Egypt Today’s morning international news

CAIRO – 25 October 2017: Egypt Today briefs top European newspapers on Tuesday for political issues.

Sisi, Macron attend a news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed on Tuesday Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi saying that his schedule in Paris is intensive as he is scheduled to meet with many ministers.


French President Emmanuel Macron and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attend a news conference at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Sisi’s first visit to France in the wake of Macron’s presidential office has gained many fruits from bilateral cooperation in many diplomatic, economic, and cultural aspects.

Gambian ministry says up to Togo to resolve crisis

Gambia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was up to the people of Togo to decide whether President Faure Gnassingbe should stay in power after the minister told Reuters in the weekend that mediators should persuade Togo's leader to step aside.


Togo's president Gnassingbe addresses the 31st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva - REUTERS

Gambia's government plans a constitutional review to cap a president's tenure to just two four- or five-year terms, among other reforms, Darboe said. "No national assembly should have the power to nullify that law as we've seen elsewhere in Africa," he said.

Catalan leader can't solve crisis by calling elections: Spain

Catalonia's leader Carles Puigdemont cannot solve its political crisis with Madrid just by calling regional elections, Spain's Justice Minister said on Tuesday.


Catalan President Carles Puigdemont gives a speech at the Palau de la Generalitat, the regional government headquarters in Barcelona - REUTERS

Madrid has said it will impose direct rule on Catalonia to counter an independence push that the constitutional court has declared illegal; invoking never-before-used powers to fire the regional government and force elections.

The Senate plans to vote to implement direct rule on Friday.

China to unveil new leadership after Xi stamps authority on country

China is set to unveil its new ruling council Wednesday after President Xi Jinping stamped his authority on the country by engraving his name on the Communist Party's constitution.


© AFP - Xi Jinping, 64, is certain to emerge with a second five-year term as the party's general secretary

In a highly choreographed event, the members of the elite Politburo Standing Committee will appear in public at the palatial Great Hall of the People after they are selected by 204 party officials in conclave.

Argentinean president's coalition sweeps midterm elections

Candidates allied with Argentinean President Mauricio Macri enjoyed sweeping victories in Sunday's mid-term election; strengthening his position in Congress while dimming prospects for a political comeback by his predecessor Cristina Fernandez.


© Argentine Presidency / AFP | Argentinian President Mauricio Macri during the legislative election, in Buenos Aires on October 22, 2017

A free-spending populist who nearly bankrupted the country during her 2007-2015 rule, Fernandez came in a distant second in her race for the Senate representing Buenos Aires, Argentina's most populous province.

With 98 percent of ballots counted by the interior ministry, Macri's former education minister, Esteban Bullrich, had 41.34 percent versus 37.27 percent for Fernandez in the province that is home to nearly 40 percent of Argentine voters.