Chad Page

Something unusual is happening in Paris. 🇫🇷 Macron has summoned France’s political leaders and presidential candidates to the Élysée tomorrow amid what his office calls a “rapid deterioration of the international situation.” What makes this particularly noteworthy is who will brief them: France’s domestic, foreign and military intelligence services, national security officials — and the country’s energy leadership. The agenda covers the Middle East, Ukraine, energy security and the consequences for France. French reporting says the meeting follows a DGSE intelligence briefing earlier this week. One diplomatic source described the situation simply: “We are entering a different world.” This does not mean Paris expects an imminent war or that every recent incident in Europe is connected. But governments rarely bring political rivals and intelligence chiefs into the same room unless they believe the strategic environment has changed enough that everyone needs to understand the same picture. Worth watching very closely.