Evening Update Wednesday 27 April

President Marcon has been targeted with rotten tomatoes at a walkabout near Paris today. It was the president’s first public outing since winning the election at the weekend. Marcon was not directly hit by the flying tomatoes and no one was arrested.

La France Insoumise and the Socialist Party report successful talks, negotiating an agreement ahead of the legislative elections coming in June. After the meeting, they said there were no insurmountable points between them. La France Insoumise are hoping to win a majority in the elections, installing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon as Prime Minister.

Pineappli, a start-up supported by the MonacoTech incubator, has managed to secure Monaco Telecom as its first major client. Pineappli helps companies make the transition to digital, providing secure solutions for the digitization of documents. For Monaco Telecom they will begin with the digital transition of payslips covering nearly 250 employees each month. The partnership will mean Monaco Telecom will save significant time and money through a simplified system, while eliminating paper usage and helping to protect the environment.

There has been disruption to internet access in several French cities after fibre cables belonging to the Free and SFR networks were deliberately cut. Police are investigating to decide if the incident is vandalism or something more sinister. Meanwhile, Free and SFR report service has been restored to those affected.

The old go-karting pits on the Promenade at Juans-les-Pens are to be converted into restaurants. The city said it was a good balance of increasing tourism on the promena