The Nomination of France’s New Prime Minister Marks Marine Le Pen’s Quiet Victory After two long months of political deadlock following the last parliamentary election, France finally has a new prime minister: Michel Barnier. Nicknamed "the French Joe Biden," (‼️) the

Another phenomenal thread by Johann Kurtz There's a lot of noise on X, this is 100% signal.

Hope?

It's amazing how much a country can change in 20 years. In 2000, French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin (a socialist) was attacked with stones by Palestinian students for calling Hezbollah a “terrorist group.” In 2024, President Macron (center left) posts a surreal video

THAT'S IT? This is what 20 years worth of spent nuclear fuel looks like safely stored at the former Maine Yankee nuclear plant. `The energy produced from this fuel helped avoid 70 million metric tons of CO2 emissions.

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The world is going through a reckoning of redetermining who creates value and who doesn’t

Presidential term limits make no sense. 1.If a president is good, let the people keep him 2.Term limits don’t stop dictators, Putin and Erdogan proved that 3.Real change takes decades. If it’s not the president, unelected bureaucrats end up in charge. Took FDR 3+ terms.

Only 14% of French people still support Macron. Even one of his former prime ministers has called for his resignation.