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MaPrimeRénov’ est enfin rouverte pour tous les ménages, mais avec un rendez-vous obligatoire supplémentaire. Dans l’espace conseil France Rénov’ de Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine), les premiers particuliers arrivent pour une heure gratuite de conseils, censée “éviter les erreurs coûteuses”, selon l’Etat.Schéma d’isolation d’un mur sur tableau velleda et dessin de VMC façon Warhol à l’appui, Baptiste Châtel explique à un couple de façon très pédagogique les différentes options pour rénover leur maison très humide et mal isolée, située à Nanterre.Loin de la simple étape administrative, le rendez-vous a des allures de cours magistral en rénovation énergétique avec explications de la notion de pont thermique, détails sur les différents matériaux isolants et rappel des règles d’urbanisme.Pour Fatija, retraitée et propriétaire occupante avec son mari Nasser de sa maison, les informations données “changent beaucoup des démarcheurs téléphoniques”, avec qui “tout va très vite”.La famille réfléchissait à rénover son logement, “où il fait froid et les murs ruissellent d’humidité”. Alors quand Fatija a appris lundi la réouverture du guichet MaPrimeRénov’, elle a “appelé tout de suite pour prendre rendez-vous”.Nouveauté 2026 du dispositif d’aides à la rénovation énergétique des logements, un rendez-vous avec un conseiller France Rénov’ est obligatoire pour tout dossier de rénovation globale (avec plusieurs types de travaux).Le but est de “garantir que les ménages s’engagent dans des rénovations de qualité, que l’argent public aille vers des travaux de qualité et donc de lutter contre les tentatives de fraudes”, explique l’Anah à l’AFP. France Rénov’ est un service public qui existe déjà depuis plusieurs années et s’est développé sur tout le territoire avec 614 espaces conseil et 2.823 conseillers.- Gratuit et neutre -Le rendez-vous obligatoire avec un conseiller de l’Etat a été expérimenté dans quelques départements, avec des retours positifs selon l’Anah. “On généralise des bonnes pratiques” pour “éviter les erreurs qui peuvent coûter cher”, explique l’agence publique. Car entre usurpation d’identité, devis gonflés, malfaçons, travaux inutiles ou risqués pour le bâti ancien, aboutir à une rénovation énergétique de qualité relève du parcours du combattant. Et ce, même avec l’aide d’un Accompagnateur Rénov’ (MAR), professionnel obligatoire depuis 2024 pour toute demande de subvention d’une rénovation d’ampleur.Beaucoup de professionnels proposent, par exemple, quasi systématiquement de changer de système de chauffage, notamment pour profiter des aides actuellement élevées pour l’installation d’une pompe à chaleur. La chaudière au gaz de Fatija et Nasser a été changée il y a une dizaine d’années. “A mon sens il n’est pas nécessaire de la changer, à moins d’un défaut, une chaudière gaz en condensation c’est déjà bien” en termes de performance énergétique, leur conseille Baptiste Châtel.Autre conseil précieux: “faire venir un professionnel pour vérifier l’état du bâtiment et traiter le problème d’humidité, il faut commencer par ça pour vérifier qu’on ne va pas aggraver les problèmes avec des travaux d’isolation”.Au final le conseiller en rénovation de l’habitat préconise d’isoler toit, murs, fenêtres et d’installer une ventilation mécanique, le tout en faisant appel à des aides MaPrimeRénov’ en parcours rénovation d’ampleur. Le choix final reviendra ensuite aux propriétaires.”N’hésitez pas à nous recontacter si besoin, je peux vous aider à la lecture des devis”, invite Baptiste Châtel. Une manière de s’assurer que le projet reste bien orienté et entre les mains de professionnels de confiance.”On est là pour offrir un service gratuit et neutre”, rappelle Tony Ferreira, directeur de l’espace conseil, qui couvre 11 communes des Hauts-de-Seine. “Les particuliers peuvent revenir, on peut être en appui tout au long du parcours”, mais “plus le ménage vient en amont, plus on peut réorienter le projet” s’il ne part pas dans la bonne direction.Les conseillers en rénovation sont aussi là pour préparer les particuliers aux délais de traitement de dossier MaPrimeRénov’ qui les attendent. L’objectif de l’Anah de 120.000 rénovations globales en 2026 est déjà amputé par les 83.000 dossiers déjà en attente, ce qui pourrait reporter à 2027 certains projets.
Captain Harry Brook scored his first T20 international century to take England into the World Cup semi-finals with a nervy two-wicket win against Pakistan in the Super Eights in Kandy.Brook, promoted to number three for the first time in a T20 international, scored exactly 100 off 51 deliveries as England chased down their target of 165 with five balls to spare, despite a late wobble.After England restricted Pakistan to 164-9, Brook came in second ball of the innings with the score 0-1 after Phil Salt’s golden duck, caught behind off Shaheen Shah Afridi.Wickets tumbled in the power play but Brook stood firm. He lifted his side from a precarious 35-3 to 155-6 when he was dismissed, having scored the second fastest century in T20 World Cup history and the first by a team captain.Brook hit four sixes and 10 fours, surpassing his previous best T20 international score of 81 not out against Pakistan in Karachi four years ago.He went to the landmark in style, powering Afridi for a six and four to complete his century off 50 balls before being bowled by the left-arm quick next ball.Brook explained that the decision for him to move up the order from five had been prompted by coach Brendon “Baz” McCullum.”Baz said that this morning, what do you think about going number three? Pakistan’s your team. I was just like, let’s do it,” said Brook.”We wanted to try and maximise the power play a little bit more and everybody knows that I like to try and take the game on and I was going to do that from ball one.”Thankfully it came off and I managed to get us a decent start.”Afridi, returning to the side, took 4-30 also removing Jos Buttler for two and Jacob Bethell for eight in the power play.Brook added 45 for the fifth wicket with Sam Curran (16) and even a burst of two wickets from Usman Tariq did not perturb the England skipper who batted with guts and resolve.Will Jacks helped his skipper towards victory with a brilliant stand of 52, scoring 28 off 23 balls.Spinner Mohammad Nawaz dismissed Jacks and Jamie Overton in the penultimate over to induce some late nerves, but Jofra Archer hit the first ball of the final over for the winning four.- ‘Outstanding’ batting -The defeat leaves Pakistan needing to beat Sri Lanka on Saturday and hope other results go their way to reach the last four after their first match in the Super Eights against New Zealand was washed out.”The way Harry Brook batted was outstanding. He completely took the game away from us,” said Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha.”We just have to wait and see how the other results go. We’ll be hoping they go our way, and then we know we’ll have to win against Sri Lanka.”New Zealand face Sri Lanka on Wednesday in Colombo.Spinner Liam Dawson took 3-24 earlier and was ably supported by Overton (2-26) and Archer (2-32) to restrict Pakistan to 164-9.Opener Sahibzada Farhan continued his good form with a 45-ball 63, with two sixes and seven fours, his third half-century of the tournament.Archer dismissed Saim Ayub for seven in the third over while Dawson picked up Salman Agha for five in the next.Farhan and Babar Azam added 46 for the third wicket.Farhan completed his fifty off 37 balls before Overton trapped him lbw.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz left Tuesday for his inaugural visit to China, long a huge market for German goods but now a high-tech rival as Europe’s biggest economy struggles.Berlin and Beijing want to build on their decades-old economic ties at a time US President Donald Trump has sparked global chaos with his tariffs blitz and other erratic foreign policy moves.But Merz is also expected to stress German and European interests in his talks Wednesday with President Xi Jinping, including by urging him to put pressure on its ally Russia to end the war in Ukraine.Germany considers China, the world’s number two economy, as a key trade and investment partner — but also regards the communist one-party state as a systemic rival to the West.Many commentators have taken note of the fact that Merz first travelled to India, the world’s largest democracy, weeks before he headed to China.Merz said Friday he was going to Beijing, with a large business delegation in tow, in part because export-dependent Germany needs “economic relations all over the world”.”But we should be under no illusions,” he added, pointing out that China as a rival to the United States now “claims the right to define a new multilateral order according to its own rules”.China under Xi has grown far more assertive on the world stage, built up its military, stressed its claim on Taiwan, and pushed back strongly against criticism of its human rights record.Flexing its muscle at times of tension, Beijing has restricted exports of critical minerals used in products from microchips and wind turbines to electric car batteries and weapons systems.Last year, Beijing temporarily halted the export of Nexperia chips to Europe following a dispute with the Dutch government.More broadly, European businesses complain that China, with its low domestic demand, is flooding Europe with goods made cheap through state subsidies and an undervalued currency.Germany’s trade deficit with China hit a record 89 billion euros ($105 billion) last year.”China has risen to the ranks of the major powers,” Merz said just before leaving Berlin Tuesday, stressing that “we want a partnership with China that is balanced, reliable, regulated and fair”.- ‘Systemic competition’ -As Trump has unsettled allies and rivals alike, China has nonetheless also sought to present itself as a reliable partner and defender of the multilateral order.China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told Merz at the Munich Security Conference this month that Beijing hoped to bring ties “to a new level” and wanted Germany to be a “stabilising anchor for strategic relations” in the European Union.As other nations also seek to rebalance their economic relations, the leaders of France, Britain and Canada all recently visited China, where Trump is expected from March 31.Merz, like his predecessors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, will be joined by business leaders including executives of auto giants Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes.In Beijing, Merz will first meet Prime Minister Li Qiang, then have talks and dinner with Xi.On Thursday, Merz is to visit Beijing’s Forbidden City, then a Mercedes plant where autonomously driving vehicles will be presented. The chancellor then travels to Hangzhou, often called China’s “Silicon Valley,” to visit the robotics group Unitree and German turbine maker Siemens Energy. German businesses have given Merz a to-do list on his trip.”We expect the chancellor to clearly address problems such as overcapacity, distortions of competition, and export controls on critical raw materials,” said Wolfgang Niedermark of the Federation of German Industries.German and European companies in China are not only “competing with highly innovative Chinese firms” but are also players in a “state-driven systemic competition”.Merz should advocate for “structural reforms to strengthen domestic demand and fairer competitive conditions” in China, he said, warning that without change there will be “new trade conflicts with the EU”.
Warner Bros. Discovery said Tuesday it has received a revised acquisition proposal from Paramount Skydance, even as the US media giant’s board reaffirmed its support for a previously announced buyout deal with Netflix.The sweetened offer was the latest instalment of a bidding war set to reshape Hollywood and US media, and has drawn White House attention, with President Donald Trump insisting he will have a say on the deal.”We received a revised (Paramount) proposal to acquire WBD, which we are reviewing in consultation with our financial and legal advisors,” the Warner Bros. board said, adding it would update shareholders once the review was complete.Terms of Paramount’s new offer were not disclosed, and the Warner Bros. board was careful to signal its preference for the rival Netflix deal.The deal with the streaming giant “remains in effect” and directors “continue to recommend in favor of the Netflix transaction,” the statement said.Warner Bros. shareholders were advised to take no action with respect to the Paramount offer while the review is ongoing.Paramount also confirmed the proposal and acknowledged that its sweetened bid could be countered by Netflix if the Warner Bros. board formally declared that Paramount’s offer is a “superior proposal.”In its previous bid, Paramount Skydance had sought to buy all of Warner Bros. Discovery for $108 billion. Though that was rebuffed by Warner’s board, Paramount on Tuesday said it was still encouraging shareholders to back its offer, in what amounts to a hostile takeover attempt.Paramount has also launched a lawsuit against Warner Bros. over an alleged lack of transparency in its dealings with Netflix.Netflix is offering $83 billion for its more limited merger but is expected to be prepared to raise its offer to more closely match its rival’s new bid.The Netflix offer does not include Warner Bros. television properties such as CNN and Discovery, which would belong to a newly created publicly traded company if the deal is sealed.Trump has said he will be “involved” in any decision on the merger, and the US Department of Justice is currently reviewing Netflix’s proposed acquisition. European authorities and other regulators will also have their say.Questions are swirling over whether politics will influence the outcome of the battle, with Paramount run by David Ellison and financed largely by his father, Oracle tycoon Larry Ellison, a longtime Trump ally.A victory by Paramount would see CNN — often the target of Trump’s stinging threats and criticism — pass to Ellison family control, amid criticism that their takeover of Paramount-owned CBS brought changes to the news division more to the White House’s liking.Trump late Saturday called on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice or “pay the consequences,” after she said Democrats would push for corporate accountability if they regain power in the November midterm elections.”He likes to do a lot of things on social media. This is a business deal. It’s not a political deal,” Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos told BBC Radio 4, when asked about Trump’s threat.
The EU’s trade chief said Tuesday his US counterparts had told him Washington stands by a key trade deal with the bloc, following an adverse Supreme Court decision on President Donald Trump’s tariffs.After the Supreme Court ruled Friday Trump lacks authority to impose levies under a 1977 law, the US leader responded with fresh tariffs of 10 percent on imported goods — which Trump has vowed to hike further to 15 percent.That raised complex questions about what the new duties mean for the EU deal clinched last year with Trump, which set tariffs at 15 percent for most EU goods.”I have been in constant touch with my counterparts, and they both reassured me they stand by the deal with the European Union,” Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic told EU lawmakers.Sefcovic later said he had been “very vocal” about how “difficult” the fresh tariffs announced by Trump would be for the EU during his calls.But he also acknowledged it was “a transitional period where they are figuring out how to deal with this really landmark court ruling”.The top trade negotiator touched on another sensitive topic in transatlantic ties: Trump’s 50 percent duties on steel and aluminium imports, which the EU has been pushing to bring down.The president expanded levies on the metals in August to include several hundred products which contain steel or aluminium.Sefcovic suggested there could be some good news for the EU “rather soon”.”I got reassurances from our US colleagues that they know that this is a big problem for us and that they’re looking into this matter,” he said.- ‘Deal is a deal’ -The bloc’s parliament put the EU-US deal on ice Monday as it sought more clarity on the fallout from the Supreme Court ruling, only a day before the committee was due to give its green light.Sefcovic said he understood the body’s decision, but added: “It is imperative we keep the process moving forward in implementing our commitments.”He urged the parliament to approve the deal in March “under the condition, of course, that we get more clarity from the United States”.EU member states’ representatives in Brussels heard from the EU executive Monday and a European diplomat said everyone agreed “a deal is a deal”.The EU executive told senior diplomats if imports face a blanket 10-percent levy, pre-existing duties mean some products could end up being taxed at a higher rate than the trade deal’s 15 percent.Another concern is Trump’s new flat levy could apply indifferently to the EU and to countries that made fewer trade concessions to Washington — and were therefore previously taxed at a much higher rate.”The EU now loses a comparative advantage vis-a-vis other countries, which was what made the deal palatable in the first place,” the diplomat told AFP.
US stocks bounced higher as investors recovered from a fresh bout of angst over AI and new US tariffs.”Most global stock indices recovered despite mixed economic data,” said IG analyst Axel Rudolph. He pointed to better-than-expected US consumer confidence data and private sector job growth, while UK retail sales fell as did European car sales.Wall Street’s main indices shed more than one percent on Monday as the market “went through another disruption trade that was a three-headed monster of tariffs, AI displacement, and private credit concerns”, said market analyst Patrick O’Hare.While dipping further at the open, they soon recovered and pushed higher.The market’s Jekyll-and-Hyde attitude towards AI shifted on Tuesday after an announcement that tech giant Meta had reached an agreement to purchase millions of chips from processor manufacturer AMD, in which it could become a shareholder.Shares in AMD jumped 6.8 percent as trading got under way, while shares in Meta were flat.Nevertheless, “investors are wary as they brace for further volatility sparked by unpredictable US trade policy and the fallout from AI advances,” said Susannah Streeter, chief investment strategist at Wealth Club. Sentiment had been dampened by renewed concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence on the tech sector, with software firms again in the firing line.The latest blow came from a report Sunday by a firm called Citrini Research that used possible scenarios set in the future showing parts of the global economy that could be at risk from new tools, such as credit card and food delivery firms.Adding to the downbeat mood was a post by Anthropic saying its Claude chatbot could help to update the COBOL programming language used on IBM computers. IBM fell more than 13 percent in New York on Monday.”Traders are concerned with the degree to which AI will disrupt rather than enhance corporate profitability and overall levels of employment,” said Joshua Mahony, chief market analyst at Scope Markets. The releases come after Anthropic earlier this month unveiled a model that could replace numerous software tools, including for legal work and data marketing.Markets have largely taken in stride the US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down much of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy and his subsequent move to impose tariffs, initially set at 10 percent, under a different legal authority.Trump has vowed to raise this level to 15 percent, with exclusions expected to remain for goods covered by sector-specific arrangements and the US-Mexico-Canada trade pact.However, the move has raised questions about other trade deals Washington has agreed since Trump’s tariff blitz in April, with the European Union demanding clarity on the issue before ratifying its agreement with the US.Observers said 2026 could see more tariff-based friction but they did not expect it to be as painful for markets as last year’s upheaval.In Europe both London and Frankfurt closed flat, while Paris rose.Asia markets traded mixed.Shares in Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, which is struggling with competition for its anti-obesity treatments, fell 3.1 percent after it announced it will sharply cut prices for its flagship drugs in the US, announcing a 50 percent cut for Wegovy and 35 percent for Ozempic.- Key figures at around 1630 GMT -New York – Dow: UP 0.7 percent at 49,121.99 pointsNew York – S&P 500: UP 0.5 percent at 6,870.98New York – Nasdaq Composite: UP 0.8 percent at 22,805.47London – FTSE 100: FLAT at 10,680.59 (close)Paris – CAC 40: UP 0.3 percent at 8,524.02 (close)Frankfurt – DAX: FLAT at 24,986.25 (close)Tokyo – Nikkei 225: UP 0.9 percent at 57,321.09 (close)Hong Kong – Hang Seng Index: DOWN 1.8 percent at 26,590.32 (close)Shanghai – Composite: UP 0.9 percent at 4,117.41 (close)Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.1789 from $1.1792 on MondayPound/dollar: UP at $1.3534 from $1.3492Euro/pound: DOWN at 87.11 pence from 87.40 penceDollar/yen: UP at 155.71 yen from 154.68 yenBrent North Sea Crude: DOWN 0.1 percent at $71.04 per barrelWest Texas Intermediate: UP 0.3 percent at $66.13 per barrelburs-rl/cw
