Daily brief
France has declined an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to join a Gaza peace initiative he proposed, with a source close to President Emmanuel Macron confirming the decision. The French government stated it remains committed to the principles of the United Nations charter. Trump had sought to have the framework for the initiative signed at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The National Rally's Nicolas Bay faced a stormy appeal trial in a legal case.
A French minister used the negotiated version of constitutional article 49.3 to unblock a parliamentary situation.
France welcomed a ceasefire in Syria but affirmed its continued loyalty to the Kurdish forces there.
In the Paris mayoral race, a Les Républicains senator publicly criticized candidate Emmanuel Grégoire.