Paris Comprehensive News,On March 4th,The two houses of the French Parliament780 votes in favor、72 votes opposed the passage of a bill to include women's right to abortion in the constitution, becoming the first country in the world to provide clear protection for terminating pregnancy in its constitution. French President MacroncallThis is France's pride, heplanHold a special public celebration in Paris. Macron last yearOctoberPreviously publicly disclosedIt is stated that women's right to voluntarily terminate pregnancy will be enshrined in the constitution in 2024, becoming an irreversible right.

According to authoritative analysis,France fromAbortion was legalized in 1974, and now women's freedom of abortion is enshrined in the constitution. It will be even more difficult for future legislative bodies to attempt to revoke this right due to unconstitutional issues. Polls show that about 80% of French people support the government's constitutional amendment to ensure women's right to abortion, but some anti abortion groups still strongly criticize this.

military affairs

01Sweden joins NATO exercises

According to Bode's comprehensive news, Sweden has recently joined NATO's largest military exercise since the end of the Cold War. The exercise was held in Pode, northern Norway, with the main participating countries being the United States, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. More than 300 officers and specialized personnel coordinated and commanded this multilateral air force exercise. This exercise is part of NATO's overall "Defender of the Firm 2024" exercise, aimed at rehearsing how the US military can reinforce NATO's European allies on the east wing and rehearse new regional defense plans.

Major General Flanders, Commander of the NATO Air Warfare Center and Chief of Staff of the Norwegian Air Force, emphasized the importance of integrating regional air forces. He stated that the new direction of NATO military cooperation is further integration, and the Swedish Air Force has many advantages in combat and system connectivity. They are planning to expand this advantage to NATO countries and NATO, eliminating the final obstacle to comprehensive integration. It is understood that Sweden and NorwayWeihe and Denmark agreed last year to establish an integrated NATO air defense collaboration to address the growing threat from Russia. To effectively deter potential attackers, the Nordic Air Force will need to establish a treatyA regional air force fleet consisting of 250 fighter jets.

According to North Korean Central News Agency, a spokesperson for the North Korean Ministry of Defense strongly condemned the United States and South Korea for launching a new initiativeThe large-scale joint military exercise of the Shield of Freedom is believed to exacerbate the unpredictability of the situation in the peninsula region. A spokesperson for the North Korean Ministry of Defense stated that this military exercise includes a field mobility training program that has doubled in scale compared to last year, and has also mobilized the armed forces of more than ten member countries under the United Nations Command, including the world's largest nuclear power, the United States, to carry out large-scale military exercises targeting individual countries. This is absolutely impossibleIt is for the purpose of defense.

It is understood that the US and South Korean militaryOn March 4th, a joint military exercise codenamed "Shield of Freedom" was launched. The South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters previously announced that the joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States will continue until March 14th, and 12 countries including Australia, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom will also participate in the exercise.

01Malaysia reiterates not to restart consumption tax temporarily

Kuala Lumpur comprehensive news: Recently, the Malaysian government reiterated that the people are facing the challenge of rising living expenses, so the government has no plans to restart the consumption tax. It is understood that the Malaysian government announced in July last year that it will start implementing it on August 1st of this yearElectronic invoice systemTo narrow the gap between the predicted and actual tax revenue of the country and prepare for the possible restart of consumption tax. As a result, there are rumors on social media that the government may restart the consumption tax this year.

Malaysia's second finance minister, Amir Hansha, stated that the scope of consumption tax taxation is broad, but people, especially low-income groups, are facing the challenge of rising living expenses. Therefore, the government believes that the current is not the appropriate time to restart consumption tax. He also revealed that before implementing the consumption tax, the government will first improve the tax system and avoid affecting vulnerable groups. For example, the government imposes an 8% service tax on residential users whose monthly electricity consumption exceeds 600 kilowatt hours. This is to enable capable individuals to pay more taxes.

It is understood that former Malaysian Prime Minister NajibStarting from April 1, 2015, a consumption tax of 6% was levied. After winning the election and taking office in May 2018, Ximeng abolished the consumption tax and changed it to levying taxesCollect 10% sales tax and 5% service tax.