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John Lichfield retweeted
Jun 6
It's not just the exploitation of a tragedy.
JD Vance's picture of Britain - where migrants have led to a crime surge - is the opposite of the truth.
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John Lichfield retweeted
Jun 5
🔴Jamie Dimon président de la banque américaine JPMorgan @LesEchos au sujet de @EmmanuelMacron 🗣️
« Je trouve que vous avez un président exceptionnel. Je sais que la politique, c'est difficile, ce n'est pas ce dont je parle. Il est intelligent, il s'est entouré des bonnes personnes, et il a fait la plupart de ce qu'il avait dit dans un contexte très difficile. Au moment du Brexit, lorsque nous avons commencé à réfléchir à l'endroit où nous pouvions placer nos opérations européennes, Paris n'était même pas sur la liste.
La France nous a envoyé Christian Noyer, qui a su nous convaincre des avantages de Paris. La France attire désormais plus de flux de capitaux, d'investissements, d'innovation. Et cet afflux bénéficie aux Français, y compris aux bas revenus. Les gens pensent souvent que c'est l'inverse, c'est cela qui fait que la politique est si difficile. »
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#EmmanuelMacron #FierteFrancaise
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John Lichfield retweeted
May 17
"Ni Édouard Philippe ni Gabriel Attal ne séduisent Emmanuel Macron. Il répète à son entourage que le meilleur candidat serait Jean Castex..." même s'il considère que "le plus proche et le meilleur demeurerait Sébastien Lecornu".
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John Lichfield retweeted
Complete chaos in Washington on what to do about Hormuz. The Iranians will surely conclude that they have deterred the latest US effort to get ships moving and that Trump is desperate for a deal before he goes to China. So they will toughen their negotiating demands.
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John Lichfield retweeted
Apr 25
@NicolasBaverez Un président marginalisé, une France inaudible.
Apr 24
Emmanuel Macron is the most popular leader in Europe. His vision for Europe and his way of leading thrills people far beyond the borders of France.
What I know fo shur: Europe can‘t allow itself to lose such a personality in 2027.
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John Lichfield retweeted
Apr 13
Le Pen furious and worried that the model she and Jordan Bardella were going to offer to the French people next year - pretending to be European but wrecking the EU from the inside - has been rejected by the people of Hungary and will be rejected by the French as well
Apr 13
Malgré les accusations grotesques de « dictature » dont le gouvernement de @PM_ViktorOrban a été accusé depuis des années, la Hongrie démocratique a choisi l’alternance. Celle-ci a été actée avec beaucoup d’élégance par Viktor Orbán qui a durant seize ans défendu avec courage et détermination la liberté et la souveraineté de la Hongrie.
La satisfaction exprimée par la Commission européenne qui n’a eu de cesse d’outrepasser ses prérogatives et ses compétences au détriment du pouvoir des peuples devrait inquiéter les Hongrois sur la persistance de cette liberté chèrement défendue depuis des années.
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John Lichfield retweeted
Apr 13
There was indignation in EU capitals and Brussels about the Trump administration’s declared policy of interference in European politics. The result in Hungary suggests that the MAGA message is toxic, not infectious
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RT @alexiskarklins: Décryptons les propos de Jordan Bardella sur le bilan Orbàn
1. "les accusations incessantes des institutions européenn…
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John Lichfield retweeted
Apr 12
Many things to say about the demise of Orbanism but the scale of his defeat is impressive. This is surely also a rejection of Trump & Vance. The threatened new era of official US interference in European domestic politics has got off to a satisfyingly calamitous start
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John Lichfield retweeted
Apr 11
‼️🇭🇺🇪🇺 Here is a potted timeline thread marking some of the key milestones that built Prime Minister @PM_ViktorOrban illiberal democracy in Hungary over his 16 years in power. His tenure looks likely to end tomorrow. The table stakes for Hungary and Europe could not be higher 1/
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John Lichfield retweeted
Apr 9
President Macron last night publicly agreed with Iran - & disagreed with the US - that Israeli attacks on Lebanon must end if the fragile Gulf ceasefire is to hold. He was the first word leader to talk to the Iranian president Massoud Pezeshkian since the ceasefire was agreed 1/
I spoke today with Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian, as well as with U.S. President Donald Trump.
I told both of them that their decision to accept a ceasefire was the best possible one.
I expressed my hope that the ceasefire will be fully respected by each of the belligerents, across all areas of confrontation, including in Lebanon. This is a necessary condition for the ceasefire to be credible and lasting.
It must open the way to comprehensive negotiations capable of ensuring security for all in the Middle East.
Any agreement will have to address the concerns raised by Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, as well as its regional policy and its actions obstructing navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
This is how a strong and lasting peace can be built, with the support of all those who are able to contribute to it. France will play its full part, in close coordination with its partners in the Middle East.
This is also what I discussed today in my exchanges with the leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Iraq.
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John Lichfield retweeted
Apr 8
🇫🇷‼️ Speaking in a televised opening to a French defence council this morning, Macron said that French warships would be ready to "facilitate" the movement of ships through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as it was clear that the ceasefire was holding.
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John Lichfield retweeted
Apr 7
JD Vance in Budapest says: "The bureaucrats in Brussels have tried to destroy the economy of Hungary"
That's odd... as it is Orban's Govt that has stolen €bn from Brussels at the expense of the broader economy and population
The stats don't lie
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John Lichfield retweeted
Apr 2
"Neither elegant, nor worthy". President Emmanuel Macron responded with undisguised contempt today to Donald Trump's allegation that he was a victim of marital abuse
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John Lichfield retweeted
Apr 1
Good news in a troubled world. France is NOT necessarily drifting towards its first Far Right leader since 1944. Two polls now suggest that the former Centrist PM Edouard Philiippe could beat the Far Right in the 2nd round of the Presidential election next May. 1/
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John Lichfield retweeted
Mar 25
6:49am: sudden spike in oil futures trading. no news. no announcement. nothing public.
7:05am: trump announces a pause on iran strikes. markets move.
someone knew. 16 minutes early. $580 million in contracts. the corruption is staggering.
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John Lichfield retweeted
Mar 21
Senior EU officials in Brussels flagged a growing Greenland/Iran risk to me yesterday: That Europe's unwillingness to allow Trump to use their bases to attack Iran would reaffirm the idea in his mind that he has to fully own GL's territory in order for the Arctic to be secure
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John Lichfield retweeted
Mar 18
MAGA interference in Hungary's elections incoming
Putin's tricks have not yet narrowed @magyarpeterMP 10-13% lead, so the Trump Administration and JD Vance is going to have a go
Don't think it'll work. If anything, could actually help Magyar
Mar 18
SCOOP: Vice President JD Vance is planning to visit Hungary in the coming days in a show of support for the country's long-time nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban, who is facing a difficult election next month, sources familiar with the planning tell me & @JonathanLanday
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John Lichfield retweeted
Mar 16
Seems Europeans are using the Greenland playbook on Trump. They've understood strength and firmness is the best way to engage this administration
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