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The association Transparence Citoyenne announced that it has initiated legal action against Yaël Braun-Pivet's refusal to provide the expense reports of members of parliament. It had requested these documents on May 20 for the period from July 2022 to May 2026. Yaël Braun-Pivet had refused on June 11, and then the ethics officer of the National Assembly also rejected the request, according to the association. Transparence Citoyenne indicated that the refusals cited the special regime of parliamentarians, national sovereignty, the oversight exercised by the ethics officer, and the protection of privacy. The association argued that the reports were accounting documents related to public functions and that society had the right to hold public officials accountable. It also referenced a decision by the Council of State in 2023 regarding the release of expense reports related to the mayor of Paris and her office. The association estimated that sensitive elements, such as the identity of a guest, could be redacted on a case-by-case basis. It also argued that no law prohibited the release of these documents and that the 2019 decision by the Council of State cited against its request concerned bank account statements, not expense reports. Transparence Citoyenne acknowledged that the process could be difficult, as administrative justice had long declared itself incompetent regarding the acts of parliamentary assemblies, but stated its intention to demonstrate that the case law had evolved. #Transparence #Justice #Démocratie (translated)

Cerfia, citing French breaches, listed the administrations, state services, and French public operators that may have been targeted by cyberattacks or data leaks over the past year. In the employment and social benefits sector, Cerfia reported data concerning up to 12 million employees in the URSSAF/DPAE system: names, dates of birth, employers, and hire dates. For URSSAF/Pajemploi, the figure was 1.2 million employees, with identities, addresses, social security numbers, and bank names. The census also mentioned 1.6 million young people linked to France Travail and local missions, whose identities, addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers may have been affected. For Pass'Sport and the Ministry of Sports, it mentioned 3.5 million households along with their names, contact details, phone numbers, and addresses. It also reported nearly 1.2 million CAF/CNAF/Vacaf files claimed, without confirmation from CNAF, regarding family information, beneficiaries, and vacation stays. Cerfia also reported that Bloctel/DGCCRF had about 3 million phone numbers extracted, including 600,000 registered on Bloctel. The Agency for Services and Payment and the Coup de pouce énergie scheme may have involved 108,555 beneficiaries, with their identities, addresses, amounts of assistance, and IBANs. A link mentioned in the post referred to a service that may have affected 550,000 accounts, with names, emails, phones, dates of birth, and engagement histories. France Travail may also have been affected by agent data held by an HR service provider, while France VAE may have seen candidate data targeted. In education and training, the census reported 5.8 million DELF-DALF candidates associated with France Éducation International and GAEL, whose identities, nationalities, dates, and places of birth may have been exposed. For the Ministry of National Education, it mentioned up to 4.35 million teachers potentially affected by identity, assignment, grade, and compensation data, as well as one million students from Créteil whose personal and family data may have been exfiltrated. The COMPAS system may have involved 243,000 agents, with their names, personal addresses, and initial assignments. Up to 200,000 candidates for Ev@lang may have been affected by personal data related to language tests. Cerfia also cited ÉduConnect. The post mentioned 705,000 Parcoursup candidates in the academic region of Occitanie, whose identities, contact details, school information, scholarship status, and family data may have been affected. The intrusion was dated to October 2025. For the Ministry of Sports and FORÔMES, it advanced 450,000 candidates and identity, address, phone number, date of birth, and diploma level data. The Compte Asso was also among the mentioned services. Cerfia further reported at least 30 affected sports federations — notably in football, shooting, tennis, gymnastics, swimming, sailing, skiing, and handball — with data from license holders, including minors. At least eight public higher education institutions were cited: Angers, Lille, UMLP, Alfort, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, AgroParisTech, CNAM, and ésam. The post also mentioned the training platform of the Agency for Civic Service and the application platforms of Campus France. Among financial and administrative organizations, Cerfia reported that about 1.2 million bank accounts linked to DGFiP/FICOBA may have been affected, with identities, addresses, RIBs, and IBANs. Up to 433,485 individuals may have been impacted through the DGFiP property register, with addresses and characteristics of real estate. More than 350,000 individuals may have been affected by tax data — reference tax income, family quotients, and withholding rates — and the portal for vacant inheritances was also listed. For DGAFP/Choosing Public Service, the figure mentioned was 377,418 candidates, with their identities, contact details, diplomas, and professional backgrounds. The post also cited the Ministry of the Interior and the TAJ, FPR, SIA, and SIV files. The census mentioned 774,000 people linked to Cnous/CROUS, with identities, emails, and appointments. It also reported 329,000 extracted documents concerning 139,000 individuals, including identity and income verification documents. ANFR/Radiomaritime may have concerned 330,000 users and their identities, addresses, emails, phones, and dates of birth. For INSEE, Cerfia reported 12,800 agents and former agents, with identities and professional contact details. The Institute for Research and Development may have involved about 7,500 individuals, with identity, address, and professional data along with, for some, social security numbers; exfiltration was not confirmed. The post also cited CNRS and personnel data. Cerfia indicated that Public Health France and a service provider may have been involved for about 80,000 contacts: names, emails, addresses, and professional phones, without any reported medical data. For Tracfin and a support provider, it mentioned 136 professionals, their identities and contact details, as well as 213 assistance requests; according to ANSSI, no suspicion declarations were reported. ANSSI and its innovation laboratory were also listed, with 118 Metabase accounts potentially affected by a compromise. The post further cited 70,000 files and 160,000 administrative documents that may have been exfiltrated from DINUM/HubEE, some containing personal data, as well as the State Cloud. More than 30,000 individuals may have been affected by directory, identity, and professional contact data related to AEFE/Orion. At the Ministry of Ecological Transition, 22,000 agents and accredited organizations may have been involved with access to personal data, and over 300 email accounts may have been compromised. Cerfia also mentioned messaging services and a server from the General Directorate of Customs and Indirect Rights, as well as Tchap, the secure messaging service of the State. Finally, the census reported 14 SDIS targeted, with personal and professional data, internal documents, and medical data. At least five hospital establishments may have been affected: AP-HP, Hospices Civils de Lyon, as well as the establishments in Perpignan, Chaumont, and Haute-Comté. The list also included the French Office for Biodiversity and hunting permits, the National Library of France, and the Center for National Monuments through a ticketing service provider, regional health agencies and vaccination data, as well as the French Office for Immigration and Integration and an IT service provider. #Cyberattaques #ProtectionDesDonnées #SécuritéInformatique (translated)

Impact reported that Yaël Braun-Pivet did not wish to reduce the remuneration of MPs, while the government asked the French to tighten their belts. The account noted that the President of the National Assembly had defended maintaining their salary by presenting them as ordinary French citizens. Impact estimated the remuneration of an MP to be around 7,637 euros gross per month, to which around 11,000 euros monthly would be added to pay up to five collaborators and approximately 7,200 euros for advance mandate expenses. The account also mentioned the covering of certain travel expenses — trains, flights between Paris and the constituency, taxis or ride-hailing services and Pass Navigo —, rooms at the Assembly, capped reimbursement for hotels, childcare assistance under certain conditions, as well as specific social protection and retirement benefits. For Yaël Braun-Pivet, Impact estimated her personal remuneration at around 15,336 euros gross per month, including the President's allowance. The account added that she had an official residence at the Hôtel de Lassay, approximately 11,463 euros monthly for her collaborators, and around 7,238 euros for operational expenses, including professional taxis and ride-hailing services. It also mentioned the covering of her travel expenses and her Pass Navigo according to the Assembly's rules, as well as her social protection and parliamentary retirement. Impact cited LCI, the National Assembly, and Brut as sources. #Politique #France #Economie (translated)

Charles Alloncle stated that his book, *I Swear to Tell the Whole Truth*, published a week earlier, was number 2 in sales and had already been read by thousands of people. He claimed that France Télévisions and Radio France had refused, despite several requests, to give him airtime to discuss it. He attributed this refusal to a "boycott" and accused the two groups of wanting to hide the use of public money. He notably mentioned karaoke events costing 250 million euros, severance payments exceeding 500,000 euros, billions of euros in contracts made outside public procurement rules, as well as conflicts of interest and nights in luxury hotels at 1,700 euros. Alloncle also accused the media of spreading misleading information and discrediting him, and denounced pressures aimed, according to him, at silencing him, including withheld documents, judicial intimidation, and surveillance in Paris. He wrote that his six-month investigation had uncovered a system serving their interests and that his book described the methods and excesses involved. (translated)

Actu Foot reported, citing Diario AS, that Real Madrid had made an offer to JJ Gabriel and his entourage. The club would have exchanged with Manchester United and said they were ready to negotiate a fee for the 16-year-old player. According to Actu Foot, Real had set a financial limit and was still waiting for the player’s response, while Barça and Bayern were also monitoring the situation. #RealMadrid #JJGabriel #Mercato (translated)

Jon De Lorraine stated that the debate between Louise and Elwan was followed because it revealed, beyond a televised confrontation, a crisis of representation. He presented Louise as a young woman who embraced her ideas and, in his view, met the expectations of millions of French people disappointed by a political class he accused of calculating to preserve its allowances and interests. In contrast, he described Elwan as representative of a self-assured and moralizing television left. He praised her oratorical ease while asserting that she drew inspiration from the style of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. According to him, the left and far-left were thus seeking to extend their ideas to younger and more affluent classes but found themselves struggling as soon as the debate went beyond slogans. De Lorraine interpreted the resonance of the sequence as a sign that some French people were looking for new faces and a break from the traditional political class. He mentioned an economic, security, and migration crisis, but above all, a crisis of representation, and concluded that a part of the country desired a less formatted discourse as well as a right that assumed its ideas more fully. #PolitiqueFrançaise #Changement #EngagementCitoyen (translated)

Fewer than one employer out of 1,000 has increased the mileage allowance for employees using their personal cars to get to work, which reflects the failure of a temporary measure from the government intended to mitigate the effects of rising fuel prices. #IndemnitéKilométrique #Carburants #PouvoirDAchat (translated)

"The pandemic of stress, burnout, and mental discomfort at work that is spreading across Europe costs 100 billion euros per year, not including the real impact on health, career paths, and families. In Belgium, more than 155,000 workers are suffering from burnout or depression according to figures from the INAMI (+32% since 2021), with a 78% increase (compared to 2019) in disability benefit costs, notes Ms. Ceulemans." #BurnOut #SantéAuTravail #MaladieProfessionnelle (translated)

The elected officials on the left, particularly from LFI, are right to be present with the high school students. It's their role! They are not elected to hide in the Assembly or in the Town Halls with their allowances. Where are the other cowards? Why this hypocritical silence? https://t.co/ro8CLzYXvw #Politique #Lycéens #Engagement (translated)

The French government aims to reduce the Social Security deficit by 2027 by planning 2 billion euros in savings on work stoppages, notably through the reform of the taxation of daily allowances and the limitation of their duration. #ArrêtsDeTravail #SécuritéSociale #Impôts (translated)

A study by AG reveals that more than half of workers overestimate their long-term illness benefits, highlighting a persistent uncertainty about the rights to which they are entitled, with 74% fearing financial difficulties in case of need. #indemnité #maladie #travailleurs (translated)