FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 361*A FORMER PRESIDENT'S TREK TO PRISON*THE 100 MILLION DOLLAR LOUVRE ROBBERY*LESS MIGRANT ENFORCEMENT IN ENGLISH CHANNEL*MORE WEAPONS, PROMISES FOR UKRAINE*PROTEST TODAY*'SERIOUS BUDGETARY PROBLEM'*

 

              (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)

FORMER PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY'S JOURNEY TO SANTE PRISON IN PARIS ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 21, 2025

A media spectacle unfolded in Paris on Tuesday when former President Nicolas Sarkozy left his home for prison.

This followed his latest corruption conviction one for involvement in a criminal organization.

The charges revolved around Libyan President Moammar Qadaffi's financial support for Sarkozy's 2007 campaign for President.

"Recalcitrant Sarkozy started imprisonment :'I am innocent'"-NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

Ironically the French military during Sarkozy's presidency played a role in the overthrow and killing of Qadaffi in 2011.

This figured in the threatening taunts or prisoners inside the Sante Prison after Mr. Sarkozy arrived there...

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"Three inmates in France arrested for death threats to Nicolas Sarkozy in La Sante Prison"-UNN Ukraine

After Sarkozy arrived at the prison it was learned that two armed police officers are guarding him at all times during his incarceration.

LAST SUNDAY IN BROAD DAYLIGHT THE ROBBERY OF 'PRICELESS' JEWELRY FROM THE LOUVRE IN PARIS.

THE VALUE OF THE STOLEN ITEMS ESTIMATED AT 100 MILLION US DOLLARS...

"Louvre Robbery: How Thieves Carried Out An Audacious Heist Of "Priceless" Napoleonic Jewels"-TIME MAGAZINE

YESTERDAY JEWELRY FROM THE LOUVRE THAT WASN'T STOLEN IN THE ROBBERY TRANSFERRED TO THE VAULT OF THE BANQUE DE FRANCE.

IT WILL BE KEPT THERE UNTIL SECURITY AT THE LOUVRE IS IMPROVED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

BBC News reported this week that French authorities were backing away from stricter enforcement of migrant crossings on the English Channel.

The former Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau credited with that more aggressive approach seen during the last year.

The more moderate Laurent Nunez is now France's Interior Minister in the second government of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.

FRENCH SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE REAFFIRMED FRIDAY AT A MASS VIDEO MEETING OF EUROPEAN LEADERS WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY AS HE VISITED LONDON.

PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON PLEDGING MORE MIRAGE 2000 WARPLANES AND ASTRAL DEFENSE MISSILES FOR UKRAINE.

MACRON ALSO AFFIRMING THE NOTION OF FRENCH TROOPS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE ONCE A 'CEASEFIRE' IS ACHIEVED.

GENERAL PIERRE SCHILL, THE COMMANDER OF FRENCH GROUND FORCES, SAYING FRANCE WILL BE READY TO DEPLOY GROUND FORCES TO UKRAINE IN 2026 'IF NEEDED' IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER NATIONS.

SCHILL SPEAKING OF NEXT YEAR SAYING IT 'WILL BE A YEAR OF COALITIONS'...TASS RUSSIA NEWS STORY...

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP APPEARING TO BE ON THE BANDWAGON OF GETTING TO A CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE WITH THE NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA'S OIL EXPORTS THIS WEEK.  

TRUMP SAYING HE IS SEEKING TO END HOSTILITIES BY PUTTING PRESSURE ON RUSSIA.

"France to deliver Aster missiles, Mirage Jets to Ukraine"-Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)

This afternoon in Paris the "Historic Yellow Vests" gathering with interviews and discussion...Historic Yellow Vests Week 361 October 25, 2025

And the weekly Yellow Vests protests of a small group of demonstrators in the streets of Paris this afternoon...

                 "serious budgetary problem"

 FRANCOIS VILLEROY DE GALHAU, THE GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF FRANCE, SPEAKING THOSE WORDS INTEVIEWED BY THE FRENCH CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER 'LA CROIX'.

YESTERDAY RATINGS AGENCIES MAINTAINED THEIR CURRENT RATINGS FOR FRANCE ALONG WITH A 'NEGATIVE' OUTLOOK.

HE SAID THAT FRANCE ISN'T FACING 'BANKRUPTCY' BUT ITS FACING WHAT HE CALLED 'PROGRESSIVE SUFFOCATION'.

HIS MESSAGE IS THAT THE BURDEN OF FRANCE'S RISING NATIONAL DEBT WILL BE FELT IN RISING INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THE DEBT IN THE YEARS TO COME...

"Francois Villeroy de Galhau: "Our country is not threatened with bankruptcy, but progressive suffocation'"-La Croix (Translation Prompt)

                                                 For now that's news from France.