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Julien Hoez

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✉️ Contact@julienhoez.eu | ✍️ www.frenchdispatch.eu 🇫🇷🇪🇺 Social-libéral fighting for a stronger EU 🧠 Reformed think tanker | 📰 Editor 💻 Political Consultant |🌍 Political & foreign affairs

created July 5, 2023

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Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

You can only admire the sheer lunacy of someone who spends an hour rewriting your own article at you, and then regurgitating information that's already publicly available as if they discovered fire.

2/9/2025, 11:48:56 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Then go away and stop bothering me.

2/9/2025, 11:44:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Look, unless you’re going to write an article for TFD, I have zero interested in reading you rewrite things I already know

2/9/2025, 10:57:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Excellent, thank you!

2/9/2025, 9:28:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Lmfao I'm learning that Radio Genoa is apparently run by a Cambodian dude who was a candidate for the Rassemblement National 😂😂😂

2/9/2025, 8:58:20 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

I think you should read the body of coverage regarding this topic, reread the article where I mention LFI and Melenchon at least once, and again, reread the article and the body of work I have where I constantly say the left is a mess and LFI have zero support. You haven’t discovered water, Paul

2/9/2025, 8:20:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Listen, I really like cats. Curtis Silas is just going OTT

1/9/2025, 11:33:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted

A screenshot of a post on X. It's a double quote tweet. The original post is a photo of bacon in a frying pan and the caption says,
1/9/2025, 11:16:00 PM | 34886 4151 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

When did right-wingers all become such fucking weirdos?

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1/9/2025, 11:27:12 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Holocaust memorial in Lyon vandalised with Free Gaza inscription in 'intolerable act' www.euronews.com/2025/09/01/h...

1/9/2025, 7:19:27 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

A classified IDF document circulated within the military has concluded that Operation “Gideon’s Chariots” — the army’s name for the major offensive that was launched against Hamas in May and ended last month — failed to meet its core objectives. www.timesofisrael.com/idf-report-s...

1/9/2025, 11:16:08 AM | 7 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

These OTT far-left losers are also such weak little idiots, aren't they.

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1/9/2025, 11:00:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 10:59:33 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 10:53:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

The butterfly effect is a motherfucker

1/9/2025, 10:48:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

I can never take anything pro-BRICS seriously, purely because it's always overhyped nonsense.

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1/9/2025, 10:39:41 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

See you in Vladivostok, guys. We had a good run.

1/9/2025, 9:49:11 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Von der Leyen literally changed the law protecting wolves when a horse of hers was attacked. I guess World War 3 is a go.

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1/9/2025, 9:44:45 AM | 10 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

England. “Pastry capital of the world”

31/8/2025, 9:51:40 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Can’t complain at all

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31/8/2025, 6:28:07 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

To some extent yes, but the far-left at least have some form of coherent ideologies that cluster together. The far-right are so dilapidated that they get mad about random made-up things in their head, like bread and trans Pokémon, which is why they’re so pathetic

31/8/2025, 3:53:36 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kyle / kelly ♾️🏳️‍⚧️🪐 (@kozmikkylekelly.bsky.social) reposted

All discussions with conservatives always slide downward into this. You could be talking about the most random thing, and they always have to make it about “woke”, “the left ruining everything”, “those awful trans people”.

31/8/2025, 3:44:38 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Hate is a strong word. We find you funny and hope you regain your sanity very very soon

31/8/2025, 1:42:24 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

They're always incel adjacent, they're always snide, sneaky losers, and there are always women with horrendous stories about them. It's grim

31/8/2025, 1:26:37 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

People who scream and cry about "woke" all the time are usually uneducated, intellectually hampered, and don't have the tenacity to handle actual debate or being proven wrong. Pictured: typical far-right reaction to being proven wrong.

31/8/2025, 1:10:27 PM | 10 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Since this is doing numbers: Subscribe to www.frenchdispatch.eu if you want high level, fast-based reporting and analysis on politics in France and Europe! I even cover geopolitics and the wider world when events happen

31/8/2025, 12:46:25 PM | 71 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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🇫🇷La rentrée politique: Socialists eye Matignon as Dati plots for Paris Bayrou faces a confidence vote, the Parti Socialiste claims it is “ready to govern”, and Rachida Dati trades parliamentary ambition for a mayoral gamble with Barnier’s backing. www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/rentree-po...

31/8/2025, 11:00:10 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Good for you, don't police others.

31/8/2025, 11:28:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

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31/8/2025, 11:25:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Actually, I do as the algorithm punishes anybody with a blue tick and I don’t have a cult of personality behind me. So again, same two options as above

31/8/2025, 11:23:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

I do, because, unfortunately, for my work, I have to in order to be visible on Twitter. Now why don't you either go boost my work so I don't have to, or go cry into another void and be a baby elsewhere?

31/8/2025, 11:10:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

I honestly should start a podcast that is just my French-bred Croydon-raised self commenting on how ridiculous British politics is

31/8/2025, 11:06:27 AM | 16 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

🇫🇷La rentrée politique: Socialists eye Matignon as Dati plots for Paris Bayrou faces a confidence vote, the Parti Socialiste claims it is “ready to govern”, and Rachida Dati trades parliamentary ambition for a mayoral gamble with Barnier’s backing. www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/rentree-po...

31/8/2025, 11:00:10 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Nah, it’s fun to make fun and ridicule the degenerates who whine about woke all the fucking time.

31/8/2025, 10:39:41 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

What can I say, I’m a funny guy

31/8/2025, 9:50:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

That's the funny thing, nobody cares about sourdough anymore because COVID is over and people can have hobbies outside. Which means the glorious French baguette once again reigns supreme.

31/8/2025, 9:37:56 AM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reposted

🚨BREAKING: Bread is now woke, according to Alex Phillips

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31/8/2025, 8:49:50 AM | 3555 418 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Some of you have the worst fucking takes on bread, and you should be ashamed

31/8/2025, 9:13:24 AM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Even being a French existentialist, I'm not this much of a miserable bastard

31/8/2025, 9:10:57 AM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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31/8/2025, 9:10:21 AM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Imagine a British far-right activist whining about bread. Who does Alex think she is? French?

31/8/2025, 8:52:37 AM | 29 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

🚨BREAKING: Bread is now woke, according to Alex Phillips

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31/8/2025, 8:49:50 AM | 3555 418 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

A DW team was threatened with weapons and fired on with tear gas by Israeli soldiers while filming in Ramallah, despite wearing clearly marked "PRESS" gear. The attack was caught on video. corporate.dw.com/en/israeli-m...

30/8/2025, 9:07:20 PM | 14 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

The EU is trying to figure out how to scrap unanimity in foreign policy decisions and replace it with qualified majority voting. However, without concrete treaty reform to improve our decision-making process and strengthen our Union, this will only be a placeholder.

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30/8/2025, 8:47:38 PM | 38 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Let's be honest, the Lib Dems have been "coming" and saying things about the EU ever since the Brexit referendum was lost. Why is what they say now any more important or impactful?

30/8/2025, 8:11:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

I honestly only picked up on it because this person has been following and unfollowing on a daily basis. And it doesn't mean anything, this person was trying to follow-for-follow and boost their numbers

30/8/2025, 7:48:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Some people have absolutely no manners, and are absurdly thin skinned

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30/8/2025, 7:23:13 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

When you think you've finally beaten French President Emmanuel Macron and he gives you that look

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30/8/2025, 6:19:10 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Everybody waiting to see if Donald Trump is dead or not

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30/8/2025, 12:55:14 PM | 27 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

Inhuman. “I don’t have any choice” is a lie.

29/8/2025, 3:54:06 PM | 9473 3639 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Oh no I am so surprised.

29/8/2025, 9:44:33 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reposted

So, firstly, it seems like Donald Trump may actually be at risk of dying Secondly, the colossal infighting that JD Vance's presidency would cause, given his lack of charisma and cult of personality, will be glorious to watch.

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29/8/2025, 5:45:34 PM | 43 12 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

So, firstly, it seems like Donald Trump may actually be at risk of dying Secondly, the colossal infighting that JD Vance's presidency would cause, given his lack of charisma and cult of personality, will be glorious to watch.

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Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Still can’t get over how dumb these English nationalists are.

29/8/2025, 2:55:38 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) reposted

Welp, the lying about economic numbers — which everyone predicted would happen — has commenced. And the press is dutifully gobbling it up.

28/8/2025, 11:55:16 PM | 591 253 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Yeah, even as a *huge* Metal Gear Solid Fan: No.

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29/8/2025, 11:41:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

I love how angry this picture makes the Far-Right It means that things are going in the right direction, even if the engine stutters sometimes 🇪🇺

29/8/2025, 9:08:56 AM | 18 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Well to be characteristically blunt: I’m not the one swinging around my personal circumstances, attempting to make this personal, or being cynical kr haughty. And sure, not everybody has limitless energy, but I plan to keep doing this until I burn out and have bled myself dry.

28/8/2025, 10:23:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Maybe we could focus on something *actually* important like finishing the Capital Markets Union? Maybe???

28/8/2025, 10:08:29 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Yeah, no bait, and good for you being so active, but making the world a better place and fighting against the worst outcome for our countries and Union isn’t something you just stop doing.

28/8/2025, 10:07:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

How about: try to help us stop the worst case scenario from occurring?

28/8/2025, 9:45:44 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reposted

🇩🇪🤝🇫🇷 The Franco-German engine of the European Union.

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28/8/2025, 6:43:57 PM | 37 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

🇩🇪🤝🇫🇷 The Franco-German engine of the European Union.

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28/8/2025, 6:43:57 PM | 37 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Firstly, the far-right once again shows it can't read, even in Finnish. Secondly: lol. lmfao.

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28/8/2025, 6:35:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) reposted

They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.

28/8/2025, 5:05:26 PM | 5475 2930 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

"Nous sommes en train d'accepter que les plus jeunes soient réduits en esclavage en les obligeant pour des décennies à rembourser les emprunts des générations précédentes". - @bayrou.bsky.social (MoDem)

28/8/2025, 4:35:10 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

"Les 'boomers' ... devraient être, à mes côtés, les premiers pour qu'on baisse la dette, pour que ce ne soient pas les plus jeunes qui soient obligés de la payer" - Francois Bayrou (MoDem)

28/8/2025, 4:34:26 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

While Elon Musk, Tony Robinson, and the rest of the far-right won’t ask themselves anything of consequence, the reality is that you really need to ask yourselves how we got to the point where this kid was rendered so terrified that she did all of this.

28/8/2025, 3:06:49 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

The man threatened with a knife and an axe by the now famous 12 year old girl, and who has now been targeted by Elon Musk, is a Christian, Bulgarian family man who has been living in the UK for four years, and who was walking to the shops with his wife. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

28/8/2025, 3:06:49 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sky Marchini (@sky.skymarchini.net) reposted

One of the reasons mass shootings are so common in the United States, is of course the ease of access to firearms, but like, a far more important reason, IMO, is that mass shootings are a meme here.

27/8/2025, 11:08:27 PM | 193 26 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Viktor Orban’s Hungary is now the official representative of the Russian Federation within the European Union: “Hungary's government has sued the European Union over a decision to grant billions of euros of aid to Ukraine from frozen Russian assets.” www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

27/8/2025, 9:37:16 PM | 17 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Nah, when written it’s libel. It’s only slander if it’s spoken

27/8/2025, 7:21:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

What is libel 🤔

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27/8/2025, 7:17:45 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Absolute mugs: 'Patriots' mistakenly paint Danish flag on English roundabout

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27/8/2025, 4:05:34 PM | 12 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

The problem is that the United Kingdom has no real and genuine political coherence or stability, so the country itself isn't in a position to actually discuss this.

27/8/2025, 10:55:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Because he gets so much attention and everybody makes him look important

27/8/2025, 10:46:37 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Farrukh (@implausibleblog.bsky.social) reposted

Nick Thomas-Symonds, "Boris Johnson realised the Brexit deal was bad once it was explained to him" "My hunch, he probably accepted the bad consequences but decided ideology mattered more than reality" "The result was the first free trade deal in history that made it harder to trade"

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Profile picture Louis 〓〓 (@louishenwood.bsky.social) reposted

You have got to hand it to Nigel Farage He damaged the UK economy with his stupid Brexit Caused more austerity Created the illegal migration crisis (small boat crossings were at zero before 2018)* Now he farms the outrage from austerity and immigration to get Reform UK into power

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Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reposted

Emmanuel Macron has responded to Netanyahu’s inflammatory letter, denouncing antisemitism and Gaza’s reoccupation while urging a two-state solution as the only path to regional security and stability. www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/macron-res...

26/8/2025, 4:39:39 PM | 15 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Emmanuel Macron has responded to Netanyahu’s inflammatory letter, denouncing antisemitism and Gaza’s reoccupation while urging a two-state solution as the only path to regional security and stability. www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/macron-res...

26/8/2025, 4:39:39 PM | 15 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Always a pleasure to share some analysis of French politics, and Bayrou’s suicidal political gambit, with CNBC www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc...

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26/8/2025, 12:15:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

The leftists cheering on the far-left alliance with the far-right to bring down yet *another* French government understand just how damaging this is to Europe's future.

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25/8/2025, 10:05:36 PM | 15 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Nothing good will come out of this

25/8/2025, 8:26:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Being a French liberal

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🇫🇷 French Prime Minister François Bayrou just announced a vote of confidence in his government that he is very likely to lose.

25/8/2025, 4:29:17 PM | 28 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

The socialists are moving against Bayrou hard, as promised prior to the summer break. Dear readers, Francois Bayrou is cooked, and you can read all about it over at FrenchDispatch.eu

25/8/2025, 7:45:13 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Ca ne va pas être du tout rigolo 🤡

25/8/2025, 7:42:22 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Bon, c’est plié pour François Bayrou Olivier Faure, patron du PS, affirme que les socialistes "ne voteront pas la confiance" à François Bayrou le 8 septembre www.franceinfo.fr/politique/fr...

25/8/2025, 7:34:36 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Oh, and the socialists already said that they're taking him down before the summer. As covered in frenchdispatch.eu

25/8/2025, 7:24:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

He was facing a vote of no confidence after the summer anyway, but rather than find a way out or try to spend his time meaningfully, he's just decided to end his career quicker. Which is really dumb, considering the fact he's supposed to be one of our biggest political veterans.

25/8/2025, 7:23:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Franchement, nous ne pouvons pas voir les choses autrement.

25/8/2025, 7:13:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Are you on drugs? Imagine talking any shit regarding a “genocide of Russians” while Russia is committing crimes against humanity to wipe out Ukraine and its people.

25/8/2025, 6:38:58 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reply parent

Was before the summer

25/8/2025, 4:45:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Who announced they’re voting against him because he didn’t give in on the retirement reforms 🤡 Bayrou c’est fini

25/8/2025, 4:33:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

🇫🇷 French Prime Minister François Bayrou just announced a vote of confidence in his government that he is very likely to lose.

25/8/2025, 4:29:17 PM | 28 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

Bayrou seems to have not only chosen to effectively commit political suicide, but he’s also potentially forcing Macron into a corner by forcing *ANOTHER* election to try to end the deadlock It’s terrible politics from someone so experienced.

25/8/2025, 3:57:15 PM | 6 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

The Rassemblement National(far-right) joins La France Insoumise (far-left) in announcing it will vote against Francois Bayrou. This means that 209 out of the 289 votes required to bring down Bayrou have been announced.

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25/8/2025, 3:35:28 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu) reposted

Analysis: Charles Kushner’s attack on Emmanuel Macron over antisemitism and his recognition of Palestine has sparked a rare diplomatic clash between Paris and Washington. www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/france-us-...

25/8/2025, 10:13:15 AM | 71 26 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Julien Hoez (@julienhoez.eu)

François Bayrou, in an act of political suicide, is launching a vote of confidence in his premiership on Monday 8 September. The goal is to challenge the efforts of Melenchon and La France Inosumise to bring him down. The problem is that he may be pre-empting their success.

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