France
French Senate amends foreign interference bill with help from intelligence services

France
France's foreign interference register set for July

The authority tasked with preventing conflicts of interest among French officials will be in charge of the register, equivalent to the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

France
French Gendarmerie makes inroads in criminal intelligence

The head of France's Gendarmerie Nationale has just named a general to pilot the fledgling Unité Nationale de la Police Judiciaire, poised to consolidate investigative capabilities against organised crime.

France
French anti-corruption agency restructures amid doubts over its future

In a radical shake-up of the way it operates, France's anti-graft body is splitting its private and public sector work into two separate arms. The agency's public sector missions were once coveted by the country's transparency authority.

France
Appointments due for France's parliamentary interception controller and intelligence delegation

Nearly five months after the dissolution of France's National Assembly, the appointments of MPs to sit on the National Commission for the Monitoring of Intelligence Techniques and the Parliamentary Intelligence Delegation are due to be made official in the coming days.

France
French intelligence services' special funds will fall in 2025... unless needs must

The just-announced French budget is planning to reduce the allocation of special funds for intelligence by €4m, yet this is only a theoretical cut, since the government has a regular habit of then making additional payments each year.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Bearstone in France, French economic intelligence union Synfie, private diplomacy for Astana

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

Paris/WarsawAngéline Steinbach's return anchors Bearstone in France

ParisPush to incorporate economic intelligence into legislation

WashingtonRare earths part of Astana's lobbying angle?

The Intelligence Gazette
French military still trackable, Vietnam's new political chair, DGSE checks TV scripts, DGA ups future proofing

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

France Prototype in works to reduce military's digital footprint

Vietnam People's Army opts for continuity with new political chair

France DGSE gets to read The Bureau scripts in advance

France Military procurement agency to look further at unknown future threats

France
French MPs and Senators come to agreement on foreign malign influence law

MPs and senators in France reached an agreement yesterday on the future legislation on foreign interference that from July 2025 will see a register drawn up of representatives of foreign states.