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Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
#Russia | Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Repression in the Soviet Union
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
Three important observations from the recent Pew poll:
1. Americans see Russia (-70%) more negatively than not only Saudi Arabia (-55%), but even China (-54%), universally considered to be the chief US adversary.
2. Americans' attitude towards UK (+54%) is less warm than to Italy (+59%) and even to Japan (+65%).
3. Trump's policies towards Canada (confrontation) and Russia (appeasement) are diametrically opposite ones compare to predominant attitudes of Americans towards these two countries(+63% and -70%, respectively).
pewresearch.org/global/2026/…
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
La France est déterminée à lutter contre la flotte fantôme, partout dans le monde.
Ce matin, à plus de 450 nautiques au sud de La Réunion, notre Marine nationale a arraisonné le pétrolier DF Peak, suspecté de naviguer sous un faux pavillon et impliqué dans des activités illicites de transport de carburants.
Cette action, conduite conformément au droit international de la mer, témoigne de notre détermination à faire respecter le droit et à lutter contre tous les trafics illicites, où qu’ils se produisent.
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
It was right during Russia’s ballistic attack on Kyiv today that we spoke with the President of France. Thank you, Emmanuel, for your support.
The need for additional air defense packages for Ukraine is evident, and we are working with all our partners to secure the necessary decisions. Unfortunately, the threat of further missile strikes remains particularly high in the coming days. It is important to step up pressure on Russia in response, and bold, joint steps must be taken.
We discussed the challenges posed by the easing of sanctions on oil products. The Russians must feel that they will have no capacity left to prolong the war. We are coordinating substantively and preparing meetings. Thank you, France!
@EmmanuelMacron
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
Bernard-Henri Lévy soutient-il encore Ségolène Royal aujourd’hui, lui qui l’a aidée à écrire son grand discours de rentrée en 2007 ?
Réponse du philosophe, qui publie ses “Mémoires provisoires” dans la nouvelle maison d’édition d’Olivier Nora.
Pour en savoir plus, écoutez Le Grand entretien par Florence Paracuellos et @Ben_Duhamel ➡️ l.franceinter.fr/N6R
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
Apart from being a day of celebration of the Ukraine State Flag Day, today is also a day to remember a shameful date in European history.
On August 23, 1939, Nazi Germany and Stalin’s regime in Moscow signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. Behind the façade of “non-aggression” lay secret protocols dividing Europe into spheres of influence — with sovereign nations treated as mere objects on a map.
Days later, Hitler invaded Poland from the West. On September 17, Stalin invaded from the East. And on September 22, German and Soviet troops held a joint military parade in Brest to celebrate the conquest of Poland. The footage is attached.
Today, Russians proudly proclaim: “Можем повторить” — “We can do it again.”
The rhetoric, the imperial ambitions, the denial of other nations’ right to exist, the attempt to redraw borders by force - the historical parallels are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
The question is not whether Russia can repeat 1939.
The question is whether the rest of Europe will allow it to.
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
Українські рятувальники вирушили до Франції, щоб допомогти у боротьбі з масштабними лісовими пожежами. Це перша місія української команди з надання допомоги державі-члену Європейського Союзу в межах Механізму цивільного захисту ЄС.
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
The West humiliated Russia in the 1990s. This war is the consequence.’
I’ve heard this in every language, from every podium. It is history rewritten backwards.
Recall what actually happened to defeated Russia: no occupation. No reparations. No tribunal. It kept its nuclear arsenal and its UN veto. Its debts were forgiven and refinanced. It was handed IMF billions and a seat at the G8 — a club of democracies admitting a wounded autocracy out of hope.
Now recall an actually humiliated nation: Germany, 1945. Occupied. Partitioned. Cities in ash, leaders hanged, guilt taught to its children by law.
Germany became the most peaceful democracy in Europe. Russia became this.
So spare me the humiliation theory. Russia was not humiliated after the Cold War. It was indulged — and it read every kindness as weakness, every gift as tribute.
The grievance was never mistreatment. The grievance was lost dominion.
Empires do not mourn their wounds. They mourn their slaves.
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine took part in a military parade in honor of the Bastille Day. The parade was attended by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska. Two pilots of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of French-Ukrainian crews flew on MIRAGE 2000 fighters. Cavalry troops, servicemen of France and 35 countries of the Coalition of Willing, including 20 servicemen of the Battalion of the Honor Guard of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, solemnly marched on the Champs Elysees.
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
How can we measure the state of democracy around the world?
Measuring democracy is challenging. It has many dimensions, and researchers assess them in different ways. No single source of data captures the full picture, so we present data from several of them.
These include Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem; shown in the map here), the Lexical Index, Freedom House, and the Bertelsmann Transformation Index.
Some of these data sources focus on broad characteristics of political systems to identify which countries are democracies at all. Others use expert surveys to assess smaller differences in the degree of democracy.
Our colleagues Mojmír Vinkler and @lucasrodesg recently updated more than 250 of our democracy charts with the latest available data from our sources, which now include data for 2025.
ALT Choropleth map of country-level Liberal Democracy Index for 2025 where it highlights global differences in democratic scores on a scale from 0 to 1. High scores are concentrated in North America, Western and Northern Europe, Australia and New Zealand, while lower scores appear across parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Central and East Asia; many countries in Latin America and southern Africa show intermediate values. A few areas are marked as having no data. The data source is the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project (2026). The chart is licensed CC BY to Our World in Data.
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
Russian Ambassador to the UK Kelin: Russia sympathizes with Iran and has historically had good relations. Iran has not asked for assistance, but if it did, Russia would consider it.
Moscow also values relations with Gulf states and calls for an immediate end to the aggression.1/
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
Nos partenaires le savent : ils peuvent compter sur la France.
C’est le cas de l’Ukraine qui tient bon malgré des attaques massives de la Russie qui continuent de faire de nombreuses victimes civiles, et que je condamne.
La crise au Moyen-Orient ne détournera ni notre attention ni nos efforts. Nous continuerons de soutenir les Ukrainiens dans leur combat pour leur liberté et pour leur souveraineté.
Je l’ai redit au Président @ZelenskyyUa avec qui nous venons de faire un point.
L’Europe ne peut ni hésiter, ni ralentir : l’effort doit se poursuivre, aussi bien pour l’adoption de nouvelles sanctions que pour le déblocage du soutien financier à l’Ukraine agréé en décembre. La France y prendra sa part et chacun doit être au rendez-vous de ses responsabilités.
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
Il y a deux ans, le monde apprenait la mort d'Alexeï Navalny, dont je salue la mémoire.
J'avais alors dit ma conviction que sa mort disait tout de la faiblesse du Kremlin et de la peur de tout opposant. Il est aujourd'hui clair qu'elle a été préméditée.
La vérité finit toujours par triompher, en attendant que la justice en fasse de même.
Bertrand Buchwalter retweeted
We, 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇳🇱🇸🇪🇬🇧, are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin.
This is the conclusion of our Governments based on analyses of samples from Alexei Navalny. Full statement here 👉 diplo.de/2756262
