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Macron, Europe Day, and Mariya Gabriel (Tweets of the Week, Ep. 2)

1,429 views · Published 12 May 2017 · 2:07 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: Euractiv · 2017 · News & Politics

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Hello and welcome to this week’s Friday fun with EU Tweets.

Of course, dominating the news this week is Emmanuel Macron’s presidential victory in France.

His official Twitter account broke the news first with a “Déclaration officielle”.
https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/861294543517429769 

Reuters’ Noah Barkin got straight to the point, asking what the new nickname will be after Merkozy & Merkollande. He votes for “Mackerel”!
https://twitter.com/noahbarkin/status/861569627087925250

Others pointed out the striking difference between the new French president and his counterpart in the US.

Tobias Schneider wondered if the Molière quoting leader will have much to talk about with famously book-shy Donald Trump.
https://twitter.com/tobiaschneider/status/862010562598887424


And yet more considered his dashing looks! Hollande may not have been as attractive as Obama, but with Macron and Trump the tables have turned, said Spark Dise.
https://twitter.com/SparkDise/status/861577043758256128

And of course there was the inevitable comparison with Brexit. We think this cartoon says it all. It’s the domino deffect. https://twitter.com/ThomasHTaylor/status/861626844889714688

Back in Brussels Europe Day took centre stage. Thomas Pesquet said that, viewed from space, London, Paris and Brussels form a very European triangle.
https://twitter.com/Thom_astro/status/862038214860656642

While an account calling itself EU Flag Mafia celebrated with a huge 4 metre flag in Maidenhead. 
https://twitter.com/EUflagmafia/status/861912906836869121

However, the Leave.EU campaign wants to do away with “the corrupt European Union” and posted this image featuring Nigel Farage and Marine LePen.
https://twitter.com/LeaveEUOfficial/status/861899865462362112

Many others, including Krishnan Guru-Murthy, highlighted the latest Banksy mural.
https://twitter.com/krishgm/status/861222832663080960

And finally we have learned who will replace the irreplacable Kristalina Giorgeva as Bulgarian Commissioner. The Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Boyko Borissov announced the nomination of Mariya Gabriel on Twitter. 
https://twitter.com/BoykoBorissov/status/862242154307047424 

The next step, as explained by the Commission, is an interview with Juncker.
https://twitter.com/EU_Commission/status/862318872313122816

Leading Katie Owens to ask, do we know if she will take over Georgieva's former portfolio or is it time for a re-shuffle?
https://twitter.com/ktowens/status/862228364534452225 

Thanks to Danfoss for supporting this week’s episode. Read their latest tweet about the huge potential for energy savings by optimizing buildings on Twitter at @Danfoss. 
https://twitter.com/Danfoss/status/860467507861352449

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