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Saturday, 31 October 2026
- Politics Bouches-du-Rhône: 119 mayors threaten to "hand back the keys" over austerity Rosa Brandt
- Culture & media After the Trappes attack, the town demands to be something other than a backdrop Antonia Greco
- Society Data centres: AI is built on burned workers and breathless production rates Dolores Ibarra
- Economy TotalEnergies cashes in, the left fails: the crisis pays mostly the shareholders Mara Kessler
- Culture & media Novaya Gazeta shuts down: when the state decides what counts as "normal" Antonia Greco
- World 500 Patriots for Kyiv: Washington sells, Ukraine pays, delivery will have to wait Ilya Volkov
- Economy California: billionaires are paying handsomely not to pay the Zucman tax Mara Kessler
- Society In Trappes, fear settles into the kitchens, the schools and the stairwells Dolores Ibarra
- Politics 31 October: the government wheels out the bogeyman before the cost-of-living march Rosa Brandt
- Economy Budget 2027: MPs tax big business, but the Treasury holds the pen Mara Kessler
Friday, 30 October 2026
- World Kherson: 72 hours of truce, and then what? Olechky's civilians are being used as bargaining chips Ilya Volkov
- Politics October 31 march: the prefecture bans, the judge restores, the state appeals Rosa Brandt
- Economy GDP down 0.1%: is Macronism really the only culprit? Mara Kessler
- Society Dockers on strike: the price of labour, and ports that some want militarised Dolores Ibarra
- Culture & media Trappes: after the racist attack, the battle over 'common sense' begins Antonia Greco
- World Colombia and the IMF: who will pay for the adjustment? Amara Sankoré
- Economy Budget 2027: the growth the government promised isn't showing up, and the bill might be bigger Mara Kessler
- Culture & media Presidential 2027: the far right already sets the tempo, and everyone is dancing Antonia Greco
- Society Energy renovation: the state cuts five programmes, and modest households will pay Dolores Ibarra
- Politics Cost of living: court opens Rue de la Bastille to Nation, but the question remains open Rosa Brandt
- Politics Novaya Gazeta Goes Dark: Russia Shuts One More Window on Itself Rosa Brandt
- Culture & media After Trappes, the rolling news channels face the mirror they hold up to others Antonia Greco
- Politics Banning the "great replacement": can the law silence what is being organised? Rosa Brandt
- World Russia-Africa Summit: Putin Denounces Neocolonialism, but Sells Influence First Amara Sankoré