The post said Emmanuel Macron changed his schedule at the last minute to attend Mass, seeking to tap into popular sentiment and displacing the local mayor as host. It described Pope Leo as an unexpected hit. https://t.co/u4bLh5w75Y #Macron #Pope #Politique #FR #IT
Alone and fleeing scandal, a 23-year-old gave birth in a Catholic mother and baby home in 1917. The surname she chose for her baby, ‘Prevost’, endured down the decades, becoming the name of her grandson, Pope Leo XIV. My piece on the pope’s family secret: https://t.co/sTaFAxTvsm #PopeLeoXIV #familysecrets #history #IE
Rehearsals are underway for Saturday’s large outdoor mass led by Pope Leo in Place de la Concorde in Paris https://t.co/IPByInWSLv #PopeLeo #Mass #Paris #FR
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni faces a challenge from the right — a macho ex general whose party manifesto says Italy should be a “Mediterranean patriarchy” and delivers critiques of her policies on Instagram while holding melons to his chest https://t.co/QwLJJIUZuM #GiorgiaMeloni #ItalianPolitics #Patriarchy #IT
I managed to prevent Thomas Piketty hanging up on me and keep him on the line long enough to hear about his proposal to tax billionaires to curb climate change and criticisms of Ireland’s economic model https://t.co/ZoeTEuiAGe #TaxTheRich #ClimateAction #Economics #IE
So Reform policy is to send Irish people serving jail sentences to El Salvador? How does that work in NI #ReformPolicy #IrishPrisoners #ElSalvador #IE #SV #GB
“The Camorra buys entire buildings in the neighbourhoods and alleys and converts them into B&B,” @robertosaviano told me. My piece on how the mafia is cashing in on Naples’ tourism boom https://t.co/PDUjdSvN60 #Camorra #Naples #Tourism #IT
The wildfire outside Bordeaux showed the risks of highly flammable pine plantations - the native tree growth was much more fire resistant https://t.co/EjUIFcMTTu #wildfire #Bordeaux #environment #FR
A playbook repeated from Turkey to Norway to Belarus. Rather than recognising it Europe’s right took an opportunity to pile on to a centre-left leader they resent: domestic troubles aside, Sanchez has outperformed them on economic growth while seeing a green energy switch pay off #PoliticalStrategy #EconomicGrowth #GreenEnergy #TR #NO #BY
Another Epstein associate takes his secrets to the grave. My piece on what the Epstein files have to say about Daniel Siad, the procurer of women who was found dead this week https://t.co/iFIdaPgtpe #Epstein #DanielSiad #Secrets #Therearenospecificcountriesmentionedinthetweet.Therefore #theresponseis:
Irish tricolours could be seen among visiting soldiers who took part in Macron’s final Bastille Day parade — a massive military show making a statement about his vision of French power within an assertive Europe. It’s something Marine Le Pen wants to dismantle if she is elected #BastilleDay #Macron #MarineLePen #IE #FR
"May the best team win, and may racism lose," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after comments from a former conservative prime minister revealed people still struggling to be normal about the French team https://t.co/RYfjL7fFgL #Racism #TeamSpirit #Football #ES #FR
“Nature is disappearing. Most of the vast expanses have shrunk,” Sand wrote. “If we are not careful, the tree will disappear and the end of the planet will come about through desiccation, without the need for a single great cataclysm, through the fault of man.” #SaveNature #ClimateCrisis #Sustainability #Therearenospecificcountrycodesmentionedinthetweet.
“All the inhabitants of France have a direct interest in not allowing France to be stripped of its vast shade-giving forests, reservoirs of moisture necessary for the air they breathe and the soil they cultivate,” George Sand wrote in her appeal for its protection #France #Forests #EnvironmentalProtection #FR
The forest south of Paris being burned up in wildfire isn’t just any forest. The Forest of Fontainebleau was central to the development of Impressionism, is in paintings by Monet and Renoir, and the campaign to protect it inspired one of the earliest environmental manifestos #Fontainebleau #Impressionism #Wildfire #FR
Ronaldo allowed to play despite a three-match ban for a foul against Ireland… the Balogun affair… it all contributes to an erosion of trust in impartial arbitration that was reflected in the international reaction to Egypt’s defeat to Argentina last night. #Ronaldo #Foul #TrustInReferees #IE #EG #AR
Le Pen declares French presidential candidacy after court shortens her sentence for misappropriating funds. She says she won’t need to wear an ankle bracelet on the campaign as the sentence will be pending while she appeals the verdict once more https://t.co/i0JBStafUm #LePen #FrenchElection #Politics #FR
A Paris court has shortened Marine Le Pen's ban on holding office, while ordering her to serve a sentence wearing an electronic bracelet - something she has said would make it impossible to campaign. Everyone now awaits a statement from her to clarify whether she will run or not. #MarineLePen #ParisCourt #Election2024 #FR
Frankly terrifying speaking to Irish people today who fled a wildfire on a French campsite - will change how I think about safety. It was just “minutes” from seeing smoke to the fire overcoming the place - they lost everything but the clothes they had on https://t.co/jDs8hqn0bS #Wildfire #SafetyFirst #ClimateCrisis #IE #FR
Grim new episode open to all. @MatthewOToole2 describes sheltering families fleeing their burning homes in his constituency office during the horrific riots in Belfast last week. We discuss the broader societal and historical context: https://t.co/nLrBUuNUk5 #BelfastRiots #SocialIssues #CommunitySupport #GB #IE
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