Deputies repealed the abolition of 4.000 teaching places in 2025 budget; in France there are 22 students per class in primary school compared to OECD average of 19, and 26 compared to 21 at university level

Around 600 people have been arrested in the clashes following the post-match celebrations after Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League win 5-0 against Italian team Inter; Paris was the epicenter of the disorders, with 1/5 of the arrests

Telegram founder Pavel Durov, a French citizen, has reportedly purchased a role in a Hollywood film for his partner Yulia Vavilova for $400.000 during the amfAR charity gala of the Cannes Film Festival, where they made their public debut as a couple

Six departments in France, including Lyon and Cannes, are on red alert as "exceptional rain" causes severe flooding with up to 630 mm of rain in just 48 hours, vehicles have been submerged and swept away, prompting evacuations and road closures

Hungary’s Orbán, Italy’s Meloni, the Kremlin, US President Trump and Elon Musk have all been very critical towards the judges that found Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to an immediate five-year ban from running for public office