Daily brief
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a 'European approach' to reopen dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that a strategy of 'bending to the United States' does not work. He urged the EU to use a 'Greenland moment' to push for reforms and stated a 'well-organized' dialogue with Putin is needed. A Russian senator claimed Macron's statements were aimed at provoking US 'jealousy'.
Lawyer Arno Klarsfeld, son of Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, is under investigation by the Paris prosecutor's office following his public calls for police 'roundups' of foreigners in France.
France has sunk to a new low in an annual global corruption index, with the report stating 'democracy loses out'.
A French diplomat has been named in the Jeffrey Epstein case, prompting Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné to file a complaint.
A 79-year-old former teacher in France, Jacques Leveugle, has been charged with sexually abusing 89 teenagers in cases dating back to the 1960s, with authorities calling for witnesses.