L’actualité, les repères et les regards de la rédaction.
Emmanuel 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’.
The 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.
Record-low births, insecure jobs and graduate departures: Istat and OECD figures for 2026 explain why young people’s future is a national issue.
Following 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.
On 13 October, the EU and Albania provisionally closed the industrial chapter. This progress leaves follow-up and the remaining accession steps outstanding.
The European Parliament wants to strengthen the response to interference and protect elections. In its resolution of 15 September, it calls for a mandate and dedicated resources for the future resilience centre.
Does a law achieve its aim once it has been passed? A September 2026 research briefing explains how the European Parliament can hold the executive to account.
Niels Fenger is reappointed to the Court of Justice for 2027–2033. Andria Buhagiar and Ivan Stoynev are appointed to the General Court for terms ending in 2031.
Culture, media, democratic participation: the mandate adopted by the Council on 12 May 2026 sets out a shared programme. It does not, by itself, settle its funding.
The European reform adopted in May is aimed at the procedures that hinder municipal voting by citizens living in another Member State. The right already exists; the challenge is to exercise it.
Meeting in New York on 20 September, the three partners linked peace, finance and food. The communiqué sets out priorities, but does not prove they have been achieved.
