Overview
- The Press Club announced its 23rd annual “Humour et Politique” awards, with senator Claude Malhuret taking the Grand Prix for lines that skewered the far left and joked that the budget was harder to assemble than an Ikea cabinet.
- Jordan Bardella received the revelation prize for a viral jab at Bruno Retailleau and Les Républicains, and Rachida Dati earned the Arc de Triomphe award for an equestrian metaphor used in a parity debate.
- Other honorees included Sébastien Delogu (best hope), Sarah Knafo (accounting quip), Élisabeth Borne (lucidity), Geneviève Darrieussecq (self‑derision and readers’ choice), Jean‑Louis Bourlanges (good comrade) and Bernard Briand (comeback).
- Le Journal du Dimanche reports that LFI deputy Raphaël Arnault’s four‑month suspended sentence for group violence is now definitive after he withdrew his appeal in April, confirming a 2022 conviction tied to a 2021 incident in Lyon.
- Local positioning ahead of the March 2026 municipal elections continues, with Laure Lavalette quietly finalizing a Toulon list without a formal declaration and former rugby star Serge Blanco already announcing a bid in Biarritz.