Algerians and then Tunisians are among the list of foreigners who are most fond of Paris real estate

After the killing of 5 protesters the protests return to the streets of Sudan

Protests returned to the streets of Sudan, a day after the announcement of the killing of five demonstrators as a result of confrontations with policemen in protests, on Thursday, December 30, against the military rule.

The recent campaign of arrests and the killing of five protesters by security forces has fueled the anger of Sudanese against military rule. They went out again to demonstrate in the streets of the capital, Khartoum.

According to media reports, the security forces cut off the internet and all communications, including calls from abroad. The offices of Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath channels in Khartoum were attacked.

It also closed all bridges linking Khartoum and its suburbs Omdurman and Khartoum North. Tear gas canisters were fired at the demonstrators near the presidential palace.

Meanwhile, the Central Doctors Committee accused the security forces of blocking ambulances and forcibly removing one wounded person from one of them.

With the escalation of the crackdown and arrest campaigns, the demonstrators emphasized that political initiatives were no longer effective. And that the army should “return to the barracks,” as it promised in 2019 when it ousted former President Omar al-Bashir.

For his part, Adviser to Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, Commander of the Sudanese Army, Brigadier General Taher Abu Haga, said in a media statement on Friday: “The continuation of the demonstrations in their current way is nothing but a material, psychological and mental drain on the country and a waste of energies and time,” adding that “the demonstrations will not reach country to a political solution.

Meanwhile, Abdel-Baqi Abdel-Qader, who was recently appointed as a member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, announced his intention to resign.

And he explained in an official letter: “A while ago, I sent a letter to the director of the office of the President of the Sovereign Council to set an appointment with him to submit my resignation,” adding: “The reason is the continued violent dealings with the demonstrators.”

For its part, the Sudanese Communist Party announced that it "strongly condemns the bloody repression," calling for action to mobilize international solidarity to stop the bloody repression, and for the immediate release of political detainees, especially the leaders of the resistance committees.

Tunisia Parliament condemns the kidnapping of Al-Buhairi, and Al-Nahda accuses Qais Saeed

Hours after announcing the kidnapping of its vice-president and prominent leader, Noureddine El Beheiry, the Ennahda movement accused Kais Saied of direct responsibility for this, while the parliament's presidency expressed its condemnation of what it described as a "dangerous precedent."

In an official statement on Friday morning, December 31, Ennahda announced the kidnapping of its Vice President and Member of Parliament, Noureddine El Beheiry, by security agents in civilian clothes who took him to an “unknown” destination.

In a press conference on Friday evening, Ennahda held the country's president, Kais Saied, directly responsible for the kidnapping of Al-Buhairi.

This was stated by Muhammad al-Qumani, a member of the movement's executive office, who confirmed, "We hold the President of the Republic directly responsible for the kidnapping of al-Buhairi, because he instigated him in his speeches."

For her part, Zainab Brahmi, a member of the Executive Office of the Ennahda Movement, confirmed at the same conference that: "There is no search warrant or any judicial procedure, and Al-Buhairi was not kidnapped."

In this regard, the Presidency of Parliament expressed in an official statement its condemnation of the incident, which is a "practice that returns the country to the behavior of a tyrannical state," and considered that "the trial of parliamentarians and politicians, besieging and restricting them, will not cover up the catastrophic failure in addressing the problems and challenges facing the country."

The statement also stressed that "this dangerous trend will only increase the free people's adherence to freedom, justice and democracy, and they are ready to sacrifice in order to recover these values ​​for which successive generations sacrificed."

Pointing out that "what happened is a clear violation of the law, and that the kidnapping was accompanied by violence against Al-Buhairi's wife and the kidnapping and confiscation of her private phone."

For his part, the head of the Bar Association branch, Mohamed Al-Hadef, called, in a statement to local media, to reveal the place of Al-Buhairi's house arrest.

Al-Hadef said: "Justice Minister Laila Jaffal confirmed the status of the leader of the Ennahda movement, Noureddine Al-Buhairi, under house arrest in a place determined by the Ministry of the Interior (without naming him)."

The Minister of Interior demanded that the decision to place Noureddine al-Buhairi under house arrest be written, not verbal, that his whereabouts be disclosed and that his doctor and his family be able to meet with him.

He added, stressing that: "The Minister of Interior's decision to place al-Buhairi under house arrest with the stroke of a pen should not be accompanied by a blackout and violent attacks on him during his arrest is a dangerous matter."

According to Al-Hadef, Behiri's wife, Saeeda Al-Akrimi, announced that she, along with a number of lawyers, entered a sit-in at the office of the head of the Tunis Bar Association branch, pending the realization of these demands.

British website: 5 presidential planes and 3 new palaces Sisi lives in luxury and calls on Egyptians to austerity

“Sisi lives a luxurious life despite austerity,” the British “Middle East Monitor” website tackled the life of opulence, palaces and private planes that the Egyptian president lives, while calling on Egyptians to austerity.

The website wrote, "A few days ago, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued a sudden decision to stop granting food subsidy cards (ration cards) to newly married couples, declaring that the subsidy was the reason for the state's decades-long delay in development. Unfortunately, this decision was preceded 4 months ago by a similar decision to cut subsidies on bread; Thus, raising the price of the commodity, which constitutes a basic food for the poor of Egypt.”

The site indicated that Sisi seemed - as usual - very upset by the size of the burdens borne by the government, and demanded the country's poor - as usual - to bear the costs involved in lifting subsidies. They are required to do so for the progress of their country. However, the site confirms that the austerity slogans raised by Sisidirected at the poor only; They mean nothing to him, while he continues to enjoy people's money, buy new planes, and build luxurious mansions.

5 new presidential planes

A few months ago, Sisi bought a giant Boeing B747-8, a jumbo jet, which cost about $418 million, to replace the current presidential plane.

The new “Sisi” plane has been in Boeing warehouses since 2012 after the German “Lufthansa” company canceled its purchase order; Where it was part of a deal concluded by the German company with the company "Boeing" to supply it with 20 aircraft. At the time, the German company accepted 19 of these planes, and rejected the last.

"Sisi" bought a giant luxury presidential plane "Boeing B747-8", which is a category of "jumbo" jet aircraft, which cost about 418 million dollars.

Middle East Monitor indicates that, according to the German Fly Review website, which specializes in aircraft, the reason for Lufthansa canceling the purchase of this aircraft is due to two reasons:

The first is that Boeing has included the aircraft in flight tests more intensively than what was agreed upon. In the decade, the second is the presence of strange technical changes in the plane.

The Boeing B747-8 has returned to life after it was included in Boeing's sales orders last February, and the company's technicians began operating the mechanical systems in July. Then, in August, the plane took off directly to Boeing Airport in Everett, Washington state; It appeared on the tarmac under the name "SU-EGY", indicating that it had become affiliated with the Egyptian government; Because “SU” is the symbol of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Paradoxically, as the site stresses, the value of this plane is slightly less than the price of 14 planes purchased by the presidency during the 30 years of the rule of the late President “Hosni Mubarak” (ruled between (1981 and 2011), and a total value of $ 507 million. While the former president owned “ Anwar al-Sadat (reigned between 1970-1981) two Boeing 707s as a gift to him by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, Ruler of the Emirates, and former US President Jimmy Carter gave him a helicopter.

On the other hand, the website indicates that the president The former Gamal Abdel Nasser (reigned between 1956 and 1970) leased a plane to transport him, and did not purchase a presidential plane during his long years in power.The Boeing B747-8 will replace the current Egyptian presidential plane, an Airbus A340-200, which entered Service in 1995.

This is the fifth presidential plane that Sisi has purchased since taking office. He had previously bought 4 luxury planes in 2016 from the Falcon 7X model, produced by the French company "Dassault", in a deal worth 300 million euros (354 million dollars).

The Falcon aircraft is 23.2 meters long, 2.34 meters wide and 1.88 meters high. It has a capacity of 8 passengers, excluding the cabin crew, and can fly for about 11,000 km without interruption. It comes equipped with many services such as satellite phones, coffee makers, and microwave ovens for heating food, in addition to spacious living and sleeping areas.

The Falcon aircraft deal was concluded at a time when Egypt was facing a severe economic crisis. Only 3 months before the conclusion of that deal, the government decided to liberalize the exchange rate of the pound, raise the prices of petroleum products, and lift subsidies on electricity and other basic materials in November 2016.

Thus, the site asserts, that during just 7 years of his rule, Sisi bought presidential planes worth $774 million. Then he comes to reduce subsidies for ration cards and bread on the pretext that there is no money, and he demands that people bear that, but he cannot bear the use of presidential planes that date back to the eras of previous regimes.

In just 7 years of his rule, Sisi bought presidential planes worth $774 million. Then he comes to reduce subsidies for bread and ration cards on the pretext that there is no money, and he demands that people bear that

3 new presidential palaces The

website notes that since 2014, Sisi has built no less than 3 new presidential palaces, and more than 10 presidential villas, to be added to the 30 historical palaces and presidential rest houses that Egypt already owns.

The huge presidential complex built by "Sisi" in the new administrative capital covers about 2.5 million square meters. This entire area is equivalent to about 607 acres of agricultural land. As for the presidential palace inside the complex, its area is estimated at 50,000 square meters, ten times the size of the White House, which is only 5,000 square meters.

Al-Sisi is building another luxurious palace, in the style of the White House, on the seashore in the new city of El Alamein, which he decided to make as a summer resort for the government to enjoy the cool Mediterranean air, away from the hot atmosphere of Cairo.

At the beginning of his reign, Sisi built a third palace in the Heikstep military district in Cairo. It is a stately mansion with a helipad, green gardens and administrative buildings. Next to it are 4 luxury villas with private swimming pools, which were said to have been dedicated to Sisi's senior military aides.

The website states that Sisi did not deny that he built all these palaces. In a speech he delivered on September 14, 2019, he admitted this, saying: “I am a presidential palace worker and I will work, is she Leah? I am creating a new country, you think when you speak falsehood, you will fear me, or eh, no, I work, work and work, but it is not done for me, not in my name, there is nothing in my name, this is in the name of Egypt.”

As a result, Egypt, the large country that Sisi mentions, when faced with criticism for spending billions of pounds of public money on presidential palaces for himself and his family, has become increasingly poor with insufficient funds to support or provide for its citizens.

Algerians and then Tunisians are among the list of foreigners who are most fond of Paris real estate

Paris - “Arab Jerusalem”:

According to data from senior notaries or notaries in the French capital, Paris, five nationalities, including Algerian, appear in the “Top 5” list of foreign buyers of old real estate in the greater Paris region (Ile-de-France).

According to this data for 2021, foreign buyers were the most passionate about real estate in the Greater Paris region, with Portuguese buyers accounting for 15.3% of foreign buyers, followed by Chinese (10.1%), Algerians (7.8%), Romanian (7%) and Italians (6.5%). Twenty years ago, the interest of these five nationalities did not wane, even if it was inclined to develop.

For twenty years, the share of Portuguese buyers in the greater Paris region continued to decline, as in 2002 they represented 26% of foreign buyers, compared to only 15.3% in 2021. On the contrary, the proportion of Romanian buyers increased from 0.3% in 2002 to 7% in 2021.

 Another notable trend is the proportion of Algerian buyers, which climbed to third place among the top 5 foreign buyers in the greater Paris region (Ile-de-France).

The Chinese are also showing interest in real estate in the region because they are ranked second in the 'Top 5', and they are mainly found in Paris (3%) and in the small suburbs (5.4%).

According to figures for the first three quarters of 2021, the proportion of foreigners among buyers of old properties in the Greater Paris region was 9.3%, with 8.6% of foreign residents residing in France and 0.7% of non-resident foreigners.

There is a different classification between Paris on the one hand and its near and far suburbs on the other.. Thus, Chinese buyers represent 2.7% of sales to foreigners in Old Paris, a percentage that has tended to increase in 20 years (1.2% in 2002).

Other nationalities are also present in Paris: Italians who represent 3% of sales, Americans (1.5%), Germans (1.2%) and Belgians (0.9%).

In the suburbs close to Paris, Chinese are the most represented buyers at 5.4%, compared to 4% of Portuguese, 3.4% of Algerians, 2.5% of Romanians, and 2.4% of Tunisians.

In the more distant suburbs, the ranking changed again with the Portuguese taking first place at 10.9%, followed by Romanians (4.4%), Algerians (4.2%), and Moroccans and Tunisians (3.4%).