirement is the period of life when you have stopped working.
5:09We also talk about retirement to talk
5:11about the money that is paid to someone who is retired.
5:15It's a pension. We also used the expression Christmas truce.
5:20When we talk about a truce, we are talking about a break.
5:23This expression is often used in the case of a crisis,
5:26for example when there is a war and it stops for the Christmas period.
5:30We are talking about a Christmas truce.
5:32We talked about demonstrations and a demonstration
5:35is a gathering of people who want to express their opinions together.
5:40Usually, a demonstration takes place
5:43in the streets, in the news, on Brexit.
5:46We have talked about early parliamentary elections.
5:49This means that a vote to elect representatives to Parliament was
5:53organized in advance instead of the expression parliamentary elections.
5:57We can also simply say legislative.
6:00We also used the expression absolute majority.
6:05When we talk about an absolute majority for Boris Johnson in Parliament,
6:09it means that more than half of the representatives are from his party.
6:13We used the word deputy.
6:16Deputies are the representatives of the people.
6:19These are the members of an elected assembly in the storm news.
6:24We have spoken of bad weather when we talk about bad weather.
6:27We're talking about bad weather.
6:28We also used the word gusts of 160 km / hour.
6:33A gust is a very violent wind in the news on electric cars.
6:39We used the term a vehicle, a vehicle. It is a means of transport.
6:45We can use this term for a car, a truck or a motorcycle.