🇫🇷🇩🇪🇺🇸 What does the Bay Area have in common with
#France
and
#Germany
? More than you think.
🗞️ Our joint opinion piece with
@GermanyinSF
’ Oliver Schramm⤵️
🌍 On day 1, President
@JoeBiden
signs executive order to rejoin the
#ParisClimateAgreement
🌱
A brief signature but a historic decision. Welcome back 🇺🇸 !
🎖Today, France honored
@salesforce
chairman & co-CEO Marc
@Benioff
by awarding him the Legion of Honor. The medal was presented by Eric Spitz, High-Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia. Congrats & thank you for your support to French Polynesia during the pandemic!
Le Président de la République est passé dans notre circonscription : entre Tokyo et Papeete, l’avion présidentiel a fait une escale technique à Guam, où
@EmmanuelMacron
a pu être accueilli par notre Consule honoraire Céline San Nicolas.
✈️ Given the sharp increase of vaccination and the plummeting of COVID cases in the US & France, France🇫🇷 will be opening its borders to fully vaccinated US🇺🇸 travelers from June 9th on !
We hope the US will follow the same path and open its borders to vaccinated EU🇪🇺 travelers.
🌁 After 3 years in
#SanFrancisco
, I keep being fascinated by
@KarlTheFog
’s grip on the City by the Bay, in particular in the summer. No air conditioning needed here! 🥶
#Diplo2metier
, je serai, comme de nombreux diplomates français à travers le monde, en grève demain.
Défendre les intérêts de la France et servir les Français de l’étranger ne s’improvise pas.
Il faut sans aucun doute réformer et renforcer notre diplomatie, mais pas l’effacer👇
🇫🇷 President
@EmmanuelMacron
talked 📞 to 🇺🇸 President
@JoeBiden
today. Both presidents noted a broad degree of convergence on multilateral matters 🌍 as well as on crises & international security issues. They agreed to remain in very close contact in the coming weeks 🤝
🚄Thank you for this update on a project which will have a tremendous positive economic & environmental impact for California! France, as a trailblazing nation for high-speed rail, is interested in deepening the dialogue with
@CaHSRA
as the pace of the program is accelerating🇫🇷🇺🇸
Today, CEO Kelly met with
@FranceinSF
Consul General
@Frederic_Jung
to provide an update and discuss California's work to deliver the nation's first high-speed rail system.
Thank you for hosting us and for the wonderful opportunity to share information!
⚖️ Thank you District Attorney
@BrookeJenkinsSF
for an interesting conversation this morning on your priorities to make
#SanFrancisco
safer, for the benefit of local communities as well as the many tourists who visit the city by the Bay🌁
🗳 A l’exception de Hawaï où il reste encore 3h pour voter, le vote est clos pour les bureaux de la côte ouest 🏁 ! Merci aux équipes et volontaires mobilisés aujourd’hui. Rendez-vous pour le second tour le samedi 23 avril 🗓. Le dépouillement débute ✉️
🇺🇸🇫🇷 «American-born, you are entering our Pantheon because, in fact, it is not possible to be more French than you.»
-President
@EmmanuelMacron
as
#JosephineBaker
is inducted into France’s Pantheon🏛.
🇫🇷🇺🇸 In addition to its Embassy, France has 10 Consulates throughout the US (in DC, NYC, Boston, Chicago, SF, LA, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta and Miami). Today, the 10 Consuls General got together around Ambassador Laurent Bili
@FrenchAmbUS
📸
🚄 Meet the new French
#TGVM
high-speed train built by
@Alstom
. On 🇫🇷 tracks in 2024. Fast & clean (740 passengers, 200mph commercial speed, 20% less⚡️, 97% recyclable).
Some high-speed rail corridors are in the works in the US but many more could be explored!🇺🇸
#ClimateAction
🇩🇪🇫🇷 Today, in Paris, in Berlin and also in San Francisco, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the
#ElyseeTreaty
, 60 years of friendship & partnership between France and Germany !
But how close are we really? 🎥👇
#traitedelElysee
#Elyseevertrag
🇫🇷🇺🇸 I am thrilled to introduce our new Deputy-Consul General
@PaulSalvaire
, our new Economic Counselor
#VanessaBonnet
and our new Head of Consular Affairs
#Micha
ëlFenoud ! A great team to strengthen the close ties between France and the Western US !
✈️ Les vols directs
@AirFrance
entre
#Seattle
et
#Paris
ont repris ce lundi, et la cadence actuelle de 3 vols par semaine va être renforcée dans les mois à venir. Bravo à toute l’équipe de l’escale
@AirFranceUS
pour cette reprise.
🇪🇺🇺🇦 We European Union Consuls General in San Francisco & Los Angeles gathered today around
@dkushneruk
, Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco, to express our full support and solidarity to the government and to the people of Ukraine.
I am delighted to welcome Lt-Governor of California
@EleniForCA
aboard the
@energy_observer
today in
@SFport
.
This 🇫🇷 vessel, powered only by clean renewable energies shows that tomorrow’s cutting edge technologies are ready to scale⚡️
«Aujourd’hui dans la Silicon Valley, plus personne n’ignore qu’il existe un mot en français pour dire entrepreneur »!
Ce matin,
@jnbarrot
a échangé avec des entrepreneurs talentueux de la
@FrenchTechSF
, dont beaucoup contribuent à l’emploi en France🇫🇷🌁
🗳 Big day for the French citizens in the US : we vote for the 1st round of the 🇫🇷 Presidential election. 25,000 French citizens are registered to vote in 15 polling stations set up by
@FranceinSF
across the Bay Area, Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City and Honolulu.
🇫🇷 🇺🇸 Congratulations to
@JoeBiden
, and of course to
@KamalaHarris
, Senator of California and former Attorney General of California, born in Oakland !
😢 Le moment est venu de dire au revoir à notre Consul général-adjoint
@OlivierReynes
ainsi qu’à notre cheffe de chancellerie
@ChrisSamson777
, qui ont tant appuyé notre communauté. Je leur souhaite tout le meilleur respectivement à
@francediplo
et à
@ConsulFranceUK
! A bientôt 🫶
🗳 A Hawaï, le vote pour le 2nd tour de l’élection présidentielle a débuté il y a une heure. Toute l’équipe du bureau de vote de Honolulu vous accueille jusqu’à 19h.
#Presidentielles
#jevote
🇫🇷🇺🇸 Celebrating
#BastilleDay
is all about bringing people together. And this is exactly what happened today in San Francisco ! The entire city was here, except
@KarlTheFog
🌁
#14Juillet
🍷🥖💃🎶☀️
Willkommen in San Francisco Isabella Tomás, new Consul of Austria in San Francisco & Open Austria Director !
@FranceinSF
and
@openaustriasf
will continue to enhance their strong partnership 🇦🇹🇪🇺🇫🇷
🎖Congratulations to professor Larry Hyman from
@UCBerkeley
who was awarded the rank of Chevalier in the 'Ordre des Palmes académiques' as a recognition for his contribution to strengthening research cooperation between France and the US as Director of the
@UCBerkeleyFBF
👏
🇫🇷🇺🇸
🇪🇺💻🇺🇸 Great news : the European Union will open a new office in San Francisco/Silicon Valley in September. A first worldwide outside a capital ! Why? To engage with tech companies on digital policies and technology.
@EUintheUS
@franceintheus
@HenriVerdier
Digital issues are the battleground of technology, values and narratives.
We will open a dedicated EU Office in San Francisco to enhance our
#EUdigitaldiplomacy
.
🇺🇸⚓️🇫🇷 Today the French Navy vessel Bougainville had the pleasure and honor to welcome on board California’s Lieutenant-Governor
@EleniForCA
. France, as a nation of the Pacific, is a strong ally and partner of the US in the Indo-Pacific region🌏
🇫🇷🇺🇸 De Seattle à Sacramento, de Honolulu à Anchorage, de Portland à Boise, de Guam à Salt Lake City, de Cheyenne à Billings ou Reno, meilleurs voeux pour l’
#ann
ée2021 à toute la circonscription de la part de l’équipe du consulat général de France à San Francisco! Happy New Year!
📸 Photo de l’équipe de
@FranceinSF
.
Nous sommes tous à nouveau réunis au Consulat général, toujours pleinement mobilisés au service des Français de la circonscription et pour contribuer au rayonnement de notre pays sur la Côte Ouest 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇸
#Europe2022FR
🏳️🌈🇪🇺 I had a boring COVID day but Team
@FranceinSF
enjoyed the
@SFPride
parade, marching with EU Consulates for the rights of all shades of the rainbow 🌈 !
#Pride2022
🇫🇷 France is in the air ! Very impressed by the new
@airfrance
lounge which was inaugurated today at
@flySFO
. Beautiful design and amazing service with French flair 🛫
🤝Thank you
#Nevada
Governor
@JoeLombardoNV
for a frank discussion today on economic, social, security and climate subjects in Nevada and in France, despite the blizzard in Carson City ❄️. French companies are the
#2
foreign job provider in Nevada🇫🇷
🎖Honored to bestow the French Legion of Honor upon 99 year old WWII Nisei Veteran Kimitomo Muromoto. Member of the famous 442ndRCT, he fought for the freedom of France while his family was in captivity in his own country. His bravery is humbling, his story must be remembered🇫🇷🇺🇸
Today, you will most certainly have a wonderful meal. But to make it really special, make sure to pair your dishes with French wine! Pick your favorite⤵️
🦃 Happy
#Thanksgiving
everyone!
Thank you San Francisco District Attorney
@chesaboudin
for a very interesting discussion this morning on current challenges in the city. France and California have a lot to learn from sharing experiences on combating drug trafficking ⚖️
Félicitations à
@ArianeOgier
, notre nouvelle Consule honoraire 🇫🇷 pour l’Etat de Washington. Je lui remets aujourd’hui son brevet officiel à Seattle📜
Congratulations to
@ArianeOgier
, the new 🇫🇷 Honorary Consul in the State of Washington🌲
🗳 A l’exception de Hawaï où il reste encore 3h pour voter, le vote est clos pour les bureaux de la côte ouest⌛️! Merci aux équipes et volontaires mobilisés à nouveau aujourd’hui. Le dépouillement débute ✉️
⚠️ Les résultats seront publiés en ligne dimanche à 11h PST (20h Paris)⏰
🧑🏫 Following a French bilingual curriculum is possible in a public (free!) school. The French-American Charter School of Santa-Rosa is a model of diversity & inclusion. Thank you for your warm welcome today and congratulations to the staff & teachers for the amazing work!
Merci au député des Français d’Amérique du Nord
@RolandLescure
pour sa visite dans la circonscription de
@FranceinSF
, à la rencontre des Français de la Tech, du vin, de la gastronomie, de l’éducation, et bien d’autres qui font briller la France dans la Baie de San Francisco 🇫🇷🌁
#RetourCirco
| Un plaisir de retrouver la communauté française de San Francisco qui est extrêmement dynamique : les entrepreneurs, le personnel enseignant, ou encore l’équipe du Consulat, tous contribuent
au rayonnement de la France aux US !
Next step ▶️ Seattle !
🇫🇷 En cette veille de
#14Juillet
, c’était un plaisir de recevoir tous les volontaires mobilisés pendant les élections 2022 ainsi que les élus et les représentants des associations et des établissements scolaires.
Les festivités de
#BastilleDay
se poursuivent toute cette semaine.
🗳 Le bureau de vote de Honolulu est désormais ouvert également. Français de Hawaï, vous pouvez y voter jusqu’à 19h, heure locale.
#presidentielles2022
#jevote
It was a pleasure to host the first meeting of EU Consuls in San Francisco under the French Presidency of the EU. We discussed the upcoming agenda, aiming to foster European cooperation locally. Stay tuned!
#EU2022FR
🇫🇷🇪🇺
🌎 As the
@energy_observer
is currently in San Francisco, French Minister for Transport
@Djebbari_JB
and Lt-Governor of California
@EleniForCA
discuss common objectives and actions to promote clean maritime, road, rail and air transport.
#ClimateAction
🔬Two leading research institutions,
@institutpasteur
and
@QBI_UCSF
, are launching a partnership to establish in San Francisco a new Center of Excellence for Research on Emerging Diseases. Last night,
@FranceinSF
hosted a panel which presented the project! 🇫🇷🇺🇸
L’annonce de la levée prochaine du
#Travelban
est un soulagement pour les Français & Européens qui vivent aux Etats-Unis sans nationalité US ou carte verte et qui vont enfin pouvoir revoir leurs proches. Cette réouverture mettra fin à une asymétrie qui n’avait aucun fondement.
Meeting today in Washington, DC with US
@WHCOVIDResponse
Coordinator Jeff Zienst to continue fighting the pandemic.
I welcome 🇺🇸 lifting
#TravelBan
for fully-vaccinated 🇪🇺 citizens.
A logical decision given the success of our EU vaccination campaign.
🎥 He had the warmest voice, this incisive gaze, such incomparably empathetic melancholy. Jean-Louis
#Trintignant
, to me the most meaningful actor of all times, just left this world. So many memories. So many masterpieces of cinema.
On 13 November 2015, on this day 5 years ago, terror hit crowded places of leisure and recreation in the heart of Paris. 130 lives were brutally taken. Let us not forget these faces.
🇺🇸🇫🇷 80 years ago, the United States where attacked by surprise in
#PearlHarbor
. France stands by the US to commemorate those who perished on this day. France, as a nation of the Pacific, remains side by side with the US to contribute to peace and security in the region.
🎉 Congratulations to the graduates of
@lelyceeSF
class of 2021🧑🎓 & all the best for your studies in the world’s top universities! Your perfect French/English bilingualism and LFSF’s outstanding curriculum will be fabulous assets to connect & shape the world of tomorrow 🌍🇫🇷🇺🇸
🇫🇷 Nous sommes heureux d'accueillir 8 nouveaux membres au sein de l'équipe du Consulat général de France à San Francisco ! Nous les avons officiellement accueillis ce matin, avec une présentation des différentes activités et priorités du consulat. Bienvenue à San Francisco !
🇫🇷🤝🇩🇪 On the occasion of the Franco-German Friendship day, German and French Consuls General & Honorary Consuls in the US gathered around
@GermanAmbUSA
and
@Ph_Etienne
to discuss our cooperation and our many joint initiatives across the US 🇺🇸
🗞️ Tous les lecteurs du journal
@lemondefr
voyagent dans l’Ouest américain à travers les articles de Corine Lesnes
@BigPictureCL
. Intéressant de partager nos points de vue & analyses. Journalistes comme diplomates recueillent des informations et les transmettent, à leur façon 📬
🧑🏫Who would have thought launching a French immersion program in Anchorage would be realistic? Well not only did it work out, but it was a great success! Today we award the 'Palmes Académiques' medal to Brandon Locke & Anne Andrew, founders of the program at O’Malley Elementary🎖
🕹 France has a booming video game industry. 📺 Follow me to San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference to meet some of the French gaming companies⤵️
#GDC2022
@BF_TechNA
🇫🇷 Séminaire à l’ambassade de France du réseau consulaire français aux Etats-Unis. Autour de
@Ph_Etienne
&
@HaguenauerL
, les Consuls généraux, Consuls honoraires & élus CFE échangent sur les services consulaires aux Français. Forte présence pour la circonscription de
@FranceinSF
!
🎖Great honor today to bestow the French Legion of Honor upon 102 year old
#WWII
veteran Toft Jessen, who, at the age of 23, participated in the liberation of France. France has not forgotten and is forever grateful🇫🇷🇺🇸
Tonight, we honored the memory of
#Ren
éGirard, a French philosopher, member of the Académie française, professor at
@Stanford
, and father of the Mimetic Theory: «We desire what others desire because we imitate their desires ». A great mind whose work had a great impact in the US.
🌎 Nous avons le plaisir d’accueillir à San Francisco Olivier Brochet, Directeur de l’Agence pour l’enseignement du français à l’étranger. La circonscription de
@FranceinSF
compte 1 établissement conventionné par l’AEFE,
@lelyceeSF
, et pas moins de 10 établissements homologués✨!