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Belgian road vignette in 2027: what is taking shape for cross-border motoristsSales announced for April, requirement expected in May, checks by number plate: the plan is progressing. What to distinguish when preparing your journeys, without mistaking an announcement for a rule already in force.
2026 is not 1789: what the word ‘revolution’ really measuresEmmanuel de Waresquiel compares the October demonstrations with 1789 while rejecting the equivalence. Institutions, sovereignty and presidential precedents provide a way to test the word ‘revolution’.
Marine Le Pen in Orléans: what the rally established for the campaignThe congress on 24 and 25 October established a narrative, an organisation and a timetable. The speech did not, however, resolve either the legal uncertainty or the electoral stages ahead.
1958: what the ‘de Gaulle method’ owes to Parliament, the referendum and the Pinay-Rueff planCharles de Gaulle’s return in 1958 is often summed up as the authority of one man. The chronology, however, shows a more collective method: a parliamentary mandate, popular approval and economic expertise.
Algeria–Niger: what the vote on sending troops authorisesFollowing the parliamentary vote on 25 October, Algiers is planning a deployment to Madama. The timetable and troop numbers remain unknown in information available on 26 October.
Changing the clocks: from France’s 1976 decision to Europe’s deadlockFrance reinstated the clock change fifty years ago to reduce artificial lighting. Its abolition now depends on a European agreement that has yet to be reached, while a new study examines the possible consequences.
CAP after 2027: European agricultural negotiations take place in LuxembourgMeeting in Luxembourg on 26 and 27 October 2026, EU ministers are negotiating a partial position on the future CAP. Aid for farmers, the 2028-2034 budget, small farms: what is proposed and what remains to be decided.
Albania: an industrial step towards the EUOn 13 October, the EU and Albania provisionally closed the industrial chapter. This progress leaves follow-up and the remaining accession steps outstanding.
Budget 2027: why are there several deficits?The figures in Luxembourg’s draft budget vary according to the scope and accounting method used. Four documents help explain what is being compared.