Overview
- President Emmanuel Macron visited the Stade de France, cafe terraces and the Bataclan before a central tribute, with a protocol placing victims’ families closest to each memorial.
- Paris inaugurated the Jardin du 13‑Novembre bearing 132 names, alongside tributes that included tricolor lights on the Eiffel Tower and church bells ringing across the city.
- Anti-terror prosecutors this week charged Maëva B, the former partner of Salah Abdeslam, and two others over an alleged plan to carry out an attack in France, with accusations she smuggled extremist propaganda to him in prison.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the terror risk remains very high, reported six plots thwarted in 2025, and ordered reinforced security for the commemorations and the France–Ukraine match at the Parc des Princes.
- Victims’ associations described renewed trauma around the anniversary, while support groups urged recognition and compensation for emergency workers as France advances plans for a Terrorism Memorial Museum slated for 2029.