20:20⇢Retailleau Sweeps Republican Leadership With Record 74% Mandate
⌨The newspapers report extensively on Bruno Retailleau's decisive election as president of Les Républicains party with 74.31% of votes against Laurent Wauquiez (BFMTV, France TV Info, Le Figaro, Le Parisien, Le Point, Mediapart, L'Obs, Valeurs Actuelles, Les Echos). As current Interior Minister, this victory positions him as the potential right-wing candidate for the 2027 presidential election. Other significant news includes Joe Biden being diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer (Le Figaro), pro-European Nicusor Dan winning Romania's presidential election (Le Monde), and Israel launching a ground operation in Gaza called "Chariots of Gédéon" amid ongoing ceasefire negotiations (Libération).