Overnight editors stayed in New York on Emmanuel Macron's General Assembly address. Israel denounced his remarks on the West Bank as grotesque absurdity, while the domestic left attacked his hypocrisy on Gaza.
Attention then returned to the fuel crisis extended the previous evening to 5.5 million grands rouleurs. A BFMTV poll put 70% judging the measures insufficient, the CGT dismissed the aid as an usine Ă gaz, and road hauliers, driving schools and nurses warned of collapsing cash flow as the government detailed eligibility and payment in October.
In the evening focus shifted to the first televised debate of the left primary with Faure, Glucksmann, Royal, Guedj and Maurel, clashing on fuel taxes, Ukraine, Gaza, wages and alliances with LFI, after courts twice upheld Philippe Brun's exclusion. Parallel coverage prepared Pope Leo XIV's visit, with the interior minister reporting no characterized threat.