🔴 “The concept of sovereignty has become a European concept,” said #Macron , noting the progress the bloc had made during the Covid pandemic ⤵️

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Goodbye Manchester! Thanks for a great day with the 11 #AlliancesFrancaises which promote French across the UK.

From North to South, the Alliances will teach you French in Glasgow, York, Leeds, Manchester, Norwich, Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Bristol, Bath, Exeter and…

Time to focus! The @FCDO is hosting the Franco-British Bilateral Commission on Education. It is the second Commission we hold since 2023 (the first one was in Paris in July 2023). @DfE @Education_gouv French Embassy UK🇫🇷🇪🇺 UK in France British Council and @IFRU colleagues work hard to…

Seeing spring through cherry blossoms.

So proud of the Garde républicaine changing the guard at Buckingham Palace this morning!

They were inspected by TRH the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Hélène Duchêne, The Chief of the General Staff and Chef d'état-major de l'armée de Terre

And then warmly welcomed to Wellington Barracks. Many thanks to the The Household Division for…

Getting ready for tomorrow’s historic change of the guard Élysée and Buckingham Palace. The Garde républicaine and Scots Guards are exchanging guards duties for the first time to celebrate the Entente cordiale!

At 10.45 on Monday 8 April, the Garde républicaine will change the guard at Buckingham Palace to mark the 120 years to the day of the Entente cordiale agreements. The Garde républicaine will be the first non-Commonwealth country to have this honour. At the same time in Paris, the Scots…

Throwback to a great evening with Hélène Duchêne , @LucyFrazerMP , Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP & many friends.

We could look closely at the 🇬🇧 and 🇫🇷 declarations. They bear the exact same marks. That’s definitely not accidental : back in 1904 the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and France Diplomatie🇫🇷🇪🇺 negotiators clearly…

Sneak peek of tonight’s exhibition opening Institut français UK !

This is one of the original 1904 declarations which became known as the Entente cordiale. Beautifully handwritten and very moving : some words were even erased and rewritten, in all likelihood because the negotiations…

🇫🇷🇬🇧 En septembre 2023, Paris a été le berceau d'une collaboration franco-britannique inédite !

Sous l'égide de la Reine et de Brigitte Macron, le Prix de l'Entente littéraire, inspiré par les 120 ans de l’Entente cordiale, est né.

Les candidatures pour ce prix qui…

Thank you, Brigitte Giraud, for taking us through the 20 years journey that led to your autobiographical novel Vivre vite, Prix Académie Goncourt 2022 and #ChoixGoncourtUK 2023

Institut français UK and LIBRAIRIE LA PAGE were proud and lucky to welcome you.

Full house for Goncourt-winning author Brigitte Giraud in conversation with celebrated writer Lucie Paye, and introduced by Institut français UK director Anissia Morel, as part of the Mois de la Francophonie.

#ChoixGoncourtUK #FrancophonieUK

C’est la Journée internationale se la Francophonie ET la semaine olympique et paralympique du Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle de Londres

Merci Camille Lacourt Reina-Flor Okori OLY et à tous les athlètes venus à Londres rencontrer les élèves et représenter l’olympisme et la francophonie!

#JournéedeLaFrancophonie …

#FrancophonieontheRoad initiative, organized by Institut français UK, has begun! It facilitates access to French & Francophone culture for pupils in England & promotes the learning of French across 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Happy to contribute to this by visiting Cardinal Hume School in Newcastle.
#FrancophonieUK

Platform 0 at King’s Cross ! It’s a fine Monday morning to go to Newcastle for the first day of Francophonie on the Road : 20 schools and 500 pupils are taking part in 40 workshops over a month in Newcastle, Lincoln, Birmingham and Cheltenham :-)
#FrancophonieUK #LearnFrench …

Un jour à Paris…

🤝Institut français UK & Goethe-Institut London were excited to team up today to welcome the 1st French German Day!

📝🎞️Students were immersed in a day of fun cultural & linguistic activities, w/ French & German short film screenings to finish! What a fun way to strengthen the 🇫🇷-🇩🇪bond!