November 2026
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November 2
- France braces for lycée reopening, inter-union strike and budget vote in high-risk social week
The French government enters a week of social tension after three Saturdays of mobilisation against the high cost of living, with lycées reopening, an inter-union strike called and a budget vote due. Le Figaro reports that despite announcements made in response to lycée anger, the government has still not found a way out of the crisis. Mobilisations have been organised from 2 November, including demonstrations, a strike at the start of term and blockades of lycées.
- Les lycéens poursuivent leur mobilisation, mardi 3 novembre, après deux semaines de vacances
DIRECT. Rentrée lycéenne du 2 novembre : blocus, grève, perturbations… suivez une journée sous tension (La Provence).
- US midterms open with Democrats favoured in the House as nine states redraw districts
Americans vote on Tuesday 3 November to renew a third of the Senate and the whole House of Representatives, in one of the most expensive midterm campaigns on record. Donald Trump has thrown his weight into the contest to head off a Democratic wave, and the vote has turned on the president and the cost of living.
- French foreign minister Barrot calls Democratic midterm win "excellent news for American democracy"
Democrats won control of both chambers of the US Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections, with the Republican Party losing its majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called the Democratic victory "excellent news for American democracy."
- Brussels backs Tusk and urges Poland's president to confirm new constitutional court judges
Brussels has expressed support for Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and called on President Karol Nawrocki to validate the appointment of new judges to the Constitutional Court. The dispute over the court's composition has pushed Poland into a political crisis, and the battle over the return of the rule of law has accelerated.