France

Society

LVMH (EPA: MC, LVMUY): Q3 up 1% organic; China and US revive as shares surge in Paris

2025-10-15

A screen stretched like a mirror of the connected country. On October 14, 2025, three competitors joined forces to offer 17 billion euros for SFR. On the 15th, Altice France said no, considering the price too low. Implicitly, a return to three players and the promise to invest better and more.

Society

France’s mobile market: three-player comeback after a rejected €17bn offer

2025-10-15

PLFSS 2026: two-month birth leave per parent, taken together or alternately. Targeted implementation in 2027; proportional compensation, parameters referred to decrees. Sharing the early months' time without eliminating parental leave (PreParE €456.05). Control of ONDAM, deficit targeted at €17.4 billion in 2026, balance aimed for 2029.

Society

France’s new birth leave: what PLFSS 2026 changes

2025-10-15

Under the French flag, Andry Rajoelina leaves the Great Island to ensure his safety. Paris emphasizes the constitutional order and stability. In Antananarivo, the crowd swells, driven by the lack of water and power outages. The standoff is now between the dismissive Assembly, aligned barracks, and scrutinized jurisdictions.

Society

Madagascar in turmoil: parliament removes Rajoelina as army units move

2025-10-15

Holder of the chair at the Collège de France. Intellectual heir of Schumpeter, he connects the micro aspects of firms with the macro. Pro-innovation policies compatible with competition, focusing on ecology. Objective: sustainable growth through innovation.

Society

A Schumpeterian economist at the center of France’s pension clock freeze

2025-10-15

A close-up portrait of a former head of state on the brink of an institutional shift. At La Santé, common law prevails, with its walls and safeguards. Likely protected assignment, permanent judge oversight, dignity guaranteed? This moment tells less of a destiny than of a Republic that enforces the sentence and allows the appeal to be defended.

Society

Sarkozy jailed at La Santé despite appeal: five-year sentence

2025-10-14

Tron: Ares number 1 at $33.5 million USD, without explosion, cold glow of an October weekend.

Culture

Tron: Ares lands atop the box office but underwhelms

2025-10-13

At Matignon, Sébastien Lecornu is working on a constrained budget, aligning his new ministers while the assembly, wary, holds its breath.

Society

Lecornu II: the budget and political equation of a survival cabinet

2025-10-13

Under the clear sky of the Rolex Shanghai Masters, Arthur Rinderknech waves after defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-4. His first Masters 1000 semifinal, the match concluded with an ace, showcasing a cold mastery of key points. A decisive break in the first set, an early break in the second, and three break points saved at 2-1. French tennis is rediscovering a pure and effective style, emphasizing consistency over showmanship.

Sport

Rinderknech reaches Shanghai Masters 1000 semifinal after 6-3, 6-4 win over Auger-Aliassime

2025-10-10

48 hours to find a Prime Minister and avoid dissolution: Matignon awaits its leader, the Republic holds its breath.

Society

France set to name a new Prime Minister within 48 hours

2025-10-09

Robert Badinter, the face of humanist justice. The lawyer who abolished the death penalty, serving a Republic of law.

Society

Badinter grave vandalized; Panthéon ceremony goes ahead in Paris

2025-10-09

Under the cold glow of the Champs-Élysées, Nawell Madani walks with a closed expression. This photo, above all, tells the story of a celebrity's solitude captured by the public eye. It is in this bright and mundane setting that an action, in just a few seconds, potentially falls under the Penal Code regarding violence against minors. The image here conveys the ambivalence between visibility and vulnerability.

Society

Nawell Madani case: inquiry for violence against a minor in Paris

2025-10-09