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Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun @eaterofsun.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly what you need to know when you need to know it-- no fuss no muss.
Chapeau!

Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 2d

What next for France after it loses its fourth prime minister in little over a year

economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @economist.com

France is gripped by turmoil as another government collapses

Elections could follow that bring in the hard right

economist.com

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 2d

What next for France after it loses its fourth prime minister in little over a year

economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @economist.com

France is gripped by turmoil as another government collapses

Elections could follow that bring in the hard right

economist.com

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 2d

What an absolute mess. The new 🇫🇷 PM Sébastien Lecornu has resigned after less than four weeks in the job. This is the curt communiqué just issued by the presidency

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 2d

The two most interesting appointments in a pretty unchanged new 🇫🇷 government (just unveiled) are @rolandlescure.bsky.social as new finance min and the return of Bruno Le Maire to govt, at defence. Otherwise most big jobs, including @jnbarrot.bsky.social at foreign, stay as they were under Bayrou…

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 5d

Emmanuel Macron remains a vigorous figure in foreign affairs and one of Europe’s longest-serving leaders. Yet no amount of energetic diplomacy abroad can mask what is happening at home: the unravelling of his great centrist venture

economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @economist.com

The unravelling of France’s centrist project

There is a real chance that power will fall into the hands of the extremes

economist.com

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 12d

French luxury firms supply the world with branded handbags and fine champagne, but the country seems to have a real problem with those rich enough to splash out on such things

Why taxing the super rich may be the price of political stability

economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @economist.com

Why France is thinking of targeting the super-rich

Handbags, champagne and a row over a possible new wealth tax

economist.com

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 14d

Say what you like about Macron but he can still give an impassioned speech, this one in defence of multilateralism

“The United Nations is all of us

We have no right to cynicism
We have no right to fatigue
We have no right to the spirit of defeat”

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WATCH: French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at 2025 United Nations General Assembly

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 19d

How France’s hard-right National Rally is secretly courting the Paris elite—and how French bosses are quietly getting to know its leaders, one in particular

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from @economist.com

France’s hard right is secretly courting the elite

A charm offensive in the boardroom

economist.com

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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 25d

On today's show:
- @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social on nat'l politics
- NYS State Sen. James Skoufis on live events ticketing reforms
- @sophiepedder.bsky.social on France news
- How restaurant culture is changing w/tariffs, GLP-1s, etc.

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 26d

France’s politics are messy and its luxury firms are struggling. But less visile to the public eye 🇫🇷 utilities, energy, materials, telecoms and other stodgy firms are doing surprisingly well

In French business, boring beats sexy
economist.com/business/202...
from @economist.com

In French business, boring beats sexy

To find solace from France’s corporate malaise, look away from the glamorous

economist.com

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 26d

Why France’s new prime
minister, Sébastien Lecornu, may have no choice but to compromise with the left if the country is to return to some form of political stability

economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @economist.com

France gets a new prime minister

President Emmanuel Macron’s latest pick, Sébastien Lecornu, may need to compromise to survive

economist.com

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 28d

‼️🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron has picked his next PM, the fifth since 2022: Sébastien Lecornu, the 39-year-old current defence minister (and ex-Republican) and Macron loyalist

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 29d

New: Crushing defeat for Bayrou’s government. He has lost his vote of confidence in the National Assembly by 194 votes to 364 against. France has now lost four prime ministers in under two years, a sorry reflection of the polarised state of French politics

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Pr Carlos Moreno - IAE Paris1 Sorbonne University @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social · Sep 7

After more than a century, Parisians can once again swim in the Seine, under the timeless gaze of the Eiffel Tower. Where once there was a highway along the riverbank, there is now life, joy, and water. A celebration of proximity, quality of life, and the Parisian joie de vivre 💫🌊🏊🏼‍♂️🏊🏼‍♀️

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · Sep 6

Bond vigilantes take aim at France
economist.com/finance-and-...

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · Sep 5

The last time France went through five different prime ministers within two years was in the 1950s—nearly three-quarters of a century ago. Why the country is now on the brink of matching that unhappy record

economist.com/europe/2025/...

Bayrou on the brink

Emmanuel Macron looks likely to lose yet another prime minister

economist.com

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · Sep 1

Confirmed: Macron and Starmer will co-chair in Paris on Thursday morning September 4th a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine, with Président Zelensky present

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Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social · Aug 28

Also goes vice-versa for Merz: the tight situation in France makes it even more urgent to empower a key European ally.

Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · Aug 28

Time for some Merz-Macron magic on the Med

Why political instability at home makes the need to tighten the link between Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz harder, but also more urgent

economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @Economist

Time for some Merz-Macron magic

The leaders of France and Germany meet to kickstart Europe

economist.com

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · Aug 29

What political instability in France says about the weakness of the centre ground’s fact-based tools against the angry certitudes of populism, on the left and the right

France’s government is on the brink of collapse, again
economist.com/leaders/2025...
from @economist.com

France’s government is on the brink of collapse, again

Emmanuel Macron looks likely to lose another prime minister over an attempt to curb public debt

economist.com

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · Aug 28

Time for some Merz-Macron magic on the Med

Why political instability at home makes the need to tighten the link between Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz harder, but also more urgent

economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @Economist

Time for some Merz-Macron magic

The leaders of France and Germany meet to kickstart Europe

economist.com

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · Aug 26

Bayrou is right about the dismal state of French public finances. But being right may not be enough for his government’s survival. Why France’s PM called an unexpected confidence vote about the country’s debt

France is in big trouble, again
economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @economist.com

France is in big trouble, again

Why Macron’s prime minister called a shock confidence vote over its debt

economist.com

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · Aug 25

🇫🇷 PM Bayrou has unexpectedly, and bravely, put his government’s survival on the line by calling a confidence vote in parliament on Sep 8. Unbelievably, it may fall because opposition parties can’t even agree that debt and deficit levels are putting France in grave danger

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · Aug 25

On August 25 1944, after General Leclerc led the 🇫🇷 2nd armoured division into Paris, the French capital was liberated. There was no negotiation. Choltitz, the commander of the German garrison, surrendered

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · Aug 20

Europe gets so much grief for division and weakness. But its recent handling of Trump, its unity (w/Starmer), smart coordination (w/Zelensky) and inclusivity (w/Meloni) show it at its best. Nobody in 🇫🇷 will credit Macron, but he has played no small part

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