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Elisabeth Malafa  Profile picture
Elisabeth Malafa 
@Elise_ML
Avocate aux barreaux de Paris & New York | International dispute resolution lawyer | @UCLA_Law alum 🐻💛💙 | Tweets 🇫🇷 foreign policy & 🇪🇺EU | Views my own
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Oct 30, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Despite the fact that this is a “non-binding” document, we already know there are high-level discussions about this because it prompted this statement from Biden yesterday:
Image There is no room for hesitation here. The U.S. and Europe *must* unequivocally take a firm stance against all of this. Image
Apr 23, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Would this Borrell call on European navies to patrol Taiwan Strait have been possible without Emmanuel Macron’s visit to China?

As of today, only US, Canada, UK & French navies patrol the Taiwan Strait. 🇪🇺 Borrell: “In fact, Europe must be very active on [Taiwan], which concerns us for economic, commercial and technological reasons.”

lejdd.fr/international/…
Apr 22, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
🇫🇷 Statement from French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Chinese Ambassador Lu Shaye’s comments (in French, use “Translate Tweet” feature) 🧵

1/ “Nous avons pris connaissance avec consternation des propos de l’Ambassadeur de Chine en France concernant les frontières des pays devenus indépendants à la chute de l’Union soviétique en 1991.”

2/
Apr 22, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
🇪🇺 MFAs of all 3 Baltic countries have formally reacted to Chinese Ambassador to France’s comments on the status of “ex-Soviet republics” under international law.

Most forceful statement came from Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs who demands a complete retraction: Statement from Lithuania’s MFA:
Apr 16, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Macron, China & his critics’ doublespeak:

“while the United States has pressured Europe to cut ties with China, U.S.-China trade reached a record high of $690 billion in 2022.” “While the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment was shelved after much trans-Atlantic pressure—and in part because of China’s sanctioning of several EU officials—the Trump administration’s Phase One trade agreement with Beijing is still in place.”
Apr 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🇫🇷🏛️ Here comes the bad takes from abroad🍿 What you will NOT see in this series of articles about Emmanuel Macron passing a law “without a vote” are quotes from the opposition — as if it does not exist.

Why? Because that would actually require analyzing thoroughly the political situation.
Apr 14, 2023 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Really worth reading in full. The folly of Macron-bashing by @EldarMamedov4

“The outrage sparked by his remarks is completely unjustified given what Macron actually said as opposed to what has been imputed to him.” “If one reads Macron’s original interview, there isn’t anything in it that should be controversial. Macron speaks as the leader of a major European country, one that carries a unique weight as the only EU member of the UN Security Council and the EU’s only nuclear power.”
Apr 9, 2023 • 26 tweets • 8 min read
🧵 Macron’s *actual* interview is in French outlet @LesEchos

No paywall: lesechos.fr/monde/enjeux-i…

In Politico however… I don’t know what train wreck of an article that is.

You have actual quotes mixed up with Politico’s analysis for this reason 🔽

Thread on those “cuts” 1/ Image 🗣️ Emmanuel Macron about Taiwan:

“Why should we go at the pace chosen by others? At some point, we must ask ourselves the question of our interests. (…) We Europeans must wake up. Our priority is not to adapt to the agenda of others in all regions of the world.” 2/ ImageImage
Dec 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 Emmanuel Macron just laid bare his objective with his offensive on the #IRA in recent interviews. He wants a new 🇪🇺 European stimulus package.

Macron: “We can’t ask the United States of America to solve our problems.” 1/3 Something he’s been pushing since *checks notes* early March 2022. ⤵️

Didn’t work the first time? In pure Macron fashion, he’ll keep pushing. 2/

Nov 27, 2022 • 15 tweets • 9 min read
🧵 Several issues with this thread which assumes France & Germany have powers they don’t have by conveniently omitting the failures of other allies. 1/ For starters, I know it’s tempting for some unscrupulous hawks to rewrite history but a majority of Ukrainians opposed NATO membership until 2014.

- 2010: pewresearch.org/global/2010/03…

- 2014: news.gallup.com/poll/167927/cr…

- 2019: kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi… 2/
Nov 18, 2022 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 Criticisms regarding France’s Ukraine/Russia policies tend to focus solely on President Macron’s remarks but France is way more than just Macron.

Let’s talk about this latest Russian propaganda piece in a major French news outlet. ⤵️ 1/

One aspect that is often overlooked is French media reporting on the war, which is highly problematic.

Unlike Anglophone media outlets, French outlets have routinely interviewed Russian government officials over the past 9 months. 2/
Sep 8, 2022 • 28 tweets • 9 min read
1/ Late to this, but glad to see the Macron documentary broadcast late June finally gets the attention it rightfully deserves. This documentary is pure gold. A thread. 🧵 2/ Initially a documentary about the French Presidency of the European Council from Jan to Jun 2022, it morphed into something else as the war unfolded. We got raw footages of Macron’s reactions in the weeks before and after the war.