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Actu Foot reported that Joan Laporta believed that Kylian Mbappé's arrival at Real Madrid could harm the team's balance, stating that the collective should take precedence over individual talents and significant signings. In remarks attributed to L'Équipe, he also accused Real of having lost credibility and of trying to justify the situation by lying about the Negreira case, after two years without winning anything. Laporta finally stated that his team was winning and could aspire to all titles. #Football #RealMadrid #KylianMbappé (translated)

Laudelino said that he was closely following the situation in France, a country where he worked for a French company, studied the language, and had friends. In his assessment, the French situation resembled that of Brazil: although he considered the people good, he stated that they had lost the means to have their will respected. He wrote that in both countries, the parties, the press, and the state apparatus were leftist and that representative democracy had failed, leaving the interests of the population as a secondary concern. He also mentioned that there were already discussions about restoring the monarchy in France. Regarding French politics, he noted that Marie le Pen, a right-wing candidate, was emerging as the favorite, while the political structure resisted the possibility of losing space or rights. According to Laudelino, the French state consumed 57% of GDP per year, and since Mitterrand, the political proposal had been to continue spending and raising taxes. He stated that France was a Christian country but had become socialist and, for that reason, was bankrupt. As a solution for France and Brazil, he pointed to the past and cited Vendée, Louis IX, and Joan of Arc, in addition to criticizing the French Revolution, Bonapartism, and socialism. In conclusion, he said that the problem of both countries was the "software." #França #Democracia #História (translated)

Meanwhile, Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally and favored candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, has said that France is "trapped in a vice between violence and impotence," referring respectively to the far left and the government. #Francia #proteste #Macron (translated)

Research Elections informed, based on a survey by AtlasIntel in partnership with Bloomberg, that Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) had 51.1% of valid votes in the second round, compared to 48.9% for Lula (PT). According to the publication, Flávio's lead had dropped from 5.6 to 2.2 percentage points compared to the previous survey, following a decline of 1.7 points for the senator and a similar gain for the president. The publication stated that the numbers indicated a more balanced competition, but did not represent, in isolation, a definitive change in the electoral trend. The survey interviewed 5,026 people nationwide, between October 13 and 18. The previous survey was conducted from October 3 to 8. The margin of error was ±1 percentage point, and the confidence level was 95%. The registration with the TSE was BR-03663/2026. The publication cited JOTA as the source. #Eleições2023 #FlávioBolsonaro #Lula (translated)

Mounir Laggoune wrote that he spent a month in the United States working on Finary's artificial intelligence. He believed that, despite its flaws, the country was driven by a strong energy of construction, whereas in France, in his view, the cities were ravaged. He attributed this situation to fifty years of disastrous political decisions, made by both the left and the right, and deemed it unlikely that officials who had been in power for years could change everything. He identified as a fundamental cause a state that, in his opinion, taxed and managed everything, while living on credit since 1974. He argued that the French debt reached 3.6 trillion euros, or 119% of GDP and a record. He also compared the 21 million private sector employees to the 6 million public agents, 3.3 million unemployed, and 17 million retirees. Without change, he warned, dark days awaited the country. However, Laggoune said he remained hopeful, mentioning the know-how, culture, and history of France as well as the interest the world would have in it. He called on the silent majority that works quietly and finances what he referred to as a "circus" to make their voices heard. He announced that the Finary channel would analyze the economic programs of the parties, backed by figures, and said he wanted to give a major oral exam in economics to each candidate. He added that he doubted they would accept. #France #Économie #Politique (translated)

Montse Lluis, a key negotiator for Vox in agreements with the PP, will be number two on the party's list for Madrid for the elections on November 29, alongside Santiago Abascal and other candidates, marking a significant change in the party for this election. #Vox #SantiagoAbascal #elecciones2026 (translated)

In an intense electoral debate, the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, accused his rival, Flávio Bolsonaro, of having links to corruption and challenged him to open his bank accounts so that Brazilians can know the truth about both candidates. #EleccionesBrasil #Lula #Bolsonaro (translated)

Santiago Abascal has chosen Montserrat Lluis, a negotiator of autonomous agreements with the PP, as his number two for Madrid for the general elections on November 29, accompanied by Juan Sergio Redondo and Pepa Millán in the following positions. #Vox #Candidaturas #Política (translated)

Santiago Abascal presents his list of candidates for the elections on November 29 in Madrid, highlighting Montse Lluis as a key negotiator with the PP and Juan Sergio Redondo, leader of Vox in Ceuta, to address the migration crisis. #Vox #SantiagoAbascal #ComunidadDeMadrid (translated)

AlertesInfos reported that François-Xavier Bellamy, the number two of the Republicans, wondered why Philippe Poutou was not in prison. According to the account, Bellamy had accused the former NPA candidate and his camp of inciting violence and chaos, remarks attributed to BFMTV. https://t.co/gJ2AwOR6Rd #France #Politique #Violence (translated)

Donald Trump has expressed his total support for Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli electoral campaign, becoming the first American president to officially endorse a candidate in elections in Israel, which has generated diverse reactions, including a call for neutrality from the Israeli opposition. #Israel #Netanyahu #Trump (translated)

Karina Michelin wrote that on the same day the Federal Police's request to investigate Flávio Bolsonaro was made public, which was sent to Minister Alexandre de Moraes, Lula threatened his opponent during the Band debate on October 18, with statements about possible judicial consequences. According to her, the PF's representation, forwarded to the Supreme Federal Court, dealt with suspicions of money laundering and connections with those investigated in the INSS scandal. The request was randomly assigned to Moraes, who was to decide on opening the inquiry. Michelin also reported that Roberta Luchsinger, who is being investigated in the INSS case, told CNN Brazil that she intended to negotiate a plea deal involving Lulinha. Luchsinger accused Lula of using state apparatus against her and stated that she would hold the president responsible if anything happened to her or her two daughters. Regarding the Banco Master case, involving Daniel Vorcaro, Michelin mentioned his allegations that attempts at plea collaboration had been blocked when references to Lula came up. The author claimed that the disclosure of a possible investigation against a presidential candidate on the eve of the second round, combined with Lula's statements in the debate, raised concerns about prosecutorial judicial decisions in the final stretch of the dispute. She advocated for vigilance and transparency and said it was unacceptable for Republic institutions to be instrumentalized to pursue opponents, interfere with the popular will, or remove an opposition candidate from the race through judicial means on the eve of the election. #PolíticaBrasil #Justiça #Eleições2023 (translated)

Corruption is a top concern for many Brazilian voters ahead of the weekend runoff vote but experts say its greatest impact may not be on which candidates voters choose, but on whether they decide to sit out of the election altogether. #BrazilElection2026 #LulaVsBolsonaro #CorruptionInPolitics

Polls Elections released a national survey from PoderData/AYA for the second round of the presidential race, considering valid votes. According to the publication, Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) had 52%, compared to 48% for Lula (PT). In comparison to the previous survey, Bolsonaro had risen by two percentage points and Lula had dropped by two, a four-point change in the difference between the candidates. The publication emphasized that the survey reflected the moment and did not predict the electoral outcome. According to the technical sheet released, the survey was conducted from October 16 to 18, 2026, with 3,000 interviews nationwide. The margin of error was 1.8 percentage points, and the confidence level was 95%. The registration with the TSE was BR-02586/2026. #Eleições2026 #PoderData #PolíticaBrasileira (translated)

We must show that the rule of law is not weakness, that the Republic is not impotence. The presidential candidate Raphaël Glucksmann called this Monday, October 19, for an "extremely firm" response from the authorities in the face of violence, otherwise "the beneficiary of chaos will be Marine Le Pen," to whom Jean-Luc Mélenchon "will have served as a stepping stone," he accused. #Elections2027 #RaphaëlGlucksmann #Violences (translated)

Xavier García Albiol, candidate of the PP in Barcelona, proposes to toughen penalties against squatters, suggesting that Spaniards should be imprisoned and foreigners expelled, while he seeks to rally votes to implement legislative reforms to address this problem in Catalonia. #Ocupación #Alquiler #LeyAntiOkupas (translated)