Thread by @P_Confavreux

Presidents @EmmanuelMacron and @POTUS Biden just held a joint press conference in the East Room of the @whitehouse.

Rewatch here and find below a few takeaways ⤵️

https://twitter.com/Elysee/status/1598380953977884672?s=20&t=FZYtE80eE9T1W7s63lwjcQ

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse Pres. Biden opened his remarks with shared 🇫🇷🇺🇸goals and progress made on the common work regarding Ukraine and Iran and on subjects like energy and climate. He noted that the two nations share the same vision for the Indopacific: one that is free and open, prosperous and secure.

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse He thanked Pres. Macron for his help on the Lebanon-Israel maritime border agreement.

On Africa, Pres. Biden stated, "President Macron and I understand Africa’s influence and importance, and he has much to add."

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse As seen in yesterday’s meeting at @NASA HQ with @VP Harris and a French delegation, Franco-American cooperation, "also extends to cooperating in outer space," from coordinating in defense to strengthening scientific efforts to monitoring climate change.

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP Pres. Biden explained that the two had a detailed discussion about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). "We ask our teams to follow up on this part as ongoing US-EU consultations continues,” so that the two parties can work out differences."

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP Pres. Macron said 🇫🇷🇺🇸 relationship, "is built on a history that obliges us and exceeds us...Whenever vital and essential things have been at stake, we have been there for each other... And it is this spirit that prevails in the context that exists since last February."

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP "France and the US have decided to act together to help the Ukrainian civilian population to resist. Because it's clear that the Russian actions aim to increase desperation. That's why France has decided to organize the Dec. 13th Conference in Paris."

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP IRA- 1:
Pres. Macron: "We had a very good discussion to re-synchronize agendas and to invest in critical innovative industries."
🇫🇷&🇺🇸 seek to develop several subjects: space (research, exploration, industrial), civil nuclear, quantum and tech.

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP IRA- 2
Pres. Biden: IRA is the largest climate bill in history...it is normal that such a document would have glitches...there was never an intention for exclusion.
He noted that🇺🇸has its own supply chain that it shares with allies.

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP IRA- 3
Pres. Macron : 🇺🇸 has adopted a law with objectives that 🇫🇷 shares, but that has unintentional consequences, like the stopping of certain projects. France does not ask to end this legislation, but to clarify its objectives.

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP IRA- 4
Pres. Macron: Pres. Biden's wish is to make 🇺🇸 industry strong and to secure it for the future. France wants the same thing for itself...The two nations want to succeed together and not against each other...Europeans must have the same ambition.

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP Pres. Macron thanked Pres. Biden for the aid that the US has given in Western & Subsaharan Africa and recalled that 🇺🇸 was a major architect of the Lebanon-Israel agreement.

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP Ukraine- 1
Pres. Macron: 🇫🇷🇺🇸are founded upon values forged by history. What is happening in🇺🇦is about values & principles (🇺🇳Charter) protecting territorial integrity & sovereignty.
If we consider that we can abandon a country, there is no possible stability in this word.

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP Ukraine- 2
Pres. Macron would continue to speak to Pres. Putin to avoid escalation, to attain concrete results–for instance in the short term to ensure the safety of nuclear power plants in disputed areas, such a Zaporijia.

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP Ukraine- 3
Pres. Biden has, "no immediate plans to contact Pres. Putin," but would be prepared to meet with the Russian president if he, "showed a willingness to end the war," and only in consultation with NATO allies.

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP Ukraine- 4
Answering to a question regarding a possible negotiation, Pres. Macron cited Pres. Zelensky's proposed peace plan and stated that it was our job to work alongside him.

@EmmanuelMacron @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NASA @VP Ukraine- 5
He recalled that at the last meeting between Pres. Zelensky & Putin (Paris 2019, #NormandyFormat talks), Pres. Zelensky appeared to want to negotiate. Pres. Putin was the one who started the war.