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WORLDSep 28Zidane urges players to embrace challenge of playing for FranceFrance head coach Zinedine Zidane called on his players to relish playing for the national team as his squad went through its final preparations without injured skipper Kylian Mbappé for Monday night's Nation's League tie against Belgium in Brussels.RFI [en]
WORLDSep 28REPLAY: Pope urges peace and unity in Europe on final day of France visitPope Leo XIV urged Europe to remember its Christian history and appealed for peace and unity in a speech delivered in France's northeastern city of Metz on Monday, the fourth and final day of his visit. "Relations between individuals and states are becoming increasingly uncivilised. The value of keeping one's word is dismissed. Instead, people boast of lies and deceit," he said. "Europe can help to break this cycle through the respect for others that it has learned to cultivate and preserve."France 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 28REPLAY: France's Macron speaks on European Union as pope visits MetzFrench President Emmanuel Macron said that Europe must rediscover the “courage of its founders” and not give in to the “resurgence of nationalism" as he delivered an address alongside Pope Leo XIV in Metz on the last day of the pontiff's visit to France.France 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 28What Marine Le Pen’s senate wins mean for the far-right in France’s presidential electionsThe National Rally quadrupled its number of seats in the Senate and the election was hailed a wild success by Marine Le Pen. James C. Reynolds explores what this means for French politicsThe Independent World
POLITICSSep 28Pope urges religious leaders in France to preach peace as he recalls foundations of European unity – Winnipeg Free PressThe Pope has urged religious leaders in France to preach peace, recalling the historical foundations of European unity. This is a call for interfaith cooperation and reflection on Europe's historical context.winnipegfreepress.com · Canada
POLITICSSep 28France’s far-right National Rally gains ground in Senate voteThe vote marks the first time the far-right party gained enough seats to form its own caucus.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 28Live: Pope Leo XIV arrives in Metz for final stop of France visitFrance 24 [en]
WORLDSep 28Belgium vs France – Nations League: Team line-ups, head-to-head, MbappeTwo-time world champions France travel to Belgium for Monday's Nations League clash without captain Kylian Mbappe.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 28French Senate election: National Rally secures group, France Unbowed wins first seatRN presidential candidate Marine Le Pen hailed a "historic victory" after the results were announced.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSSep 28France’s far-right National Rally surges in Senate electionsMarine Le Pen hails ‘historic victory’ as her party and allies win enough seats to form caucus just months ahead of presidential pollIrish Times World
POLITICSSep 28France's presidentialism crisisThe exercise of power under the 1958 Constitution has steadily eroded over the past two decades. The system has become increasingly centered on the president, to the point exhaustion, writes Le Monde's Solenn de Royer in her column.Le Monde [en]
POLITICSSep 27France's far right gains ground in indirect Senate electionsMarine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its allies won enough seats in France's Senate to form a parliamentary group in the upper house for the first time in the party's history Sunday, securing 14 seats out of 348. Half the upper house is elected through indirect voting every three years, with senators serving for six years.France 24 [en]
WORLDSep 27Abuses in the Catholic Church: Pope Leo XIV listened to victims in France and asked to maintain 'maximum vigilance'• The Holy Father listened to seven survivors of assaults in the city of Lourdes during five-minute personal interviews and a collective meeting.• Through a statement, the convoked clarified that the opening to dialogue does not represent an abandonment of their historical demands.Clarín
WORLDSep 27Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sex abuse survivors in FranceFirst US pope tells crowd of 150,000: ‘We must humbly place ourselves under the Lord’s purifying gaze’Irish Times World
WORLDSep 27Pope decries 'scourge' of sexual abuse during France visitFrench bishops took "courageous" steps when faced with "the painful scourge of abuse of minors," Pope Leo XIV told the high-ranking clerics before his scheduled meeting with survivors at the Catholic shrine of Lourdes.DW News [en]
WORLDSep 27Pope Leo continues his visit to France in LourdesPope Leo XIV continued his visit to France in Lourdes, at the major Catholic pilgrimage site in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where he celebrated mass before around 150,000 people. Hendro Munstermann, a Vatican correspondent for the Dutch newspaper Nederland Dagblad, joins us from Lourdes to share his impressions and tell us more about the Pope’s visit.France 24 [en]
WORLDSep 27The week in pictures: Trump hosts Xi, the pope visits France and floods ravage ThailandFrom Pope Leo XIV's historic first visit to France to US President Donald Trump meeting China's President Xi Jinping to flooded streets in Bangkok, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking pictures.France 24 [en]
WORLDSep 27Watch live: Pope Leo XIV in Lourdes as visit to France continuesThe pontiff is due to meet with victims of clerical sex abuse in Lourdes before travelling on to Metz in northeastern France on Monday.EuroNews [en]
BUSINESSSep 27Javier Timerman: "In France they are going to ask Milei why the economy stopped"El financista y titular de AdCap Grupo Financiero estuvo la semana que pasó en Nueva York y viaja ahora a Francia a participar de la Semana Argentina en París. Qué ven los mercados y qué le preguntarán a Javier Milei en Europa.Clarín
POLITICSSep 27Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.Le Monde [en]
WORLDSep 27Pope Leo XIV draws 800 , 000 to Paris Mass amid France secularismPope Leo XIV attracted 800,000 people to a Mass in Paris, occurring amidst France's secularism. This highlights a significant religious gathering with cultural and political context.foxnews.com · United States
POLITICSSep 26How France helps lower incomes get an electric carMet een steunplan voor tweedehands elektrische auto's wil Nederland elektrisch rijden toegankelijker maken. In Frankrijk bestaat al iets vergelijkbaars: mensen met een lager inkomen kunnen aanspraak maken op 'leasing social', een sociaal leaseplan voor elektrische auto's. Voor wie aan de voorwaarden voldoet, kan het een uitkomst zijn. Maar de Franse aanpak is nog niet toereikend, zeggen kenners tegen de NOS. Voor het derde jaar op rij stelt de Franse regering 50.000 elektrische auto's voor het sociale lease-programma beschikbaar. Voor zo'n 140 à 200 euro per maand kunnen mensen een elektrischeNOS Buitenland
WORLDSep 26Pope Leo arrives in Lourdes for Second Leg of France visit after historic Paris crowdsPope Leo opened his pilgrimage in Lourdes with a prayer at the Grotto of the Apparitions, the site where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 and one of the faith's most-visited shrines.EuroNews [en]
WORLDSep 26Mbappé will be able to play with Real Madrid again after the break following his injury with FranceTests reveal that the attacker suffered a hyperextension of the posterior capsule of the left knee in the Turkey-France match, from which he will recover in less than two weeks.El País