In the tradition of the Christmas greetings, Barack Obama sent a message to Americans from the White House. A video recorded before his departure for the island of Hawaii, where he spent the year in family holidays. By his own admission, it is pursuit preferred year-round since it does "in the company of a guest", which is none other than his wife, Michelle. In addition to the features of humor, this intervention was also an opportunity for president US to address a very political message to his people, and while the United States announced that they invest even a little more in the fight against Daesh. But also after the killing of San Bernadino, who made 14 dead. "We must also pay tribute to all those who defend our values, recalled Barack Obama. Wearing the uniform every day, these men and women courageous work for our safety.

While some European citizens could be subject to stricter controls in the United States, according to a bill supported by the government, some people are already worried about the consequences of this measure. Report.
Arriving in the United States, European travelers could now be closely monitored. If they can currently enter the US without a visa, the world power may soon adopt a legal arsenal to tighten controls, such as voted Tuesday, December 8th the House of Representatives of Congress. The US government expressed support for this legislation.
While this tightening of controls has yet to be approved by the Senate, Fulconis Tancred, a French student of the prestigious Georgetown University, already seeing changes. "At the airport, customs now ask me many questions," said he to France 24. "Customs officials are particularly interested in my trip to Lebanon since the country is considered at risk for the US . I was asked when I went there with whom, the names of these people, what I did there, etc. "
Increased suspicion since the attacks of 13 November in Paris, some of the authors were holders of European passports. Washington fears that Belgian or French jihadists do not fit on the US territory to carry out attacks. Nationals of these countries, like those of 36 other states, can indeed travel to the US without a visa for a tourist trip and for a period 90 days, through the ESTA program.
"Paris Suicide bombers could get into our country"
The bill passed by the House of Representatives, which has yet to be confirmed by the Senate, would prohibit travelers from 38 countries partners who surrendered since March 2011 in Iraq, Syria, Iran and Sudan to qualify for exemption, forcing them to apply for a visa to the US authorities before travel. The law also covers persons with dual nationality with one of the named countries, such as Franco-Iranians, even if they have never been to Iran.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport decided on Friday to continue the suspension of Michel Platini by Fifa until 5 January. Another setback for the French who still remains under the threat of a more severe sanction. Verdict before Christmas.

Certainly, the situation is complicated for Michel Platini. The French, former favorite for president of FIFA, had his 90-day suspension upheld on appeal, Friday, December 11, by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS).

TAS "has determined that maintaining the current temporary suspension was not likely to cause irreparable harm to Michel Platini for the moment," do we learn in a statement, Friday, December 11 in the morning.

The UEFA president "remains confident in the merits of the case and the strength of his case," he told AFP his lawyer Thibaud Ales, in the wake of the announcement of this decision.

Platini, as well as the former president Sepp Blatter instance, was suspended for 90 days on October 8, pending a judgment on the merits, as he is suspected of being directly involved in an unfair payment case. It accuses the president of UEFA in 2011 to have received a payment of 1.8 million Blatter for a mission between 1999 and 2002.

The Ethics Commission of Fifa, Blatter who will receive 17 December Platini and the next day, should take a final decision in place of the two men before Christmas Eve, said an inside source.

Fifa ordered to make a quick decision

If the CAS decision fell like a cleaver for Platini clan, it remains albeit with considerable restrictions on the location of FIFA. The Ethics Commission was ordered to order not to extend the temporary suspension of Platini 45 days, possibly as required by Article 85 of the Ethics Code of the proceedings.

CAS said "that such an extension would constitute an excessive and unjustified restriction of the right of Michel Platini to access to justice, would cause him irreparable harm and would tip the weighing of interests in its favor." Or, more simply, it would deal a definitive blow and arbitrary his presidential ambitions.

If the Ethics Commission wishes to the President of UEFA disqualified in the fight for the leadership of FIFA, it will have no other choice but to sanction a permanent basis.

The suspension of Michel Platini, which ends January 5, for now prevents the validation of the candidacy of the French to the presidency of FIFA. The vote will take place February 26, 2016