December 2, 2025 – France Headlines

1EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Emmanuel Macron s’est entretenu avec Donald Trump sur le plan américain, après avoir reçu Volodymyr Zelensky à l’Elysée

Story gist: French President Emmanuel Macron received Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Macron later spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about the American peace plan for Ukraine.
Left
Ukraine : à Paris, Zelensky cherche une extension de garanties
— Libération
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Center
Guerre en Ukraine: Emmanuel Macron estime qu’un plan de paix ne peut être “finalisé” qu’avec l’Ukraine et les Européens “autour de la table”
— BFM
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Right
No major right-leaning outlet from our monitored sources covered this story
Bias summary: Left-leaning Libération frames Zelensky as actively seeking extended guarantees in Paris, emphasizing Ukrainian agency. Center BFM highlights Macron’s insistence that any peace plan requires Ukraine and Europeans at the table. Right-leaning coverage absent, leaving conservative viewpoints—potentially skeptical of European mediation or supportive of U.S. plans—unrepresented.

2Budget : le rôle décisif des écologistes, laissés-pour-compte des négociations

Story gist: French socialists negotiate toward an agreement on the social security budget. Ecologists hold a decisive role but were excluded from the talks, as covered around December 1, 2025.
Left
Budget de la sécurité sociale : les socialistes tâtonnent sur la voie d’un accord
— Libération
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Center
L’intégrale du 1er décembre 2025
— Public Sénat
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Right
Budget : le rôle décisif des écologistes, laissés-pour-compte des négociations
— Le Figaro
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Bias summary: Left-leaning Libération frames socialists as cautiously advancing toward agreement, emphasizing their leadership with tentative tone. Right-leaning Le Figaro stresses ecologists’ crucial yet overlooked role, implying exclusion and potential disruption. Center Public Sénat offers neutral full broadcast without emphasis or omissions, providing comprehensive factual coverage absent partisan slant.

3Grève du 2 décembre à Lyon : des perturbations sur les TCL et la SNCF ? À quoi s’attendre

Story gist: Unions including SNES-FSU call for a strike on December 2 in Lyon over budget and salary demands. Disruptions are expected on local TCL transport and SNCF rail services.
Left
Le 2 décembre, pour un autre budget et pour nos salaires !
— SNES-FSU
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Center
Grève du 2 décembre à Lyon : des perturbations sur les TCL et la SNCF ? À quoi s’attendre
— Actu.fr
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Right
No major right-leaning outlet from our monitored sources covered this story
Bias summary: Left-leaning source (SNES-FSU) frames the event as a rallying call for budget changes and higher salaries, emphasizing worker demands positively. Center outlet (Actu.fr) neutrally previews potential TCL and SNCF disruptions, focusing on commuter impacts without endorsement. Right-leaning coverage absent, omitting potential critiques of strike inconveniences or economic costs.

4Gaël Perdriau condamné à quatre ans de prison ferme et démis de son mandat de maire de Saint-Étienne

Story gist: Gaël Perdriau, mayor of Saint-Étienne, France, was sentenced to four years in firm prison and removed from his mayoral position.
Left
Gaël Perdriau condamné à quatre ans de prison ferme et démis de son mandat de maire de Saint-Étienne
— Mediapart
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Center
Gilles Artigues s’exprime après la condamnation du maire de Saint-Etienne
— 20 Minutes
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Right
No major right-leaning outlet from our monitored sources covered this story
Bias summary: Left-leaning Mediapart frames the story with a direct headline on Perdriau’s four-year prison sentence and dismissal, emphasizing accountability. Center outlet 20 Minutes shifts focus to Gilles Artigues’ post-conviction statement, highlighting reaction over punishment details. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting the scandal involving a center-right politician and potentially downplaying it.