PRESS REVIEW – Monday, 6 July 2026: First, the French papers ready themselves for an upcoming verdict in far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's embezzlement case. Next, the New York Times features a long read on the battle for the internet’s soul. Also, Folarin Balogun will play in Team USA’s next game after US President Donald Trump lobbied FIFA to remove the match suspension he received after being shown a red card in the previous game. Finally, the Belgians have become shrimp shelling world champions.
Libération features a photo of far-right National Rally leaders Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella on its front page this morning. Le Pen’s appeal verdict in her embezzlement case should be announced tomorrow. The left-wing paper Mediapart says that the National Rally’s legal troubles are unlikely to end there, as the paper looks at a document from the European Parliament’s anti-fraud unit that has found “irregularities” in several contracts awarded between 2024–2025 by a group chaired by Bardella. Politico reports that Bardella and his group breached spending rules by at least €4.3 million.
