Armistice Day commemorations with UK's Keir Starmer dominated morning coverage, while debate intensified over proposals to eliminate November 11 as a public holiday. The suggestion, aimed at funding social security, sparked immediate resistance from Michel Barnier and veterans' organizations.
COP29 opened in Baku amid unprecedented French-Azerbaijani tensions, with Macron's absence reflecting diplomatic strain. The UN's announcement that 2024 would exceed 1.5°C warming threshold for the first time shaped afternoon coverage. Trump's climate stance emerged as central concern, though US climate envoy insisted climate action would continue regardless.
Evening coverage focused on mounting social unrest, with coordinated strikes announced by SNCF workers, airline pilots, and farmers for mid-November. Security concerns intensified around Thursday's France-Israel match, following Amsterdam's anti-Jewish violence and Israeli authorities' warning to supporters.