Football – A very early start (or a very late night) for France-based fans of the England football team. Thomas Tuchel’s side take on Mexico at Estadio Azteca in the World Cup round-of-16 match at 2am. In France, the match is available to view only on pay-TV channel beIN Sports 1. Tour de France – After two stages in Spain, the peloton crosses the border into France on Monday, with a finish in the Pyrénées-Orientales’ town of Les Angles. READ ALSO MAP: All the stages
of the 2026 Tour de France Heatwave – France is due to sizzle under its third heatwave of an extraordinarily hot summer from Monday. READ ALSO How bad will France’s July heatwave be? Fashion – Autumn / Winter collections hit the high summer catwalks of Paris Fashion Week, which runs through to July 9th. Politics – MPs in France are set to vote on a motion of no confidence over its handling of June’s heatwave tabled by Ecologist MPs. The far-right Rassemblement National has already
said it would not support the vote, meaning it is likely to fail. World Cup – USA face Belgium in the Fifa World Cup round-of-16 at Seattle Stadium. The match kicks off at 2am in France and is available to view only on pay-TV channel beIN Sports 1. Schools – The results of this year’s baccalaureate exams are due to be published. Specific publication times for individual academies are available here. Courts – Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right Rassemblement National, will find out
whether her appeal against her 2025 conviction for embezzlement has been successful, and therefore whether she can be a candidate in next year’s presidential elections. READ ALSO Explained: Would Le Pen legal loss make a far-right victory in France less likely? Trial – La France Insoumise’s Rima Hassan, a French-Palestinian member of the European Parliament, goes on trial accused of allegedly ‘promoting terrorism’ in a social media post. Cars – From July 7th, all new car models registered as they leave the factory will have
to be equipped with mandatory safety features, such as emergency braking systems, and driver distraction alerts. They must also be equipped with a socket capable of taking an alcohol ignition interlock device. Public transport – People using the Montmartre funicular in Paris will be able to ‘tap in’ to the network using their bank cards, rather than having to buy a ticket or pass, as the roll-out of the long-awaited payment scheme continues. READ ALSO Paris Metro to allow passengers to use bank cards at
entry gates from July Exam nerves – The results of this year’s brevet exams, taken by more than 850,000 pupils aged 15 or 16 in June, are due to be published between Wednesday, July 8th, and Friday, July 10th. The schedule of academy announcement dates is available here. Corsica – The government-mandated four-week summer sales period on the island of Corsica starts on July 8th to August 4th. Sport – The Fifa World Cup quarter-final in which France may be involved if they beat Paraguay
in Saturday’s round-of-16 match. They are due to face either Canada or Morocco in Foxborough, at 10pm. The match will be broadcast on M6 and beIN Sports 1. Traffic jams – France’s roads watchdog Bison Futé forecasts predict two days of very heavy traffic on France’s key arterial routes as more holidaymakers set off on their summer getaways. A red travel warning has been issued nationwide for Friday, except for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, which is upgraded to black – the highest level. On Saturday, black
travel warnings are extended to a swathe of the country from the northwest to the southeast. Soccer – Portugal/Spain v USA/Belgium in the Fifa World Cup in the second quarter-final. The match kicks off at 9pm and will be broadcast in France on M6 and beIN Sports 1. Rugby – A week after facing New Zealand, France’s senior men’s side take on Australia in Brisbane in the second round of the inaugural Nations Championship. The match kicks off ar 9.40am and will be broadcast on
TF1. World Cup – Brazil/Norway v Mexico/England in Miami in the third quarter-final. The match kicks off at 11pm, and is broadcast in France on M6 / beIN Sports 1. Sport – The fourth World Cup quarter final – at the time of writing seven teams were still chasing the two open slots – kicks off at 3am in France, and will be broadcast on beIN Sports 1. Dreyfus – The inaugural national day of commemoration for the rehabilitation of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer
wrongly accused of treason and imprisoned for more than four years at the end of the 19th century on Devil’s Island. READ ALSO OPINION: 130 years on, the Dreyfus affair still matters to France and the world
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