The Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine meets this Monday, August 24 — the 35th anniversary of Ukrainian independence — under the joint chairmanship of Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Andy Burnham. The meeting comes at an urgent moment: fighting is intensifying on the ground and Moscow is preparing a new mobilization, while in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky has just ruled out holding elections in wartime.
France has crossed a critical threshold as its public debt exceeded €3.5 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 117.5% of GDP. The French Court of Auditors has sounded the alarm over what it describes as an “alarming” fiscal situation, as public deficits hit record levels and debt-interest costs continue to soar.
On June 23, 2026, Marc Bloch and his wife, Simonne Vidal, will symbolically enter the Panthéon, completing a republican rite that recognizes the extraordinary contribution of the founder of the Annales School to French historiography.
On June 17, 2026, the European Parliament formally adopted regulations governing “New Genomic Techniques” (NGTs), marking a major turning point for European agriculture.
The disappearance and subsequent death of 11-year-old Lyhanna, whose body was found on June 4 in a grain silo in the Gers region, has triggered an unprecedented institutional crisis in France. Politicians are shifting the blame onto the prosecutors, who are doing the best they can with the resources at their disposal.
The Kremlin leader will meet with the US president on August 15 in Alaska to decide the fate of Ukraine. Trump no longer wants to finance this war. Putin no longer wants NATO missiles “on his doorstep.” Europe, ruined, no longer matters.
The systematic slaughter of cows due to lumpy skin disease (LDS) can be considered a scandal for a number of scientific, ethical, economic and health reasons.
President Macron will make the official announcement in September at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The United States and Israel immediately voiced their strong disapproval.
The Prime Minister has drawn up a catalog of measures aimed at massively reducing the public deficit. Everyone will have to make an effort to achieve 43.8 billion in savings by 2026.
“To be free in this world, you have to be feared. To be feared, we must be powerful,” said Emmanuel Macron in his speech at the Hôtel de Brienne on Sunday, July 13, 2025.
The American president maintains his commercial pressure despite ongoing negotiations. Timid response from France and the European Union. The President of the Grand Est region, Franck Leroy, expresses his concern for the regional economy.
Cérémé, an independent think tank, calls for an urgent strategic reorientation, based on rational, economically viable and ecologically efficient choices, to guarantee France’s energy future. Explanations and interview with Bruno Ladsous, director and president of the Vent de Colère federation.
