François Picard
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🇫🇷 Marine #LePen plays to the crowd, but her pro-Russia position spells disaster internationally warns @moreauchevrolet.bsky.social
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🇫🇷 He was never elected at any level before the presidency — and it shows.

Hélène Conway-Mouret shares on #F24Debate how #Macron lacks the political instinct of his predecessors
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🇫🇷 What if the centre doesn’t hold: Thibault Muzergues on the backstabbing that has already begun in Macron’s camp

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💪 “Compromise is a muscle that only works when you train it, but too much muscle looks ugly.”

Jakob Haesler on polar opposites France and Germany when it comes to political compromise.
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Snap elections... or not?
Predictions evolving by the hour in France.
Wednesday #F24Debate watches as caretaker PM tries to broker a compromise budget to which a divided parliament can agree
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🇫🇷 #France’s outgoing PM #Lecornu has launched a last-minute push to rebuild cross-party support for his collapsed government.

🏛️ On Wednesday, he’ll meet with socialists, greens and communists in a bid to break the deadlock.

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🇮🇱 🇵🇸 No other option than peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians, insists acclaimed filmmaker Amos Gitai ⤵️

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Amos Gitai: 'We must strive to find a new peaceful modus vivendi between us and the Palestinians'
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After serving as a reservist, Eran Tzidikiyahu tells #F24Debate of his disillusion with an endless war of destruction in Gaza.
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“October 7th is the day everyone remembers, but the real divide started on January 4, 2023.”

Gil Mihaely on Israel’s deep divide and the impact of Netanyahu’s attempted judicial overhaul

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How has Israel changed?
Tuesday #F24Debate hears different perspective on second anniversary of #October7Attacks
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Israelis mark two years since October 7
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"I never would’ve thought that such a bad state of politics in France was possible."

Yves Sintomer of @univ-paris8.fr speaks on the cause of France’s political crisis

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The door is open for an alliance among France’s left-wing parties says @deputeeobono.bsky.social
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Si un gouvernement est formé le 26 octobre, il pourrait connaître l'exploit d'avoir une durée de vie négative grâce au changement d'heure.
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🇫🇷 Another snap election ahead?
Monday #F24Debate now waits on Emmanuel Macron following the shortest stint of any government under the Fifth Republic constitution of 1958
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In an incredible turn of events, France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned after less than three weeks in office, pushing France even further into unchartered territory
French PM and government resign, throwing Macron into chaos
The new administration had been appointed less than 12 hours before resigning. French markets and the euro are taking a dive.
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No #F24Debate this Thursday due to nationwide anti-austerity strike. Thank you for your understanding.
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“This meeting could have been an email.”
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91 years is a good long run for most but too short for someone like Jane Goodall. Damn.
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If Washington walks away from European defence: EU still needs #NATO “NATO’s command and control structure is American-controlled" @davekeating.substack.com #F24Debate
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For now, most of the drones coming into Lithuania carry smuggled cigarettes. That could change fast warns @samdebendern.bsky.social in #F24Debate

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European leaders arrive at the Copenhagen #EUCO summit this morning dodging Russian drones, ready to talk about an unravelling world where Europe is menaced by Russia and China to its East and the US to its West.

What's the German chancellor coming with? A laundry list of complaints about red tape.
As Moldova chooses EU, Merz bashes Brussels
The German Chancellor will come to the Copenhagen summit Wednesday with a classic strategy: blame the EU for national economic woes. Gone is the fleeting hope that Merz would be Europe's new champion.
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@npr.org just posted this to their instagram:

"Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. It’s the beginning of a new chapter — but we’re not going anywhere."⁠

It's received more than 60k likes in just 30 minutes. www.instagram.com/p/DPREnmwjyBe/
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DRONES OVER DENMARK: French authorities tell us at TV 2 that the vessel Pushpa aka Boracay is under investigation for “lack of documentation on nationality/flag” and “refusal to follow orders.” Any link to Denmark’s drone incidents remains unknown.
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“If he continues on this path, there’s almost no question in my mind that it will lead to civil war.”
@cato.org's @pgeddington.com on #Trump 's domestic deployment of federal troops.

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