Overview
- The leaders announced a French–Palestinian working group in Paris to advance state-building and constitutional drafting.
- Abbas handed Macron an initial constitution draft during their Élysée meeting.
- The committee will address legal, institutional, and organizational frameworks for a prospective state.
- Abbas pledged governance reforms, with presidential and parliamentary elections slated for one year after the Gaza ceasefire moves to its second phase, which envisions Hamas disarmament.
- Macron called free, transparent elections in the territories and East Jerusalem the top priority, as France, which recognized Palestinian statehood in September, now refers to Abbas as President of the State of Palestine.