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Events in the year 2026 in France.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 5 January – A court in Paris convicts ten people on charges of cyber-bullying first lady Brigitte Macron by spreading disinformation and "malicious remarks" over her gender, sexuality and personal life.[1]
- 8 January – Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher imprisoned in Russia since 2024 on charges of failing to register as a "foreign agent", is released in a prisoner swap in exchange for Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, who had been detained in France since 2025 on suspicion of involvement in cyberhacking.[2]
- 15 January – President Macron announces the deployment of additional military forces to Greenland after a Defense Council meeting amid threats by the United States to annex the island.[3]
- 18 January – The Piton de la Fournaise volcano in Réunion erupts.[4]
- 23 January – Prime minister Lecornu survives two no-confidence motions filed against him by the LFI and RN over his efforts to pass the government's budget through rarely-invoked provisions of the constitution.[5]
- 25 January – The French Navy intercepts an oil tanker suspected of being part of the Russian shadow fleet and tows it to Marseille for investigation.[6]
- 27 January – Former senator Joël Guerriau is convicted of putting MDMA on a drink of MP Sandrine Josso in an attempt to sexually assault her in 2023 and is sentenced to four years' imprisonment.[7]
February
[edit]- 2 February –
- The Lecornu government passes the annual budget after surviving two no-confidence motions filed by the LFI and RN.[8]
- A French judge issues arrest warrants for two French-Israeli citizens, accusing them of "complicity and incitement to genocide" for blocking humanitarian aid trucks en route to Gaza.[9][10]
- 3 February – A teacher is critically injured in a stabbing by a pupil inside a school in Toulon.[11]
- 6 February – Greenland crisis: France announces that it will open a consulate in Greenland to reinforce support for Denmark against US president Donald Trump's threats to annex the territory.[12]
- 7 February – Former culture minister Jack Lang resigns from the Institut du monde arabe after his name appears 670 times in the Epstein files.[13]
- 8 February – Six people are arrested on suspicion of involvement in the abduction of a magistrate and her mother in Bourg-les-Valence, Drôme as part of a cryptocurrency ransom scheme.[14]
- 10 February – Nine people are arrested as part of an investigation into the fraudulent reusage of admission tickets into the Louvre that resulted in at least 10 million euros ($11.8 million) in losses to the museum over the previous 10 years.[15]
- 12 February – Far right activist Quentin Deranque is killed after being attacked during clashes between far left and far right activists in Lyon.[16][17]
- 13 February –
- Two people are reported killed due to Storm Nils in Landes and Tarn-et-Garonne.[18]
- A knife-wielding assailant is shot dead by police after attempting to attack gendarmes near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.[19]
Predicted and scheduled events
[edit]- By March – 2026 French municipal elections[20][21]
- 12 August – A total solar eclipse is predicted to occur at the Moon's descending node of the orbit in North America and Europe. The total eclipse will pass over the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, northern Spain and Biarritz, France.[22][23]
- September – 2026 French Senate election[24]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[25]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 3 April – Good Friday†
- 5 April – Easter
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 8 May – Victory Day
- 14 May – Ascension Day
- 24 May – Whit Sunday
- 25 May – Whit Monday
- 14 July – Bastille Day
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 11 November – Armistice Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day†
†Good Friday and St Stephen's Day are observed in Alsace and Moselle only
Deaths
[edit]- 4 January – Calbo, 52, rapper (Ärsenik).[26]
- 6 January – Odette Bergoffen, 101, resistance fighter.[27]
- 8 January – Sergio Goizauskas, 69, cartoonist.[28]
- 12 January –
- Rolland Courbis, 72, football player (Monaco) and manager (Bordeaux, Marseille).[29]
- Alain Orsoni, 71, politician, Corsican independence activist and president of AC Ajaccio.[30]
- 17 January – Thierry Cazeneuve, 74, journalist and writer, director of Critérium du Dauphiné (1988–2009).[31]
- 23 January – Maurice Le Coutour, 111, supercentenarian.[32]
See also
[edit]
Country overviews
[edit]- History of France
- History of modern France
- Outline of France
- Government of France
- Politics of France
- Years in France
- Timeline of France history
References
[edit]- ^ "Ten found guilty of cyber-bullying Brigitte Macron". BBC. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ^ "Russia Releases French Researcher in Prisoner Exchange". The Moscow Times. 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Groenland : la France va envoyer d'autres "moyens terrestres, aériens et maritimes"". France 24 (in French). 2026-01-15. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ^ "On Réunion Island, thousands flock to witness the eruption of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano". Le Monde. 20 January 2025.
- ^ "French PM forces budget through parliament after surviving two no-confidence vote". France 24. 2026-01-23. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ^ "France detains captain of suspected Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker seized in Mediterranean". Associated Press. 2026-01-25. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ "Former French senator found guilty of drugging MP". BBC. 2026-01-27. Retrieved 2026-01-28.
- ^ "France adopts 2026 budget after two no-confidence votes fail". Al Jazeera. 2026-02-03. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
- ^ Rozovsky, Liza (2 February 2026). "France Issues Arrest Warrants Against Two Israeli-French Women for Blocking Gaza Aid Trucks". Haaretz. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "Gaza: French judges issue summons for French-Israeli activists over complicity in genocide". Le Monde. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ^ "France teacher fighting for life after knife attack by pupil". BBC. 2026-02-03. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ^ "Greenland: Canada, France open consulates in Nuuk". DW. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
- ^ "France Ex-minister Jack Lang resigns amid Epstein probe". DW. 2026-02-07. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
- ^ "French police arrest six over crypto-linked magistrate kidnapping". France 24. 2026-02-08. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ^ "Police in France detain 9 people in suspected massive Louvre ticket fraud scheme". Associated Press. 2026-02-13. Retrieved 2026-02-13.
- ^ "'Ultra-left' blamed for youth's killing that shocked France". France 24. 2026-02-16. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ "Mort de Quentin : manifestation de soutien d'un groupe identitaire sous tension, un homme qui s'interposait interpellé". France 3 Occitanie (in French). 2026-02-15. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ "Storm aftermath leaves 2 dead in France; flood alerts to remain Saturday". Associated Press. 2026-02-13. Retrieved 2026-02-13.
- ^ "Paris police shoot knife attacker". France 24. 2026-02-14. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
- ^ "Quand auront lieu les élections municipales 2026 ? La réponse du ministère de l'Intérieur". Le Courrier des maires. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Quelles sont les dates des prochaines élections ?". Service-public.fr. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Tara, Serena (2023-11-17). "Forget 2024, It's Time to Start Planning for the 2026 Solar Eclipse". Thrillist. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ "Les évènements de l'année 2026". www.calagenda.fr. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
- ^ "Derrière les élections municipales de mars 2026, l'enjeu des sénatoriales de septembre 2026" (in French). 2025-12-16. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
- ^ "France Public Holidays 2026". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Disparition. Le rappeur Calbo, cofondateur du groupe Ärsenik, est décédé à l'âge de 52 ans". Le Dauphine (in French). 4 January 2026. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ Calcagni, Vincent; Armand, Jeremy; Dupeyrat, Céline (6 January 2026). "Odette Bergoffen, résistante angevine et Juste parmi les Nations, vient de mourir à l'âge de 101 ans". France 3 Pays de la Loire (in French). Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ^ "Serguei, dessinateur au « Monde » depuis quarante-cinq ans, est mort". Le Monde (in French). 2026-01-09. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ^ "French coach and football pundit Rolland Courbis dies at 72". France 24. 2026-01-12. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
- ^ "Ex-Corsican nationalist leader, soccer club president Alain Orsoni shot dead at mother's funeral". SF Gate. 2026-01-12. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
- ^ "Disparition : Thierry Cazeneuve, ancien directeur du Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, est mort". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ^ "Maurice Le Coutour". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
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