- Sep 24
French lawmakers back comprehensive sexual violence bill in committee stage
A special committee in the French National Assembly approved a sweeping bill against sexist and sexual violence on 23 September, sending the draft text to a plenary debate scheduled for 1 October.
- Jul 10
Socialist Party picks closed primary, burying Faure's left unity project for 2027 presidential race
Socialist Party members voted 55.5% to hold a closed primary in October, rejecting First Secretary Olivier Faure's open-primary proposal and scuttling an embryonic left-wing unity process with the Ecologists.
