François Picard
@francoisf24.bsky.social
Host, The France 24 Debate
🇸🇩 "This reminds of the Rwandan genocide."
Sudan Doctors Union's Sayed Mohamed Abdalla on the slaughter of civilians following fall of #ElFasher
Full interview ➡️ f24.my/BXAD.y
Sudan Doctors Union's Sayed Mohamed Abdalla on the slaughter of civilians following fall of #ElFasher
Full interview ➡️ f24.my/BXAD.y
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🇸🇩 "This reminds of the Rwandan genocide."
Sudan Doctors Union's Sayed Mohamed Abdalla on the slaughter of civilians following fall of #ElFasher
Full interview ➡️ f24.my/BXAD.y
Sudan Doctors Union's Sayed Mohamed Abdalla on the slaughter of civilians following fall of #ElFasher
Full interview ➡️ f24.my/BXAD.y
🇫🇷 🇷🇺 You heard right: le Prix Albert Londres!
Récompense méritée pour Elena Volochine for “Propagande, l’arme de Poutine”, a fascinating explainer of Kremlin myth making.
Now how about trading those crutches for an English-language book deal?
Récompense méritée pour Elena Volochine for “Propagande, l’arme de Poutine”, a fascinating explainer of Kremlin myth making.
Now how about trading those crutches for an English-language book deal?
October 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🇫🇷 🇷🇺 You heard right: le Prix Albert Londres!
Récompense méritée pour Elena Volochine for “Propagande, l’arme de Poutine”, a fascinating explainer of Kremlin myth making.
Now how about trading those crutches for an English-language book deal?
Récompense méritée pour Elena Volochine for “Propagande, l’arme de Poutine”, a fascinating explainer of Kremlin myth making.
Now how about trading those crutches for an English-language book deal?
"Creative destruction has to be inclusive."
2025 #NobelEconomicsPrize winner Philippe Aghion lauds the Danish model of 'flexicurity'.
The antidote to populism, he argues, is to combine education with innovation so no one is left behind.
Full interview ➡️ f24.my/BVP9
2025 #NobelEconomicsPrize winner Philippe Aghion lauds the Danish model of 'flexicurity'.
The antidote to populism, he argues, is to combine education with innovation so no one is left behind.
Full interview ➡️ f24.my/BVP9
October 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"Creative destruction has to be inclusive."
2025 #NobelEconomicsPrize winner Philippe Aghion lauds the Danish model of 'flexicurity'.
The antidote to populism, he argues, is to combine education with innovation so no one is left behind.
Full interview ➡️ f24.my/BVP9
2025 #NobelEconomicsPrize winner Philippe Aghion lauds the Danish model of 'flexicurity'.
The antidote to populism, he argues, is to combine education with innovation so no one is left behind.
Full interview ➡️ f24.my/BVP9
"Finally, justice was served."
Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc, who lost his father in 1989 UTA bombing, on #Sarkozy sentenced to hard time.
He and @en.france24.com's Claire Paccalin witnessed the audible gasps in the courtroom ⤵️
More in #F24Debate 📺➡️ f24.my/BSVI
Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc, who lost his father in 1989 UTA bombing, on #Sarkozy sentenced to hard time.
He and @en.france24.com's Claire Paccalin witnessed the audible gasps in the courtroom ⤵️
More in #F24Debate 📺➡️ f24.my/BSVI
September 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"Finally, justice was served."
Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc, who lost his father in 1989 UTA bombing, on #Sarkozy sentenced to hard time.
He and @en.france24.com's Claire Paccalin witnessed the audible gasps in the courtroom ⤵️
More in #F24Debate 📺➡️ f24.my/BSVI
Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc, who lost his father in 1989 UTA bombing, on #Sarkozy sentenced to hard time.
He and @en.france24.com's Claire Paccalin witnessed the audible gasps in the courtroom ⤵️
More in #F24Debate 📺➡️ f24.my/BSVI
🇫🇷🇱🇾 "Gaddafi's going to have the final word from the grave when he shows he's not the worst kind of dictator the world has seen. He's just the mirror of the world that he dealt with."
The Sadeq Institute's Anas al-Gomati on #Sarkozy trial in #F24Debate
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BSVI
The Sadeq Institute's Anas al-Gomati on #Sarkozy trial in #F24Debate
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BSVI
September 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
🇫🇷🇱🇾 "Gaddafi's going to have the final word from the grave when he shows he's not the worst kind of dictator the world has seen. He's just the mirror of the world that he dealt with."
The Sadeq Institute's Anas al-Gomati on #Sarkozy trial in #F24Debate
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BSVI
The Sadeq Institute's Anas al-Gomati on #Sarkozy trial in #F24Debate
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BSVI
🇵🇸 "I'm just not sure this is the right move."
@washinstitute.bsky.social's Amb. Dennis Ross lauds Macron for wanting to offer hope to Palestinians but would have preferred plan that offers alternative to current status quo #Palestine #Israel #TwoStateSolution #F24Debate
Full show 📺➡️ f24.my/BS0v
@washinstitute.bsky.social's Amb. Dennis Ross lauds Macron for wanting to offer hope to Palestinians but would have preferred plan that offers alternative to current status quo #Palestine #Israel #TwoStateSolution #F24Debate
Full show 📺➡️ f24.my/BS0v
September 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🇵🇸 "I'm just not sure this is the right move."
@washinstitute.bsky.social's Amb. Dennis Ross lauds Macron for wanting to offer hope to Palestinians but would have preferred plan that offers alternative to current status quo #Palestine #Israel #TwoStateSolution #F24Debate
Full show 📺➡️ f24.my/BS0v
@washinstitute.bsky.social's Amb. Dennis Ross lauds Macron for wanting to offer hope to Palestinians but would have preferred plan that offers alternative to current status quo #Palestine #Israel #TwoStateSolution #F24Debate
Full show 📺➡️ f24.my/BS0v
🇮🇱🇵🇸"I hope we as Israelis can turn away from this horrible rhetoric of us versus them."
Gil Dickmann, cousin of murdered hostage Carmel Gat, on Netanyahu's claim that Europeans are under the pressure of 'strong Islamist minorities' ⤵️
Full #F24Debate 📺➡️ f24.my/BRAR
Gil Dickmann, cousin of murdered hostage Carmel Gat, on Netanyahu's claim that Europeans are under the pressure of 'strong Islamist minorities' ⤵️
Full #F24Debate 📺➡️ f24.my/BRAR
September 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🇮🇱🇵🇸"I hope we as Israelis can turn away from this horrible rhetoric of us versus them."
Gil Dickmann, cousin of murdered hostage Carmel Gat, on Netanyahu's claim that Europeans are under the pressure of 'strong Islamist minorities' ⤵️
Full #F24Debate 📺➡️ f24.my/BRAR
Gil Dickmann, cousin of murdered hostage Carmel Gat, on Netanyahu's claim that Europeans are under the pressure of 'strong Islamist minorities' ⤵️
Full #F24Debate 📺➡️ f24.my/BRAR
🇮🇳🇺🇸 About much more than Russian oil:
Kriti Upadhyaya tells #F24Debate of the historical reasons why #India proved quick to open #trade negotiations... but slow to sign on the dotted line with the Trump administration.
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BOYM
Kriti Upadhyaya tells #F24Debate of the historical reasons why #India proved quick to open #trade negotiations... but slow to sign on the dotted line with the Trump administration.
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BOYM
August 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🇮🇳🇺🇸 About much more than Russian oil:
Kriti Upadhyaya tells #F24Debate of the historical reasons why #India proved quick to open #trade negotiations... but slow to sign on the dotted line with the Trump administration.
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BOYM
Kriti Upadhyaya tells #F24Debate of the historical reasons why #India proved quick to open #trade negotiations... but slow to sign on the dotted line with the Trump administration.
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BOYM
🇺🇸Historical precedents can only partially inform our understanding of what's happening in the United States under Donald Trump, argues @weissmann.substack.com in #F24Debate
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BOOr.x
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BOOr.x
August 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🇺🇸Historical precedents can only partially inform our understanding of what's happening in the United States under Donald Trump, argues @weissmann.substack.com in #F24Debate
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BOOr.x
Full show ➡️ f24.my/BOOr.x
🇮🇱🇵🇸"The pressure has to be targeted on Netanyahu."
@telavivuni.bsky.social's @ayakter.bsky.social on the best bet on to break the death spiral in #Gaza
Full #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BO6v.x
@telavivuni.bsky.social's @ayakter.bsky.social on the best bet on to break the death spiral in #Gaza
Full #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BO6v.x
August 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🇮🇱🇵🇸"The pressure has to be targeted on Netanyahu."
@telavivuni.bsky.social's @ayakter.bsky.social on the best bet on to break the death spiral in #Gaza
Full #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BO6v.x
@telavivuni.bsky.social's @ayakter.bsky.social on the best bet on to break the death spiral in #Gaza
Full #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BO6v.x
🇺🇦 How does a "coalition of the willing" work around a reluctant United States?
Thursday #F24Debate follows Paris summit on #Ukraine
Thursday #F24Debate follows Paris summit on #Ukraine
March 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🇺🇦 How does a "coalition of the willing" work around a reluctant United States?
Thursday #F24Debate follows Paris summit on #Ukraine
Thursday #F24Debate follows Paris summit on #Ukraine
Meanwhile in Berlin #Bundestagwahl #BTW2025
February 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Meanwhile in Berlin #Bundestagwahl #BTW2025
🏴 🇫🇷 🏉 Bon courage to Thibault Motassi and Robin Taccola, both alums of my club Rueil-Malmaison, both selected for #SixNations Under 20s against England #allezlesbleus
February 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🏴 🇫🇷 🏉 Bon courage to Thibault Motassi and Robin Taccola, both alums of my club Rueil-Malmaison, both selected for #SixNations Under 20s against England #allezlesbleus
My personal thoughts go to loved ones of the always generous and insightful Bernard Maris, a regular guest at France 24.
Columnist at #Charlie under the cheeky pen name of 'Oncle Bernard', he was one of the victims on the day #F24Debate
Columnist at #Charlie under the cheeky pen name of 'Oncle Bernard', he was one of the victims on the day #F24Debate
January 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
My personal thoughts go to loved ones of the always generous and insightful Bernard Maris, a regular guest at France 24.
Columnist at #Charlie under the cheeky pen name of 'Oncle Bernard', he was one of the victims on the day #F24Debate
Columnist at #Charlie under the cheeky pen name of 'Oncle Bernard', he was one of the victims on the day #F24Debate
☔️ Old Honoré shrugged off the rain beating down on Paris for the first business day of 2025. The newspaperman and chronicler of a France then in the throes of radical transformation reminded me of the challenges to meet during the year ahead #bonneannée #ànousdeuxparis
January 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
☔️ Old Honoré shrugged off the rain beating down on Paris for the first business day of 2025. The newspaperman and chronicler of a France then in the throes of radical transformation reminded me of the challenges to meet during the year ahead #bonneannée #ànousdeuxparis
🇫🇷🇩🇪 No budget, no problem? Markets have shown signs of concern over French finances but what keeps them up at night is Germany, argues @sciencespo.bsky.social's @fsaraceno.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 10:52 AM
🇫🇷🇩🇪 No budget, no problem? Markets have shown signs of concern over French finances but what keeps them up at night is Germany, argues @sciencespo.bsky.social's @fsaraceno.bsky.social
Seen in Tinsel Town: driverless Waymo. Do my apprehensions make me a Luddite?
November 17, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Seen in Tinsel Town: driverless Waymo. Do my apprehensions make me a Luddite?
One week since we were in Washington and @brookingsinst.bsky.social’s William Galston wondered aloud if Trump could build a multi-ethnic, working class coalition with staying power. Not yet, argues his colleague William Frey ➡️ www.brookings.edu/articles/tru...
November 13, 2024 at 9:25 PM
One week since we were in Washington and @brookingsinst.bsky.social’s William Galston wondered aloud if Trump could build a multi-ethnic, working class coalition with staying power. Not yet, argues his colleague William Frey ➡️ www.brookings.edu/articles/tru...
All week, we've been delving into the archives ahead of Friday's show. As @judah-grunstein.bsky.social & @pierrehaski.bsky.social will tell you, 15 years is nothing.
February 29, 2024 at 10:18 AM
All week, we've been delving into the archives ahead of Friday's show. As @judah-grunstein.bsky.social & @pierrehaski.bsky.social will tell you, 15 years is nothing.
🚨🎙️Changes afoot:
After 15 amazing years, I'll be passing the mantle to Gavin Lee for #WorldThisWeek. My grand finale this Friday.
New format, new look for #F24Debate. Join me from March 4th
After 15 amazing years, I'll be passing the mantle to Gavin Lee for #WorldThisWeek. My grand finale this Friday.
New format, new look for #F24Debate. Join me from March 4th
February 29, 2024 at 10:17 AM
🚨🎙️Changes afoot:
After 15 amazing years, I'll be passing the mantle to Gavin Lee for #WorldThisWeek. My grand finale this Friday.
New format, new look for #F24Debate. Join me from March 4th
After 15 amazing years, I'll be passing the mantle to Gavin Lee for #WorldThisWeek. My grand finale this Friday.
New format, new look for #F24Debate. Join me from March 4th