Overview
- President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to inaugurate the new November 13 memorial garden near Paris City Hall and lay wreaths at each attack site.
- Public tributes will include the Eiffel Tower lit in French colors and a minute of silence before the France–Ukraine match at the Parc des Princes.
- The ISIS-coordinated assault on the Bataclan, nearby cafés and the Stade de France killed 130 people and injured hundreds, with survivors describing lasting PTSD and long recoveries.
- Salah Abdeslam, serving life without parole, has offered via his lawyer to contact victims in a purported restorative process, drawing support from some victims’ representatives and warnings from security officials such as DGSI director Céline Berthon.
- Authorities report several terrorist plots foiled in 2025 and have expanded security perimeters around the commemorations.