Overview
- On Friday President Emmanuel Macron ordered the government to draw up a national plan to protect critical infrastructure, with explicit focus on defending defence‑industry sites from drone attacks and cyber intrusions.
- Macron convened a closed briefing at the Élysée for party leaders and presidential candidates to outline intelligence findings and the steps the state will take to respond to hybrid threats.
- French intelligence has recorded a multiplication of hostile acts on French territory and across Europe, including a drone incident on the Kyiv–Warsaw train, an attempted attack in Leipzig, a rocket launch near a Danish frigate and multiple airspace incursions.
- Paris said it will tighten counter‑interference and cyber defences using bodies such as Viginum and will step up joint exercises and information sharing with partners including the UK, Romania and Moldova.
- Macron proposed a G7 meeting on energy to coordinate reserves and speed work on European gas storage, a move aimed at dampening price shocks and strengthening resilience ahead of France’s 2027 presidential election.