François Picard
@francoisf24
Host, The France 24 Debate
🇺🇸 "It's about campaigning to everyone and then governing for everyone." Rising star among Democratic Party centrists @abigailspanberger.com qualifies the term 'moderate': "I campaigned everywhere and talked about the issues that mattered to people across Virginia" Full interview ➡️ f24.my/C4Vw
🇺🇸🇪🇺 I asked Virginia Governor @abigailspanberger.com if Europeans should worry more about Russian or U.S. meddling in upcoming elections. "As a proud American, the fact that the question is a relevant one is one that I find distressing." Full interview ➡️ f24.my/C4Vw
"We still can't understand why President Zelenskiy dismissed reform-orientated defense minister Mikhaelo Federov." Amid calls for Friday rally in Kyiv, @antac-ua.bsky.social @dkaleniuk.bsky.social only "half-satisfied" by removal of army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi. Full interview ➡️ f24.my/C4Ol
🇦🇷⚽️A game of two halves and then Messi shines? Thursday #F24Debate asks about the legacy of this World Cup
🇪🇺 🇮🇪 "I don't understand it myself." Wayne Jordash wonders why the EU's 21st package of sanctions on Russia failed to finally include #alumina that's then used to make the Iskander missiles that rain on Ukraine #F24Spotlight Full interview➡️ f24.my/C0ep
🇺🇸🇮🇱Trump tells Netanyahu to ease off bombing Beirut: one phone call illustrates the growing imbalance in the US-Israel relation, argues @RinaBassist ⤵️ Sharp views by @nadimhoury @MPPregent @AdamNoahWho in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/Bxci
🇰🇪 🌍 Leap forward or great disrupter? Special edition of #F24Debate from Nairobi #AfricaForward summit. From data centers and jobs to tech sovereignty and guardrails, we ask IXAfrica’s Snehar Shah, Wanjiku Gakuu & @afd-france.bsky.social’s Peter Addo if Africa’s ready for the AI revolution
"Whether [the PM] likes it or not, the British government is a little bit involved." Ex-UK ambassador to U.S. & France Peter Westmacott of @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on the pull factor of #IranWar. The upending of the Special Relationship laid bare in #F24Spotlight ➡️ f24.my/Bpj3
🇩🇰 The US is turning its back on Europe, warns Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The time for « come to daddy » flattery has passed, warns ex-NATO Secretary General. From Donald Trump’s strongman behavior to the return of military service in Europe, full itw at 6:15pm Paris time @rasmussenglobal.bsky.social
🇸🇩 "This reminds of the Rwandan genocide." Sudan Doctors Union's Sayed Mohamed Abdalla on the slaughter of civilians following fall of #ElFasher Full interview ➡️ f24.my/BXAD.y
🇫🇷 🇷🇺 You heard right: le Prix Albert Londres! Récompense méritée pour Elena Volochine for “Propagande, l’arme de Poutine”, a fascinating explainer of Kremlin myth making. Now how about trading those crutches for an English-language book deal?
"Creative destruction has to be inclusive." 2025 #NobelEconomicsPrize winner Philippe Aghion lauds the Danish model of 'flexicurity'. The antidote to populism, he argues, is to combine education with innovation so no one is left behind. Full interview ➡️ f24.my/BVP9
"Finally, justice was served." Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc, who lost his father in 1989 UTA bombing, on #Sarkozy sentenced to hard time. He and @en.france24.com's Claire Paccalin witnessed the audible gasps in the courtroom ⤵️ More in #F24Debate 📺➡️ f24.my/BSVI
🇫🇷🇱🇾 "Gaddafi's going to have the final word from the grave when he shows he's not the worst kind of dictator the world has seen. He's just the mirror of the world that he dealt with." The Sadeq Institute's Anas al-Gomati on #Sarkozy trial in #F24Debate Full show ➡️ f24.my/BSVI
🇵🇸 "I'm just not sure this is the right move." @washinstitute.bsky.social's Amb. Dennis Ross lauds Macron for wanting to offer hope to Palestinians but would have preferred plan that offers alternative to current status quo #Palestine #Israel #TwoStateSolution #F24Debate Full show 📺➡️ f24.my/BS0v
🇮🇱🇵🇸"I hope we as Israelis can turn away from this horrible rhetoric of us versus them." Gil Dickmann, cousin of murdered hostage Carmel Gat, on Netanyahu's claim that Europeans are under the pressure of 'strong Islamist minorities' ⤵️ Full #F24Debate 📺➡️ f24.my/BRAR
🇮🇳🇺🇸 About much more than Russian oil: Kriti Upadhyaya tells #F24Debate of the historical reasons why #India proved quick to open #trade negotiations... but slow to sign on the dotted line with the Trump administration. Full show ➡️ f24.my/BOYM
🇺🇸Historical precedents can only partially inform our understanding of what's happening in the United States under Donald Trump, argues @weissmann.substack.com in #F24Debate Full show ➡️ f24.my/BOOr.x
🇮🇱🇵🇸"The pressure has to be targeted on Netanyahu." @telavivuni.bsky.social's @ayakter.bsky.social on the best bet on to break the death spiral in #Gaza Full #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BO6v.x
🇺🇦 How does a "coalition of the willing" work around a reluctant United States? Thursday #F24Debate follows Paris summit on #Ukraine
🏴 🇫🇷 🏉 Bon courage to Thibault Motassi and Robin Taccola, both alums of my club Rueil-Malmaison, both selected for #SixNations Under 20s against England #allezlesbleus
My personal thoughts go to loved ones of the always generous and insightful Bernard Maris, a regular guest at France 24. Columnist at #Charlie under the cheeky pen name of 'Oncle Bernard', he was one of the victims on the day #F24Debate
☔️ Old Honoré shrugged off the rain beating down on Paris for the first business day of 2025. The newspaperman and chronicler of a France then in the throes of radical transformation reminded me of the challenges to meet during the year ahead #bonneannée #ànousdeuxparis
🇫🇷🇩🇪 No budget, no problem? Markets have shown signs of concern over French finances but what keeps them up at night is Germany, argues @sciencespo.bsky.social's @fsaraceno.bsky.social
Seen in Tinsel Town: driverless Waymo. Do my apprehensions make me a Luddite?
One week since we were in Washington and @brookingsinst.bsky.social’s William Galston wondered aloud if Trump could build a multi-ethnic, working class coalition with staying power. Not yet, argues his colleague William Frey ➡️ www.brookings.edu/articles/tru...