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Our briefing this week, a team effort by many colleagues, looks at the Russian threat to Europe, in terms of intent & capacity. How long would it take Russia to prepare for a war—and how much does that depend on the sort of war it might want to wage? economist.com/briefing/2025/…

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“After a one-hour meeting with Macron in Paris, both Graham, of South Carolina, and Blumenthal, of Connecticut, said they left convinced Europe was ready to toughen its stance.” washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/…

Bombshell boomtowns: Europe’s forgotten cities now facing a boom due to increased defence spending A report from France, Germany and Poland, with Vendeline von Bredow and Maria Wilczek economist.com/europe/2025/06… from The Economist

Why are girls still falling behind in maths? A new French study shows how fast the gender gap emerges (first signs after four months), and at how young an age (first year of primary school) economist.com/graphic-detail… from The Economist

France has repeatedly condemned Iran’s ongoing nuclear program and has taken all appropriate diplomatic measures in response. In this context, France reaffirms Israel’s right to defend itself and ensure its security. To avoid jeopardizing the stability of the entire region,

French President Emmanuel Macron this evening: “Iran…has continued to enrich, and is close to a critical stage…the situation today is very worrying"

I have just spoken with Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian. My first message was to demand the immediate release of our compatriots, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who have been held hostages by the Iranian regime in unacceptable conditions for over three years.

Onlookers in Greenland today welcoming Macron to Nuuk airport, with a message

Macron’s trip to Greenland yesterday wasn’t only a defiant message to Trump. It was also a message to Europeans, about strategic autonomy economist.com/europe/2025/06… from The Economist

The only accessory motorists in France really need 🥖⬇️ The remodelled electric Renault 5 classic. So stylish a French luxury group poached the car firm’s boss economist.com/europe/2025/06… from The Economist

The Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called me. I reiterated my firm demand: Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris must be released. Their inhumane detention is unjust. I expect them to return to France. I also expressed my deep concern about Iran’s nuclear program.

La France a pris connaissance avec préoccupation des frappes menées cette nuit par les Etats-Unis d’Amérique contre trois sites du programme nucléaire iranien. Elle n’a participé ni à ces frappes ni à leur planification. Elle exhorte les parties à la retenue pour éviter toute

Macron’s opening comments at this evening’s emergency National Defence and Security meeting at the Elysée in Paris: “No purely military response can have the desired effects” Diplomatic talks are needed to ensure Iran does not acquire nuclear weapons and to avoid escalation

Impressive to hear 🇫🇷 presidential hopeful Gabriel Attal hold his own in English in conversation with ALASTAIR CAMPBELL and Rory Stewart. “My dream is that my generation will be the one that sees the U.K. rejoining the EU” says Attal. “I think it’s possible”

Macron: there was a “legitimacy” to US air strikes on Iran but “no legality”