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French media obsesses over the looming 2027 presidential race and a Russia seen as menacing on every front, while projecting deep anxiety about French decline in AI, climate inaction, and an identity politics it largely views with alarm.
  1. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says his government will put forward a multi-year plan to fight gender-based and sexual violence (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  2. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pitches Canada to global investors while saying ties with the United States remain crucial in key areas (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  3. French tourists are traveling less while a record number of international visitors are coming to France (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  4. A Paris childcare worker has been convicted of sexually assaulting nine children (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  5. How the French presidential election battle will play out in the French Parliament (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  6. Canada's Prime Minister says Canada will remain a major partner of the United States 'in key areas'. (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  7. Russia criticizes France's plan to extend its nuclear umbrella as 'reckless'. (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  8. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says the government will put forward a multi-year plan to fight gender-based and sexual violence, starting with €1.5 billion in 2027. (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  9. What is BAPS, the Indian Hindu organization whose visit to the Eiffel Tower caused a strike? (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  10. The director of the Eiffel Tower faces turmoil after female staff were sidelined at the request of a visiting Hindu delegation. (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  11. Editorial: The urgent need for France to regain control over the global artificial intelligence race (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  12. French banker Matthieu Pigasse's failed attempt to secure the Socialist Party's nomination for the French presidential election (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  13. A million-euro burglary at a luxury hotel in Paris targets Malian businessman Oumar Gambi. (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  14. Hundreds of thousands of Spanish citizens could be barred from voting in Spain's 2027 general election. (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  15. £72 million in donations to Nigel Farage's Reform UK fuel debate over party funding in the United Kingdom. (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  16. Stark contrast emerges between victim and defendants at Paris trial over the murder of Argentine rugby star Federico Martín Aramburu (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  17. Oil prices and rising interest rates push French public finances further into red (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  18. The 'great replacement' theory: 'A hateful, conspiratorial phrase' now in 'everyday language' (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  19. French far-left politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon builds on 'new France' slogan at first rally of presidential campaign (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)
  20. When the French far right raises the specter of a culinary 'great replacement' (Le Monde, 2026-09-15)