Morning front pages stayed on Emmanuel Macron in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, where he declared the archipelago French after a map circulated by Donald Trump questioned its status. The visit became a joint display with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, received on the islands for an unprecedented meeting, with announcements of closer work on fisheries, security and energy, including liquefied gas, against a backdrop of unexploited offshore oil.
Domestically, attention turned to a night of rioting in Saint-Pierre-des-Corps after a police car collided with a motorcycle during a refusal to comply, leaving vehicles burned and nine police and gendarmes injured, while thousands marched in Paris and Marseille against the police firearms bill.
With diesel at a record 2.41 euros and shortages spreading, Sébastien Lecornu called a Monday fuel-supply meeting. Evening coverage shifted to German regionals, reading AfD first in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Die Linke ahead in Berlin as a defeat for Friedrich Merz.
