Who leaves his job of 🇫🇷 Amb. in the 🇺🇸 today ?
Thank you so much for these amazing years here
@Ph_Etienne
!
Quite a journey! travel ban under Covid, AUKUS, fall of Kabul, war in Ukraine, State Visit, discussions over the consequences of the IRA..
With Pres.
@EmmanuelMacron
in NOLA, we discuss a new initiative that he announced as part of his State Visit: French for All, a program to encourage bilingualism and to widen access to French teaching tools in schools.
A 🧵(in English) about a Francophonie project (🇫🇷 follows)
Two words: State Visit.
President
@EmmanuelMacron
touches down in Washington, D.C. TONIGHT. What major issues will he and
@POTUS
Biden discuss?
Here's a look into the major topics for France, as it concerns the US ⤵️
France is actively engaged in the Czech-led ammunition initiative.
➡️ We have committed to adding to the pool for Ukraine up to 80,000 complete 155 mm rounds by 2024.
➡️ We will increase production in 2025.
So for all his talk about troops on the ground and nuclear deterrent,
@EmmanuelMacron
will not give a single Euro to the Czech ammunition initiative that’s providing a lifeline to Ukraine.
And seemingly France won’t allow a common EU contribution
DAY 2 of the State Visit got off to an early start. As we move through the morning, we want to underscore the importance of this 🇫🇷🇺🇸 meeting to both nations.
Le Pdt
@EmmanuelMacron
étant à la Nouvelle-Orléans, qques éléments sur une initiative annoncée ici : French for All, un programme pour rendre l'apprentissage du français accessible à tous, de la maternelle à l'université.
Il rassemble 4 initiatives. On vous les détaille ici 👇
With Pres.
@EmmanuelMacron
in NOLA, we discuss a new initiative that he announced as part of his State Visit: French for All, a program to encourage bilingualism and to widen access to French teaching tools in schools.
A 🧵(in English) about a Francophonie project (🇫🇷 follows)
#Sudan
evacuation operations continue. With 4 new shuttles, 538 people have been evacuated, including 209 French nationals and a significant number of citizens of 41 other countries:
🇩🇪🇦🇹🇧🇪🇩🇰🇫🇮🇬🇷🇭🇺🇮🇹🇮🇪🇮🇸🇲🇩🇳🇴🇳🇱🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇬🇧🇸🇪🇨🇭🇿🇦🇧🇮🇪🇹🇰🇪🇱🇸🇲🇦🇳🇦🇳🇪🇳🇬🇺🇬🇷🇼🇸🇳🇸🇩🇹🇬🇹🇩🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺🇮🇳🇯🇵🇳🇿🇵🇭
A few elements on some narratives or debates seen and read on Pres.
#Macron
’s State Visit to
#China
last week, and the itw he gave to
@politico
and
@LesEchos
.
A special moment will take place this evening at the Embassy of France. President Macron travels to the French representation in Washington, D.C. to decorate WWII veterans and to honor the French community in the United States.
A thing or two diplomats could share with their colleagues from the legal departments is the attention to crafting exact, and sometimes careful, messages.. but don’t worry this is not the official card from
@franceintheus
for the New Year !
Heureux d’avoir accueilli
@AClaireLegendre
avec toute l’équipe presse & com de
@franceintheus
, en amont de la visite
@MinColonna
!
Au menu : entretiens presse, digital diplomacy, et lutte contre les manipulations d’information. On continue!
@EmmanuelMacron
@POTUS
Let’s start by saying that this is a MASSIVE HONOR given to 🇫🇷 by 🇺🇸, and we are deeply touched by this invitation. The first of the Biden-Harris administration.
The first in the State Visit in history also, we’ve heard, to be held… while the White House decorations are up 🎄!
"Macron’s reforms are both moderate and necessary....Leadership sometimes demands making unpopular decisions."
An editorial from Bloomberg (
@business
) on the French pension reform⤵️
Protection des voies maritimes | La nuit dernière, la FREMM Languedoc, patrouillant au large du Yémen, est intervenue suite à l’attaque aérienne complexe subie par le pétrolier🇳🇴Strinda.
Engagement d’un drone et escorte du pétrolier touché en dehors de la zone de danger.
« We knew that this G20 would be difficult. We had a responsibility: to defend peace and avoid a division of the world. This is the message we sent to the international community. » Pdt Macron
#G20Bali
📸 :
@emmanuelmacron
/
@apnews
Key takeaways from MFA
@steph_sejourne
’s itw on 🇫🇷 evening news :
✅ Yesterday, it is Iran that attacked Israel. And not the other way around.
✅ It not only threatened 🇮🇱, but also the security of our 🇫🇷 forces (stationed in EAU and Jordan) and the airspace of our Arab…
🗣 "L'attaque iranienne ne mettait pas seulement en cause d'Israël, mais également portait atteinte à la sécurité de nos forces et mettait en cause l'espace aérien de nos partenaires arabes." justifie Stéphane Séjourné concernant l'intervention de la France.
🎉 Happy birthday to
@MuseeLouvre
!
On Aug. 10, 1793, in the middle of the 🇫🇷 Revolution, the Louvre opened its doors to the public as the ‘Central Museum of Art’ - 1st of its kind, to expose the former royal collections to the public.
Ouch
Ça pique un peu à Washington ce matin.. Mais encore rien à voir avec ce que sont en train de vivre ceux qui habitent dans le Maine !
@SoykurtM
@FranceinBoston
I voted! 🗳
130,000 French residents in the United States are invited to cast their vote in the first round of the presidential election.
Results tomorrow at 2pm E.T.
Second round April 24.
On this (rainy) afternoon, President Macron leaves the Washington, D.C. city limits for
@ArlingtonNatl
Cemetery.
Here, he will pay tribute to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and on that of Pierre Charles l’Enfant.
@GabrielAttal
on MSNBC w/
@SymoneDSanders
:
« When Pdt
@EmmanuelMacron
appointed me Minister at 29, it was an honor, and it was a responsibility to show that everything is possible when you are young, gay. You can commit, you can be empowered ».
@EmmanuelMacron
@POTUS
Day 1, Pres.Macron will:
-Visit
@ArlingtonNatl
-Decorate WWII veterans
-Honor🇫🇷 community in🇺🇸
-Hold a series of working meetings w/🇺🇸 partners on issues like climate, energy, civil nuclear energy & space (for space, he will meet w/VP Harris & major🇺🇸 space stakeholders
@NASA
HQ)
A must-read : the 🇫🇷🇺🇸 economic report👇
Behind the numbers: companies, jobs, innovation
✅ 🇫🇷 companies create 740,000 jobs in 🇺🇸
✅ 🇺🇸 companies create 500,000 jobs in 🇫🇷.
✅ 153Bn$ in bilateral trade. A record.
✅ 🇫🇷 in top 3 foreign employers in over 50% of the US states
The🇫🇷🇺🇸Economic Report is now available. Click to explore the comprehensive document that offers key insights, up-to-date analysis, trade statistics, sector-specific overviews & State Profiles:
The French-American econ partnership is stronger than ever!
Throwback at the
#StateVisit
Part 2 - Washington D.C.
Photo crédit - Soazig de la Moissonniere
@Elysee
@Andrews_JBA
/ Fiola Mare restaurant - Georgetown
It’s a wrap! 2 fantastic days with the press & coms teams of
@franceintheus
,
@franceaucanada
&
@FranciaenMexico
✅ exchange with Texan media outlets
✅ discussions with local stakeholders on hot button issues
✅ team building on social media & disinformation.
Let’s keep on!
"TODAY'S EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF UKRAINE ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THOSE WE WOULD HAVE TO DEPLOY AGAINST A RUSSIA THAT FEELS VICTORIOUS."
🇫🇷 MFA
@steph_sejourne
published an op-ed in
@lemondefr
on the 2nd anniversary of the Russian invasion of
#Ukraine
.
Some standout quotes 👇
Dans une tribune publiée dans
@lemondefr
, j’appelle chacun d’entre nous à s’interroger sur les conséquences concrètes d’une victoire russe.
Pour la France, soutenir l’Ukraine, c’est faire le choix de la sécurité et de la maîtrise de notre destin.
#Gaza
| It is with great sadness that the 🇫🇷 Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs has learned of the death of one of its agents, who died of injuries sustained during an Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
@MinColonna
@francediplo_EN
Le Soudan est en proie à de violents affrontements. Un premier avion rapatriant nos compatriotes, des ressortissants Européens et d'autres pays, vient d'atterrir à Djibouti. Je salue la mobilisation de nos armées et des agents du ministère de l'Europe et des affaires étrangères.
Ce tweet peut sembler technique, il l’est ! Et c’est tout l’intérêt. Cent ans après le premier télégramme diplomatique entre l’ambassade de France aux États-Unis et Paris, la France a transmis son premier télégramme diplomatique en cryptographie post-quantique !
@ArlingtonNatl
Many American soldiers have given their lives alongside their French counterparts. If you don't know the moving story of the Unknown Soldier laid to rest in Arlington, I invite you to read his history, which begins in France ⤵️
First high-level event in the Seine💧!
😃Amazed, for somebody like me who lived in Paris for some years, to see that one can ACTUALLY swim 🏊♀️ in the river now.
✅ Result of many years of collective work & investment to improve water quality.
Good news ahead of
#Paris2024
!💪
Première épreuve de haut niveau dans la Seine 💧
Les nombreuses années de travail collectif pour améliorer la qualité de l'eau de la Seine sont aujourd'hui récompensées.
Le test event de triathlon et les 68 meilleures triathlètes mondiales sont lancés !
#RoadToParis2024
@EmmanuelMacron
@POTUS
@ArlingtonNatl
@NASA
Day 2 will hold:
- A military welcome ceremony at the
@WhiteHouse
- A meeting in the Oval Office and a press conf
- A luncheon
@StateDept
with VP Harris and Sec. Blinken
- A meeting with the bicameral and bipartisan leadership on Capitol Hill
- And (of course) the State Dinner!
French for All is composed of four initiatives:
1/The French Heritage Language Program helps French-speaking immigrants and young Americans with francophone backgrounds maintain linguistic and cultural heritage, with a focus on West African and Caribbean cultures.
LOOKING AHEAD: As stated by Pres.
#Macron
at Global Citizen NOW, 🇫🇷 will host a Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in June in Paris.
If you're saying, "Not ANOTHER international summit..." Let's have a closer look at a Summit which intends to rethink North-South solidarity.
Overall, the French for All program seeks to expand access to language education and to make bilingualism more attainable, to succeed in today's world. (End)
#StateVisit
@MinColonna
@RimaAbdulMalak
Dear
@chrislhayes
,
This was an example of misinformation.
Contrary to what is claimed, Pres. Macron does not remove his watch for the sake of hiding it but because he had just slammed it against the table. The noise is clearly audible.
2/The French Dual Language Fund expands and supports bilingual K-12 programs in public schools. These programs focus mainly on Title 1 schools and supports communities in 182 schools over 30 US states and counting.
3/The French in Higher Education Program addresses ongoing loss of foreign language departments across colleges & universities. It supports the modernization of French departments through calls for projects.
4/The New Pathways to Teaching French Program targets the shortage of foreign language instructors in schools. It leverages the skills of French-speaking Americans of all backgrounds to train a new generation of French teachers.
French diplomacy is fully mobilized to defend the rights of LGBT+ people worldwide.
Message from Ambassador
@BerthonJeanMarc
on 17 May, International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 🏳️🌈.
#IDAHOBIT
@MinColonna
#Ukraine
- France is shutting its airspace to all Russian aircrafts and airlines.
Many other European countries have done or are doing so too.
#WeStandWithUkraine
France is shutting its airspace to all Russian aircraft and airlines from this evening on. To the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe responds with total unity.
Today,
#InternationalWomensDay
, the
#LinkedIn
of Pres.
#Macron
has a new profile: that of Chloé Hermary.
Why? Because women are still fighting for visibility in the workplace, because we are still fighting for equality in positions of leadership and influence.
New decisions taken today after the meeting of the 🇫🇷 Defense council in Paris under pdt
@EmmanuelMacron
:
- Agreement on additional eco 🇪🇺sanctions and 🇫🇷 national measures to freeze the assets of 🇷🇺 elite
- Delivery of new defensive weapons and fuel to 🇺🇦.
Since Pdt Macron’s speech on July 12, announcing the implementation of the
#HealthPass
to enter restaurants and cinemas in 🇫🇷, 10 million French people have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Let’s keep on!
Un honneur d'accueillir en Normandie le Secrétaire à la Défense des États-Unis
@SecDef
Lloyd J. Austin III pour commémorer
#DDay79
.
Aujourd'hui, les États-Unis et la France rendent hommage au courage et à l’héroïsme des milliers de combattants américains et alliés qui ont péri…
For all those asking me very technical questions, here is a very informed and didactic 🧵on the technical aspects of the submarine deal. ⤵️
#AUKUS
#FactsMatter
In the last few days, everything and its opposite has been said about the Australian submarine contract. The safety of Australians and the performance of our industrialists deserve better than peremptory statements. A
#thread
to better understand the Australian submarine affair.
For the 5th time in a row, France 🇫🇷 is the most attractive nation in terms of FDI in Europe. It has never happened before. This is the result of a comprehensive & stable economic policy by
@EmmanuelMacron
and his gvts.
Foreign CEOs are the best to explain why it impacted their…
Pour la cinquième année consécutive, la France est le pays d'Europe qui attire le plus d'investissements étrangers. La stratégie
#ChooseFrance
fonctionne. Mais ce sont les investisseurs qui en parlent le mieux...
How the world sees « the French » ? An answer today in
@semafor
… 👇
Hang on, you seem also to forget the very long lunch breaks!
I object very officially to such allegations !:)
Worth a read : “the star performer of the pandemic era, arguably, is … France” says P. Krugman. Nothing is perfect in France of course but the economic response during covid 1/ did everything to protect jobs, and 2/ has always been at the EU level 👇
The
@DGA
(Directorate General of Armaments) carried out on🇫🇷soil the first test firing with Hypersonic Glide Vehicle VMax.
Equipped with many on-board tech innovations, the flight test paves the way for a hypervelocity roadmap for🇫🇷–who has a high level of expertise in the field.
The 27 🇪🇺 member states have adopted the “Strategic Compass”, a white paper for the next 5-10 years on security and defense. Prepared for a long time, it’s been adopted in the middle of the 🇷🇺 attack on 🇺🇦.
Full document here 👇
…
#EuropeanSovereignty
Actor Liev Schreiber talked with CBS News chief election & campaign correspondent
@costareports
about his Ukrainian roots, and his desire to do something to help people caught in a humanitarian crisis.
A voté!
👏👏 à ttes les équipes et volontaires des dix circonscriptions consulaires aux 🇺🇸
Heureux de croiser tant de Français expatriés accomplissant leur devoir électoral, dont certains ont couvert de lgues distances pour se rendre à l’urne.
#jevote
France has a new Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
@steph_sejourne
, 38, has an extensive experience on the European stage (Pdt of
@RenewEurope
MEPs group) and plays, as its General Secretary, a key role in Pres.
@EmmanuelMacron
’s party
@Renaissance
.
Just released 🚨🚨🚨. Call between Pdt Macron & Putin, re situation at the
#Zaporizhzhia
plant.
Pdt V. putin expressed his support for an
@iaeaorg
mission of experts to the site 👇
Pres.
#Macron
spoke by phone with Pres.
#Putin
today on the concerning situation at the
#Zaporizhzhia
plant and expressed his support for sending an
@iaeaorg
mission of experts to the site.
Pres.
#Putin
indicated his agreement to the deployment of this mission.
A living legend. Tony Parker made it to the NBA Hall fo Fame!
A first for a French 🇫🇷 basket ball player. And one more reward for this exceptional athlete !
#23HoopClass
🇫🇷 Transport Minister
@CBeaune
told
@questCNN
this afternoon:
"It's a Democracy, and it's good, so if people want to protest, if they respect the law, and if there is no violence, which is the case for most of these protests, it can happen."
@politico
@LesEchos
This does not at all call into question the fundamentals that
@emmanuelmacron
has always defended: no equidistance between the
#US
and
#China
(a point that is too often underestimated in the comments). The US is our ally with whom we share our values.