We take a look at the South Carolina primary - with some papers saying that whoever is the candidate, it's the Tea party that has won, and others saying the movement is on the decline. We're also talking about plans to build the Queen a new yacht - they're pretty controversial in austerity-hit Britain.
The Tea Party is a decentralised, rather disorganised political movement, but one that has a very big influence on the campaign to get rid of Barack Obama. And the Republican candidates know this.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Mon. 01/08/11. The US debt crisis still dominates a lot of the international press. Maureen Dowd likens the Tea Party to a group of rowdy freshmen wreaking havoc. It's the first day of Ramadan and according to the Guardian, it’s a good opportunity for NATO to seek a peaceful negotiated settlement in Libya. Finally, according to the Wall Street Journal, the camera phone could be the game changer in Syria.
Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann (pictured), a social conservative and fierce critic of President Obama, has announced she will be a candidate in the 2012 presidential race.
A few years ago, Democrats were the tech-savvy candidates while their Republican rivals seemed like cyber Luddites. But this year, the Republicans – and especially the Tea Party candidates – played the game of catch-up fast and hard.
Libération reports on the US elections with the headline “They want to destroy Obama”. France’s main left-wing daily is horrified at the language being used by Tea Party candidates who are currently gaining huge attention in the mid-term vote. That’s one of the top stories in today’s French press review: MONDAY, 2ND NOVEMBER 2010
In today’s French press review, we focus on the five year anniversary of the riots that took place in the Parisian suburb of Clichy.
The death of two boys chased by the police near a power transformer sparked extreme violence in the region.
Also in the papers: medical assistance on the internet and the worst US campaign adverts, seven days before the mid-terms.
The Tea Party movement hit the US political stage in 2009. A group of ultra-conservative activists, it was founded over growing fears of government bailouts and failing banks. Some candidates, such as Christine O'Donnell, were victorious in the November primaries. But some candidates are so extreme that they're actually helping Democrats to win seats...
The midterm election battle rages on the US web ; Thai bloggers mobilise to defend freedom of expression ; and a site offers users a video time machine.
In today's international press- the British papers pass judgment on the Pope's historic state visit, the far-right break through in Sweden's general election, and US blogs say Republican radical Christine O'Donnell once dabbled in witchcraft.
