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Husband, father of 3, Spokesperson 🇫🇷 in 🇺🇸 @francediplo_EN @franceintheus. Huge coffee drinker. Usual caveats
Dec 3, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
Le Pdt @EmmanuelMacron étant à la Nouvelle-Orléans, qques éléments sur une initiative annoncée ici : French for All, un programme pour rendre l'apprentissage du français accessible à tous, de la maternelle à l'université.
Il rassemble 4 initiatives. On vous les détaille ici 👇 1/Le French Heritage Language Program, qui aide les immigrants francophones et les jeunes d'origine francophone à maintenir leur héritage linguistique et culturel, en mettant l'accent sur les cultures d'Afrique de l'Ouest & des Caraïbes.
Dec 3, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
With Pres. @EmmanuelMacron in NOLA, we discuss a new initiative that he announced as part of his State Visit: French for All, a program to encourage bilingualism and to widen access to French teaching tools in schools.

A 🧵(in English) about a Francophonie project (🇫🇷 follows) French for All is composed of four initiatives:
1/The French Heritage Language Program helps French-speaking immigrants and young Americans with francophone backgrounds maintain linguistic and cultural heritage, with a focus on West African and Caribbean cultures.
Dec 2, 2022 7 tweets 4 min read
A rather personal exchange took place on Capitol Hill yesterday. A few illustrative quotes:
🇫🇷🇺🇸 @SpeakerPelosi to Pres. @EmmanuelMacron:

“In the chamber of the House of Representatives, we have two massive paintings–just two. One is of our patriarch, George Washington. The other is of the Marquis de Lafayette.”
Dec 1, 2022 17 tweets 19 min read
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 ⤵️
@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.
Dec 1, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
DAY 2 of the State Visit got off to an early start. As we move through the morning, we want to underscore the importance of this 🇫🇷🇺🇸 meeting to both nations. As we know, a State Visit is the highest, most personal form of diplomatic relations between two countries, and this is the first under the Biden-Harris administration.

President Macron is in Washington, D.C. with a delegation of French leaders and Ministers inc. @MinColonna.
Nov 30, 2022 10 tweets 5 min read
Principaux éléments à retenir du discours du Président @EmmanuelMacron à la communauté française aux États-Unis ⤵️ @EmmanuelMacron "L'objet de cette visite est de réinstaller un dialogue stratégique pour re-synchroniser nos agendas. Il y a un risque.🇺🇸 regardent d’abord🇺🇸. Et on ne peut pas le leur reprocher. Puis ils regardent leur rivalité avec🇨🇳. Le risque est que🇪🇺🇫🇷deviennent une variable d’ajustement."
Nov 30, 2022 5 tweets 12 min read
At NASA HQ now: @VP Harris hosts Pres. @EmmanuelMacron for a meeting on 🇫🇷🇺🇸 space cooperation.

In the 🇫🇷 Delegation: Astronauts @Thom_astro & @Soph_astro; Ministers @MinColonna, @BrunoLeMaire & @sretailleau; @PhBaptiste of @CNES and Fatoumata Kébé. @VP @EmmanuelMacron @Thom_astro @Soph_astro @MinColonna @BrunoLeMaire @sretailleau @PhBaptiste @CNES This meeting comes at a high time for 🇫🇷🇺🇸 spatial cooperation. This summer, we saw the signing of the Artemis Accords (to return to the moon), this month we saw the #Artemis1 launch. And we continue!