France

Story gist: The French National Assembly approved the suspension of the pension reform during discussions on the 2026 budget. This decision includes adopting a taxation on savings to finance the measure within the social security budget.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like Le Monde frame the story neutrally as a direct approval of the pension reform suspension, emphasizing legislative progress. Center outlets such as L’Argus de l’assurance highlight the financing details, focusing on taxation on savings for social security. Right-leaning coverage is absent, indicating a potential lack of emphasis on this progressive policy shift from conservative perspectives.

Story gist: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune granted a pardon to writer Boualem Sansal. The action followed a request from Germany to Algeria.

Bias summary: Left-leaning L’Humanité frames the pardon as a ‘humanitarian gesture’ obtained by Germany, emphasizing positive international diplomacy and human rights. Center outlet France 24 highlights the event as a ‘disavowal’ of French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau’s method, focusing on diplomatic tensions with France. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting potential defenses of Retailleau’s hardline immigration policies or French sovereignty perspectives.

Story gist: On the 10th anniversary of the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks, a father recounts his recovery after his son was killed at the Bataclan venue. Other reports detail survivors’ experiences at locations including the Stade de France and Passage Saint-Pierre-Amelot.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like Le Monde emphasize victims’ long-term struggles and somber aftermath with titles like ‘Black Friday,’ focusing on personal hardships and societal impacts. Center outlets such as L’Équipe provide narrative accounts from the Stade de France, highlighting hypothetical scenarios and event timelines in a reflective tone. Right-leaning perspectives are absent, leaving out potential emphases on security measures or national resilience.

Story gist: Democrats revealed an email in the Epstein affair suggesting Donald Trump knew about underage girls involved. Trump responded by accusing Democrats of diverting attention from their handling of the government shutdown.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like L’Humanité emphasize the email as proof of Trump’s knowledge, using accusatory tone to highlight his culpability. Center outlets like Le Monde focus on Trump’s defensive reaction and accusations against Democrats, providing balanced context on the shutdown. Right-leaning Le Figaro omits specifics on Trump, framing the story as an enduring U.S. scandal without partisan emphasis, noting the absence of conservative defense.

Story gist: The widow of Fred Dewilde, a delayed victim of the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks, shared his terrifying drawings. Coverage emerged ahead of the attacks’ 10th anniversary, including an interview with Eagles of Death Metal singer Jesse Hughes on the Bataclan events.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provide no coverage, omitting any perspective on victim narratives. Center outlets like Le Parisien emphasize personal victim stories through the widow’s account of Dewilde’s drawings, using a somber, introspective tone focused on long-term trauma. Right-leaning Le Point highlights an exclusive interview with survivor Jesse Hughes, stressing anniversary reflections and direct eyewitness insights with an urgent, commemorative emphasis.