2 year agoA photo of the Ropucha-class Korolev landing ship followed by the Flamant (P 676) patrol boat during the transit of Russian ships across the English Channel
2 year agoNew day of mobilization of teachers and students in Paris against the management of the COVID19 health crisis in education, at the call of several unions (@cgt_educ, @force_ouvriere, @FsuNationale, @FCPE_Paris, @FIDLnational, @VOIX_LYCEENNE).
2 year agoForeign Minister @ABaerbock meets @JY_LeDrian, @JamesCleverly and @SecBlinken. Joint stocktaking and intensive coordination on Russia/Ukraine after meetings in NATO-Russia Council, OSCE, EU and bilaterally & trips to Kyiv & Moscow. On the agenda as well: JCPoA
"EU diplomats said Macron's call was the "first time" that Europe-only talks had been mentioned by Paris, while another suggested that France's push had not been co-ordinated with partners before the speech
"Macron on Wednesday used a speech to the European Parliament to call on EU states to "conduct their own dialogue" with Russia rather than engage with diplomatic efforts involving the US and Nato, in remarks that blindsided exasperated EU officials
2 year agoFrance supports participation in new NATO Enhanced Forward Presence mission in Romania. Strong solidarity measure for Black Sea security
The French Armed Forces contribute to the security of our European allies, in particular under the NATO eFP system. As indicated by @EmmanuelMacron, we are ready to go further with new missions in Romania depending on the decisions taken collectively
2 year agoPotential position of Russian landing craft in the English channel based on French military vessel's track
2 year agoGreece takes delivery of Rafale jets from France at the Tanagra Air Base with a blessing ceremony
France's Pres. Macron on the migrant situation on the English channel: we cannot solve this problem as long as Britain's position on the matter remains unchanged
Reuters: One person was killed by a shooting in the center of the city of Nice, southern France
One seriously injured after gunshots in downtown Nice
French media: Police are hunting a person after the Nice shooting
AFP: 4 French soldiers were wounded in the explosion of an explosive device in northern Burkina Faso
Sahel-"Nothing will change about our commitment to support France in these efforts" on counterterrorism in the region, per @PentagonPresSec, asked about France changing its force posture "As their needs change, we'll adapt our support"
2 year agoThe soldiers of the @2eRpima carry out a reconnaissance mission in Mozambique in order to participate in European cooperation with the Mozambican armed forces. Objective: to strengthen the protection of the population and the maintenance of security
Japanese and French foreign and defense ministers to meet for "two-plus-two" talks Thursday. The two sides are expected to discuss expanded security and defense cooperation at the meeting, the sixth such talks between the countries' top diplomats and defense chiefs
French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has been found guilty of hate speech for branding unaccompanied child migrants "thieves, murderers and rapists" in a Paris court
One dead and one wounded by bullets in Montpellier
France: the vaccine pass definitively adopted by Parliament
US Department of State: .@SecBlinken and French Foreign Minister @JY_LeDrian had a phone call today on EU discussions about Russian aggression and U.S.-EU support for Ukraine
France: "Resistant Djokovic", "Freedom", "No to the vaccine": opponents of the health pass, which will become a vaccine pass, demonstrated on Saturday in France. The 54,000 participants were half the number of last week
France: Coronavirus patients decreased in intensive care for the second day, despite record number of cases
2 year agoDover Straits late this evening: Likely Baltic Fleet's Project 864 Vishnya-class intelligence ship Vassily Tatischev SSV231
French Foreign Minister: If there is no rapid progress in negotiations with Iran, there will be no lifting of sanctions
2 year agoGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock: At my first personal meeting with my colleague from Lithuania, @GLandsbergis, I talked on Ukraine, Russia and China
2 year agoAfter a week of intense high-level talks on Ukraine-Russia crisis, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said nobody expected to solve the issue in a few days. EU foreign ministers will continue discussions on the situation at Ukraine's border in Brest today
The general obligation to wear the mask outside in Paris deemed illegal by the administrative court, after that of Versailles on Wednesday. He asks the prefect of Paris to take, if necessary, a new decree better proportioned to the fight against the Covid
Macron describes Iran's return of French-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah to prison as an arbitrary decision
Borrell, top European diplomat, says Nord Stream 2 and Ukraine are indeed connected. "As you'd imagine, you can't sanction Russia with one hand and open that infrastructure" with the other
