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Agnes C. Poirier

@agnescpoirier.bsky.social

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Journalist, writer & broadcaster. 📚LEFT BANK, Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 (Bloomsbury) 📚NOTRE-DAME, The Soul of France (OneWorld) ✍️ 🎤 📺 UK and French politics, Arts and History

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 4h

Not me !

Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 1d

My notebook in The Times

#France #Lecornu #Badinter #Pinault #MegWebster

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 1d

Very interesting article 👇
"Three plans were on the table: one put forward by Egypt; another by Blair and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law; and a third by France and Saudi Arabia. Aspects of all three plans eventually fed into Trump’s peace plan."
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

How important was the UK to the Gaza peace deal?

Sir Keir Starmer’s national security adviser Jonathan Powell was involved in talks that led to the Good Friday agreement, which bears similarities with Trump’s 20-point peace plan

www.thetimes.com

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 2d

This man will sleep in prison from next Tuesday (21 October)

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 6d

Beautiful and extremely moving ceremony for Robert #Badinter’s entrance into the #Pantheon.
#Paris

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 6d

Now in #Paris. Robert #Badinter on its way to the Pantheon. To great men, the grateful nation.

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 6d

Today, Robert Badinter, the architect of the abolition of death penalty in France, and a great conscience, is entering the #Panthéon where he will be resting next to Condorcet, the French Enlightenment philosopher.

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 7d

I am inclined to support the restoration of the Empire. #France

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 8d

The opposition speaks of unity but in truth thinks only of its petty interests, while the extremes wait for the sack of Rome—well, of Paris. Some political commentators even criticize Macron’s intelligence, as if that were the real problem. 2/2

Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 8d

French politicians and political commentators dissolve—if not into ridicule, then at least into panic. Former prime ministers unashamedly attempt to kill the father, Macron (as if they stood a chance in the next elections). 1/2

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 8d

« Oh I have just seen a French Prime Minister! »
« Make a wish. »

@xavier-gorce.bsky.social in fine form.

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 9d

French PM Lecornu has just explained his resignation: political parties all behave as if they have a majority in parliament; their intransigence and egotism is making it impossible. #France

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 9d

The Left refused to take part.

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 9d

#France is heading towards new elections, I think.

Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 9d

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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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 9d

Bloody hell. The French PM has just resigned!

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 9d

Meanwhile, the French government appointed yesterday might not last more than 24 hours. The Interior Minister #Brunoretailleau is threatening to leave today along with right-wing ministers from his party Les Républicains. Watch this space.

www.lepoint.fr/politique/br...

Bruno Retailleau sur le départ, les coulisses d’une crise XXL

Sauf coup de théâtre, le ministre de l’Intérieur, tout juste renommé, devrait annoncer ce lundi que son parti quitte le navire du gouvernement Lecornu. Fous de rage, les LR se sentent floués.

www.lepoint.fr

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 13d

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 13d

🇬🇧 UPDATE: Four people were wounded Thursday in a car and stabbing incident outside a synagogue in northern Manchester, police said, adding the suspect had been shot.
➡️ u.afp.com/Smkb

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 16d

Phew

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 16d

BREAKING Pro-EU party wins Moldova polls with over 50% of vote: official results

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 16d

Superb visit of #NotreDame towers at sunset. Don’t miss it if you come to #Paris!

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 20d

A Paris court has sentenced former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in his trial into accusations the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi helped fund his victorious 2007 presidential run. #AFP

📸 Julien De Rosa