Convera analysts say political and fiscal challenges in France could pressure the euro. ECB president Christine Lagarde's early departure increases policy uncertainty. A broadly weak eurozone backdrop leaves the ECB with little scope to support the currency.

A senior Houthi source said on the 7th that Saudi Arabia and Syria recently agreed a military cooperation arrangement to deploy ground forces to the Saudi–Yemen border and inside Yemen to support the Yemeni government. The source said the deal was reached during a recent visit to Saudi Arabia by Syrian transitional president Ahmad Sharaa, but gave no deployment details and said no Syrian combatants have yet been observed on Yemen’s front lines. Syrian officers have reportedly visited Saudi Arabia to survey potential deployment sites, front-line conditions and logistics routes. Saudi and Syria signed a defence-cooperation agreement in Riyadh on the 4th; Syrian state media on the 7th quoted a Syrian foreign ministry source saying claims Syria would send troops to Yemen lack basis and that current cooperation is limited to training, experience-sharing and military advice focused on capacity building, which could later develop into a joint defence agreement.

菲律宾经济部长：经济主管官员将于下月初开会，重新审视增长假设。