Bertrand Buchwalter
@Bertbuch
French diplomat. Personal account
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27-01-2012 00:15:53
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We’re celebrating the #EntenteCordiale120 .
Below, the 🇫🇷 Embassy in 1904, led by Amb. Cambon, who signed the agreements.
120 years later, French Embassy UK🇫🇷🇪🇺, led by Hélène Duchêne.
On this #InternationalWomensDay , #feministdiplomacy
has progressed, but there’s still further to go.
What a pleasure to attend the Festival d'Avignon, great summer gathering of performing arts in the heart of Provence. Especially since English is the festival’s guest language this year. Yet more proof of the rich cross-fertilisation between the French and English languages.
Half-mast homage to WWII French hero, Léon Gautier, who was the last survivor of the 'Kieffer commando' and landed here on #DDay on June 6, 1944 after being trained in Scotland 🇬🇧🏴.
President Emmanuel Macron and PM Élisabeth BORNE will arrive soon for a national tribute.
✨ Recommended: Franco-Algerian artist Zineb Sedira presents Resisting with Cinema, a series of films shedding light on the relationship between cinema, anticolonial activism and collective memory. 5 July at Ciné Lumière Institut français UK
For tickets and info:institut-francais.org.uk/cine-lumiere/w…
Bravo aux bacheliers du Lycée International de Londres Winston Churchill et du Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle de Londres ! Pour célébrer leur réussite, les lauréats de la mention Très bien ont été reçus par Hélène Duchêne à la Résidence. Un moment de satisfaction pour eux comme pour la communauté éducative, sans oublier la fierté des parents.
🇬🇧 Les 9 entreprises lauréates du programme Immersion pour les industries culturelles et créatives 🇫🇷 au Royaume-Uni reviennent d’une semaine riche en rencontres, organisée par Institut français UK et @BF_UK. eva nguyen binh était présente pour rencontrer les entreprises à Londres.
Delighted to welcome French author Annie Ernaux, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the greatest authors writing today, following her participation to the Charleston Literary Festival. #Frenchlitterature #Nobelprize #Charlestonliteraryfestival #AnnieErnaux
There was a nice surprise today in the mail coming from Surrey. A thoughtful correspondent shared with us postcards relating to France and dating back to the 1950s, which were collected by his mother who was a French/English interpreter working for the BBC. Thx! #Ententecordiale
Ahead of tomorrow’s #Eurovision 2023 final in Liverpool, French Embassy UK🇫🇷🇪🇺 spoke to 🇫🇷 candidate La Zarra about her love of France and French music.
👇Watch the full video below.
Vive la France et l'Eurovision !
#Eurovision Eurovision France 🇫🇷 Lu Alexandra Redde-Amiel