France
Appointments to French interception controller and parliamentary intelligence delegation made official

France
Reform afoot for French parliamentary intelligence committee

When answering questions during a debate on a bill to combat drug trafficking on 20 March, the chairman of the French National Assembly's law committee, Florent Boudié, said he was open to a reform of the Parliamentary Delegation for Intelligence.

The Intelligence Gazette
Belarusian moles exposed, ex-DGSE admin boss moves to Lyon, NSC dishes out contracts, special funds-savvy MP

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

Belarus/PolandSpies and informants outed on both sides of regime

FranceEx-DGSE admin director takes on security in Lyon suburbs

United StatesNational Security Council still hiring before White House handover

FranceNew special funds oversight commissioner no newbie

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.

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Russia overtakes China in AI disinformation, still no MPs for French intel oversight college, Paris monitors US rear base in Benin, CCP's sights on Japanese archipelago

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United StatesRussian AI-generated election interference outweighs China

FranceSome changes to intelligence techniques oversight college but still no MPs

United States/FranceParis keeps watch after renewed US-French cooperation in West Africa

Japan/ChinaCCP backs its interests in East China Sea as far as Okinawa with research

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From military intelligence to Harvard, DPR waiting rebuild, ambassador wanted, mixed inclusion results

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

United StatesUS and UAE military intelligence reform expert joins Harvard

FranceStill no MPs for parliamentary intelligence delegation

RussiaFrench ambassador yet to be approved

United StatesThe intelligence community's debated inclusion policy

Spotlight | France
Far-right RN's intelligence approach consists of shadowy advisers and a silent former MP

France's far-right Rassemblement National party, which is bent on making Jordan Bardella prime minister, is cautious when it comes to intelligence. While an adviser to the party's leaders is keeping a close eye on the matter, its former member of a parliamentary intelligence delegation has kept a very low profile.