A bombshell in the race for the Élysée: the five-time Olympic judo champion announces his candidacy, says he is neither left nor right, and sketches out his first proposals on pensions, wages and the 35-hour week.
After the social conference at Matignon, the government announced a 1.6% rise in the minimum wage from 1 December and a set of measures on bonuses. Not enough for the unions: the CGT and public-sector unions are calling for protests on Tuesday 17 November.
The leader of the LR MPs gives the right and centre candidates fifteen days to meet and agree on a method. The same weekend, 66 parliamentarians, most of them from Renaissance, called for a primary against the extremes.
According to the Elabe barometer for Les Échos, the head of state has lost four points in a month and eleven since August. 82% of French people do not trust him.
In front of more than 20,000 people according to the organisers, the La France insoumise candidate presented L'Avenir en commun: a price freeze, a higher minimum wage and a Sixth Republic. Marine Le Pen denounced a plan to dismantle France.
France's Court of Audit (Cour des comptes) on Monday published 18 measures meant to raise between €32 billion and €38 billion from 2027. On the menu: a higher intermediate VAT rate, a so-called blank year for social benefits and a freeze on civil servants' promotions.
The Labour Minister wants to break through the €1,500 net barrier, an extra €22 a month. The unions are demanding far more and employers are worried about the cost.
The Toulouse commercial court on Tuesday placed the Gifi group in receivership (redressement judiciaire), at its own request. The discount home décor and variety chain, which employs 6,000 people in France, has six months to get back on its feet.
Education minister Édouard Geffray on Monday ruled out any change to the 2027 baccalauréat and promised catch-up classes during the holidays. The same morning in Bègles, a head teacher was struck on the head by a projectile outside his school.
The Interior Ministry counts 146,000 demonstrators, including 46,000 in Paris, while the youth union alliance puts the figure at 250,000. Turnout is falling, ahead of Monday's social conference at Matignon.
The Interior Ministry counted 575,000 people in 193 marches, the CGT nearly 1.6 million. The ministry's provisional 6pm tally reports 448 arrests and 53 members of the security forces injured. Sébastien Lecornu is bringing unions and employers together on Monday at Matignon, the Prime Minister's office.
The man behind Saturday's shooting in Krakow's historic centre, which left six dead and fifteen injured, died of his wounds on Monday morning. The 24-year-old Pole is also suspected of killing his parents and his sister.
The Democrats have won the House of Representatives and the Senate, according to projections by CBS News and ABC News. Donald Trump congratulated his opponents and said he was ready to accept the results, but is already brandishing his veto.
Democrat Jon Ossoff keeps his Senate seat in Georgia, according to projections by CBS News and NBC News. Control of Congress is still undecided: counting has only just begun and the most contested states have yet to be called.
Kévin Tessier, placed under formal investigation after the attack that left one dead and seven injured in the Yvelines, attempted suicide in detention, according to BFMTV. His life is no longer in danger. His lawyers condemn the disclosure of the information.
A 36-year-old woman suspected of threatening and hitting the head teacher and a teacher at the Clément-Roassal school in Nice was placed under formal investigation and then remanded in custody on Wednesday evening. She says she acted out of love for her children.
Before the Bouches-du-Rhône assize court in Aix-en-Provence, the testimony of the mothers of three young men killed in late 2020, including the brother of activist Amine Kessaci, shook the dock on Monday. One defendant implicated two co-defendants, who dispute the allegations.
Adopted on Friday by 11 votes to 10 in the 2027 budget, Socialist MP Laurent Lhardit's tax of 5.5 cents per gigabyte has turned into a row: Xavier Niel is fuming, two LFI MPs say they pressed the wrong button and internet users are churning out parodies.
The City of Marseille is suspending its participation in the Mucem's board of directors until steps are taken to calm the social climate. At issue: the contested return of Pierre-Olivier Costa, who faces harassment accusations he denies.
The 62-year-old writer won the Goncourt by six votes to three over Sylvain Prudhomme on Tuesday at Drouant. Shortly afterwards, the Renaudot went to François-Henri Désérable for Le Palais.
Haenel, Jaenada, Mélois or Prudhomme? The Académie Goncourt announces its verdict on Tuesday 3 November in Paris, at the end of a season marked by the withdrawal of a novel suspected of having been written with AI.
At 29, the SVR-Lazartigue skipper reached Pointe-à-Pitre in 6 days, 13 hours and 27 minutes, beating Charles Caudrelier's time by more than six hours. Thomas Coville and Louis Burton complete the podium.
The Spaniard beat the American 7-6 (5), 7-5 in Sunday's Rolex Paris Masters final, his first title in Paris at his sixth attempt. For France, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Quentin Halys won the doubles.
Eight tries and the attacking bonus point for Les Bleus at the Groupama Stadium as the Nations Championship resumed. The only cloud: Romain Ntamack's departure through injury, a week before the clash with South Africa.
The Pope is due to celebrate Mass for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed at 4pm on Monday at Rome's Verano cemetery. In France, hundreds of thousands of people laid flowers on their loved ones' graves for All Saints' Day.