Agnes C. Poirier
@AgnesCPoirier
Journalist, writer & broadcaster. Author among others of LEFT BANK @BloomsburyBooks and NOTRE-DAME released by @oneworldnews & @Ed_Flammarion
In other news today. Saint Thomas is now back on #NotreDame's spire. He joined another 15 statues dating back to 1850s which had been removed for restoration only four days before the fire. The scaffolding around the #spire will now be dismantled. In a month, Notre Dame's #flèche…
By the great @AgnesCPoirier in @EngelsbergIdeas engelsbergideas.com/notebook/a-pae… A paean to the Paris Métro - Engelsberg ideas
#Local news trivia In which you learn that The #Camembert Museum in #Normandy has had to close after a fire damaged the roof.
A paean to the Paris Métro | @AgnesCPoirier engelsbergideas.com/notebook/a-pae…
French PM Bayrou suggested to cut two (out of eleven) bank holidays to start addressing France's abyssal public debt. The French are threatening insurrection, but only after the Summer holidays. thetimes.com/world/europe/a…
On tonight’s @BBCFrontRow we revisit the horror of making Apocalypse Now & Fitzcarraldo, Kasim Ali on his novel Who Will Remain, @AgnesCPoirier on Macron’s culture policy, & Errolyn Wallen on composing for First Night of the Proms. 715pm R4 or on the link bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Meanwhile, on the Champs Elysées, the parade is in full swing. #BastilleDay
A French classic, James!
This is amazing. I'm learning to accept that I fundamentally just don't care about that much battles, diplomatic treaties etc. But if I can read about birth rates or why people started drinking coffee or whatever I'm transfixed
I subtitled this from @EmmanuelMacron because no UK politician has ever said, or indeed would DARE say this so clearly (most notably Labour) for fear of offending Brexit voters It was Brexit which CAUSED the small boats problem by ditching all existing legal EU/UK frameworks
Macron : "Brexiteers promised leaving the EU would make it easier to stop illegal immigration. It's the exact opposite because for a decade now there has been no legal agreement between the EU & the UK. This is an incentive to attempt dangerous crossings" My English sub-titles👇
A big strategic moment for 🇫🇷 and 🇬🇧 (and Europe) today. The two countries are to state for the first time that their respective nuclear deterrents “can be co-ordinated”, and that “there is no extreme threat to Europe that would not prompt a response by both nations”
Clouseau? They can't help it, can they? "If the speech had a theme, it’s that the UK and France need each other more than ever. On our own, we are vulnairable. We must be more hrrrrobust. These two words in particular were the full Clouseau." thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
Hackneyed humour, to say the least. "Macron is the latest in a long line of vertically challenged French presidents. Indeed, he has copied a trick of the diminutive Nicolas Sarkozy by waiting for visiting heads of state either one or two steps up at the entrance to the Élysée…
Hear, hear!
I am arriving in the United Kingdom for a State Visit, followed by a Franco-British summit. An important moment for our two nations. The United Kingdom is a strategic partner, an ally, a friend. Our bond is longstanding, forged by History and strengthened by trust.…
President Macron spoke for two hours with Vladimir Putin this afternoon. For the first time since September 2022. 🧐
Yesterday evening in Paris!
L'Île-de-France se remet de l'épisode d'orages et de vents violents, ce jeudi 26 juin. La veille, tous les départements avaient été placés en vigilance orange, par Météo France. Des branches d'arbres sont tombées, des inondations ont été recensées.
Madonna dell’Orto… Somebody has taste in Team #Bezos. #Venezia
