Spain's Senate sinks the Treaty of Barcelona mid-state visit, Mediapart publishes its evidence against Bardella, and three in four French voters ignore the left's primary

France deploys soldiers to guard Saudi oil at Yanbu, Les Écologistes punish Jadot for backing Glucksmann, and the EU Parliament wants €206,000 from the MoDem.

Macron on Russian hybrid attacks and Hormuz, Philippe Brun's exit from the Socialist primaire, and Dupont-Aignan and Zemmour's 2027 presidential bids.

Full English text of Macron's 18 September 2026 press conference on Russia's hybrid threat, Donald Trump’s Hormuz crisis, and energy prices.

Lecornu refers a budget leak to prosecutors, Lescure cuts France's growth forecast, and Paris doubles down with the Rafale F5 after FCAS collapses.

The RN's Ukraine aid stance exposes deeper cracks with Le Pen, Rachida Dati asks to rejoin the judiciary ahead of her corruption trial, and Eric Ciotti keeps lobbying for pension capitalisation.

Macron pitches Sweden as an FCAS replacement, Fitch holds France at A+, INSEE flags recession risk, plus Delogu's arrest and Iceland's EU vote.

Four coercion crises since 2021, one use of force since 2002, zero wars. What changed is Rabat's diplomatic cover in Washington, not its appetite for a pointless and self-destructive fight.

Sanchez' Spain swiftly dealt with the incursion of 60,000 Moroccan migrants sent to Ceuta as part of Morocco's hybrid warfare strategy, and after showing zero solidarity, anti-EU leaders backed down.

A whistleblower's status is upheld, and Renaissance voters would rather have the PM who isn't running than either man who is. Meanwhile, Didier Deschamps bows out after France's World Cup exit.

The story of how the Franco-German fighter was killed, how Germany had its replacement ready beforehand, and what it tells us about Europe's sovereignty drive.

Marine Le Pen works around her conviction, Bardella settles for Matignon, and Socialists launch a scramble to find someone who can beat the RN in 2027.

The clock, not the bench, just cleared her for a 2027 run, but whether Marine Le Pen will run a campaign wearing an ankle tag or not is the question the Rassemblement National now has to answer.

The presidential election dates are official, the RN is bracing for two outcomes, and a new poll has François Hollande leading a divided left.

France and Germany want to gut the EEAS. But dismantling the EU's diplomatic service won't fix EU foreign policy. The problem is structural.

France's Haut-Commissariat proposes abolishing the Métropole du Grand Paris, while the murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna exposes a judiciary drowning in backlogs.

How Zelenskyy's former spokesperson became a vector for Russian disinformation, and why Tucker Carlson's platform was the point.

The Renaissance leader declared his candidacy in rural Aveyron, as France again tops EU investment rankings and Ben-Gvir is banned from French territory

The PNF has referred the Cité numérique file to a juge d'instruction. The centrist favourite is now fighting to stay clean.

Europe faces threats on every front, and the six largest economies have stopped waiting for unanimity. The €11 trillion question is whether they can pull off federal economic policy without a treaty.

Bardella faces an EPPO investigation, Le Pen awaits her appeal ruling, an Israeli firm is accused of election interference in France, and Attal is making his move

France's largest military exercise since the Cold War wraps up, the new voluntary national service scheme is oversubscribed on day one, and the Socialist leader calls for a unified left ahead of 2027

The French President reaffirms mutual defence commitments in Athens, warns against panic over Strait of Hormuz disruption, and Glucksmann eyes 2027 on his own terms.

A deadly attack on a UN peacekeeping patrol and a global energy crisis converge in a defining week for French foreign policy

How Donald Trump's colossal failure in Iran manages to hand Tehran exactly what it wants

An MEP faces terrorism apologia charges, a French vessel navigates the Iran-controlled strait, and Emmanuel Macron returns from Tokyo and Seoul with sixty new agreements in hand.

INSEE figures beat government forecasts as the Lecornu government steadies the ship, Macron climbs in the polls, and French industry scores a huge win in Serbia

France's second-round municipal elections are underway, with the Paris mayoralty hanging in the balance between Dati and Grégoire, while Macron unveils the €10 billion France Libre aircraft carrier

From a far-right attack on an LFI rally in Lille to the collapsing centrist coalition between Renaissance and Les Républicains in Montluçon - and what Fitch's A+ rating means for France.

Paris briefly froze access for Trump’s envoy after a provocative embassy intervention, as new polling shows Mélenchon’s LFI haemorrhaging legitimacy amid violence backlash

A homicide investigation in Lyon, mounting political pressure on La France Insoumise, and a growing EU pushback after Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

From Niamey’s anti-French rhetoric and Russian disinformation to the killing of a far-right activist in Lyon and Valérie Pécresse’s bid to reshape the French right.

From the Storm-1516 propaganda operation to raids on Musk’s Paris offices, France confronts disinformation, platform abuse, and democratic destabilisation

Sébastien Lecornu survives two more censure motions, President Macron warns Donald Trump of “cascading consequences” for the west over Greenland, and France bans ten far-right British influencers

Rachida Dati feels pressure from far-right Knafo in Paris, Lécornu eyes March legislative elections following Mercosur censures, and Le Monde poll shows Marine Le Pen falling behind Jordan Bardella

ANALYSIS - a messy European Council, with Ukraine funding, common EU debt, strengthened security, Mercosur drama, and Russian threats affecting EU decision-making, making this one to remember.

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Time for a Christmas break as Valérie Pecresse and Xavier Bertrand break ranks and attack potential alliance with the far-right

Les Républicains are arguing over a full right-wing primary, the polls behind this, and Gérald Darmanin promising an autonomous Saint-Martin tribunal and prison

The Assemblée Nationale votes to nationalise ArcelorMittal, S&P Global maintains French A+ rating, and Emmanuel Macron announces a voluntary national service

Assemblée rejects income segment of 2026 budget, General Mandon warns mayors to prepare for war, Sarkozy book to cover agonising 20 days in Prison, and Boualem Sansal is now free

The full text of General Fabien Mandon's speech at the Congress of Mayors of France, calling on mayors to help prepare the citizenry for a potential war against foreign enemies.

From Nicolas Sarkozy’s unexpected release pending appeal, to Marine Le Pen’s enforced resignation and a Pétainist tribute in Verdun, France faces a pivotal test of judicial independence and truth.

Polanski believes that he can potentially convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to give up his nuclear weapons. Here is why that is not only dangerously foolish, but disqualifying.

Senators start pushing toward a Federal French Republic, while the Assemblèe moves forward towards a budget by voting through the revenue segment of the PLFSS