During October and November the 🇫🇷 army is training 2,300 🇺🇦 soldiers in eastern France, part of the 🇺🇦 155th brigade. On completion 🇫🇷 will transfer to 🇺🇦 full associated equipment for the brigade, including 128 armoured vehicles, 18 CAESAR howitzers +18 AMX-10 RC. Macron visits today Source: Elysée
Anything less than yes means no. Five weeks in, what the harrowing rape trial of Dominique Pelicot and his 50 co-accused says about consent in French rape law, and the remarkable courage of one woman, the victim, Gisèle Pelicot www.economist.com/europe/2024/...
Europe is a continent of coalition governments, painful to forge and fragile to maintain. France, with its new team of Macron loyalists and Barnier right-wingers, is having to learn this afresh. Can Barnier bring stability to 🇫🇷? www.economist.com/europe/2024/... from The Economist
Not sure anyone saw this coming. Michel Barnier, who has been French prime minister for 14 days and has not yet formed a government, is now the country’s most popular politician ⬇️ Source: Ifop
Nearly 8 weeks after the final legislative vote, France still has no new government. This damaging hiatus reflects a chronic failure to treat political compromise as anything other than weakness and capitulation. All the parties are to blame In The Economist www.economist.com/europe/2024/...
Ahead of European elections, France has uncovered a vast Russian disinformation campaign, targeting mainly 🇫🇷🇩🇪and 🇵🇱, based on a network of 193 websites which it codenames “Portal Kombat” www.economist.com/europe/2024/...
“Portal Kombat” also targets Germany and Poland
And the political implications of an appointment designed to revive Macron’s fortunes and reinforce the centre against the far right The president appoints modern France’s youngest prime minister www.economist.com/europe/2024/... from The Economist
Can the 34-year-old Gabriel Attal revive Emmanuel Macron’s fortunes?
“The risk for Gabriel Attal, who enjoys far better poll ratings than his boss, is that he has been over-promoted. The risk for Macron is that his protégé outshines him.” Weekend profile: Gabriel Attal, France’s new prime minister espresso.economist.com/453129ee88ee... from The Economist
If Gabriel Attal’s precocious political ascent feels familiar to the French, then that echo is the
More efficient and direct, as the aid France has already sent by road either gets held up at Rafah or just takes a long time