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Visit from Macron to Spain: what benefits would the Friendship Treaty bring to both countries?

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, arrived in Spain on the first State visit of a Galo president to the neighbouring country since 2009. Despite this long parenthesis, both nations have maintained good economic and diplomatic relations, as well as a good tune among their leaders. In the # InvitadDelDiaF24 we spoke to Fernando Vega Lugo, political analyst, lawyer and politologist, about the benefits that each country would get, the search to ratify the Friendship Treaty and European cooperation.

The Pope claims European values in a world with "increasingly barbaric" relations

Lion XIV in Metz defends the EU's international law and Christian roots against "the will to rule," but warns of "the illusion of rearmament."

Live: Pope ends visit to France after call to make concessions to end Russian war in Ukraine

During the fourth and last day of his visit to France, Pope Leo XIV delivered a speech in the city of Metz, where he stated that negotiators seeking to end the war in Europe must be willing to sacrifice some positions to achieve peace, as efforts to end Russia's bloody invasion of Ukraine continue to fail. The Pontiff also criticized the increase in defence spending in the EU, recalled the Christian history of the continent and advocated unity.

The French ultra-right of Le Pen consolidates its electoral advance in the Senate

National reunification achieves its own parliamentary group in the territorial chamber for the first time

The strengths of our past

Spain and France have a splendid monumental heritage that can serve as a lever for more ambitious territorial development policies

François Hollande: "Europe faces an existential crisis"

The former French president seeks to re-run for election when social democratic candidates fall into polls

France: National Group manages to form a group in the Senate for the first time

National group made a historic breakthrough in France by obtaining enough seats to form for the first time a parliamentary group in the Senate. After the senatorial elections of 2026, the party of Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen, together with their allies of the UDR, reached at least 14 senators, exceeding the minimum required to form their own group.

In Lourdes, León XIV listens to the victims of sexual violence in the church

In Lourdes, on the third day of his visit to France, Pope Leo XIV devoted almost two hours on Sunday to a private meeting with seven victims of sexual abuse in the church, who claimed to have felt "truly heard." The Pope also took a firm position on the issue of death, stating that "it is impossible to consider taking away life as normal" and advocating the continued development of palliative care.

France: Le Pen's ultra-right wins ground in the Senate seven months after the presidential

The extreme right-wing National Group (RN) party of Marine Le Pen and its allies got enough seats in the French Senate to form a parliamentary group in the upper chamber for the first time in the party's history. RN won 14 seats out of a total of 348 on Sunday. Half of the Senate is elected by indirect vote every three years and the members of this chamber, dominated by the right, are in office for six years.

The Pope evades self-criticism and congratulates the French Church for its management of cases of pederastia

Leo XIV begins to show that his position on the scandal is to move on and praises the "firmness" of the bishops of the country. The Pontiff then admits in private with the victims that the problem is "systemic"

From Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV qualifies assisted death as "false compassion"

In the face of some 150,000 faithful gathered in Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV called on the Church to recognize and heal the wounds caused by sexual abuse. Later, in the face of sick or disabled people, he rejected assisted death and warned against "false compassion." The Pontiff also met with seven victims of abuses by the French clergy and reaffirmed his commitment to prevent other people from suffering similar damage, according to the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV in France: mass, meeting with migrants and visiting Lourdes

A tide of faithful received Pope Leo XIV on the second day of his visit to France. The Pontiff led a mass in the Plaza de la Concordia and later visited the Maison Bakhita, where he met with migrants from different countries. During its activities, it highlighted the role of women in building a more just and inclusive society. The visit will continue in Lourdes, one of the world's main Catholic pilgrimage destinations. In addition, the Pope plans to meet with victims of abuse by members of the clergy.

Does Leo XIV's message on the defense of life challenge the French government?

A few weeks after having legalized assisted death, Pope Leo XIV arrived in France with a message of defense for life from birth to death. For Jose Casanova, professor of Sociology and Theology at Georgetown University, the statements of the Pontiff were not a way of putting pressure on the French Government, but an expression of its ethical position.

Miles Patten: "Lion XIV's visit to France is more traditional than those made by Francis"

Our guest Miles Patten, a historian of the Catholic Church, explained that papal visits are carefully planned events and the cities chosen to visit have a motive and a purpose. León XIV travels Paris, Lourdes and Metz on his visit to France.

About 700,000 people fill Paris for the most massive mass of León XIV in France

What do leaders of other religions in France think of the deployment of the visit of Lion XIV?

France received Pope Leo XIV with massive events, which have attracted attention in a secular country and with a marked presence of different religions. Our journalist Natalia Ruiz Giraldo told us what the reaction of other religious leaders in Paris has been.

Report from Paris: As the faithful decline, young adult baptisms increase

France lives a surprising wave of baptisms of young people between 17 and 25 years old. Although sociologists cannot explain this trend, Pope Leo XIV claims that it is perhaps "the best sample of God's action," while the role of social networks and the need for youth to find answers is partly attributed. Our journalist Erika Olavarría reports.

Wilmer Esteve Roldan Solano: "León XIV is the son of a country of migrants, as is the United States."

In his visit to France, on several occasions, Pope Leo XIV has given a strong message of support to migrants, contrasting with the ultra-right trend in Europe, which rejects the arrival of immigrants and seeks to tighten border and deportation measures. For our guest Wilmer Esteve Roldán Solano, professor of the Theological Training Center of Javeriana University, the Pontiff follows "a very well-drawn legacy by Pope Francis, who was a migrant pope."

Live: follow the passage of Pope Leo XIV through the Champs Elysées and the Plaza de la Concordia

On the second day of his first visit to France, Leo XIV went to the Catholic Institute of Paris, where he spoke with future and newly baptized, witnesses to the dynamism of the Catholic Church among certain sectors of youth. This afternoon it will hold an outdoor mass in the Plaza de la Concordia and in the Champs-Elysées, where some 600 000 faithful are expected to attend. Follow our live broadcast.

Lion XIV triumphs in Paris with a mass of 800,000 people

The Pope asks in the grotto of the miracles of Lourdes, seven months after the elections, that the Virgin give France "generous" rulers, respectful of human rights, and that they build a society "free from all hatred"