Last night I contributed to a debate show on @France24_en about organised crime in Marseille - some worrying developments discussed including state corruption, money laundering and growing power of organised crime in the city @Aston_PIR@AstonUniversity https://t.co/Etk02ior2p
In light of the Bondi Beach attack I was discussing the problems with online anti-semitism on social media platforms since the reduction in content moderation and the problems of tackling violent extremism more broadly on @France24_en@Aston_PIR@AstonUniversity
Discussing the murder of an anti-gang activists brother in Marseille yesterday and the broader context of organised drug crime in the city @Aston_PIR@AstonUniversity@France24_en
The French government has survived two no confidence votes today but will struggle to pass a budget in the short term (next 70 days) and balance the books in the long term. Stay tuned for more chaos in the coming months! @AstonUniversity@Aston_PIR@France24_en
Stating the obvious tonight - by putting back tough pension reforms until 2027 France averts short time crisis but sets up tougher economic decisions for the future @France24_en@AstonUniversity@Aston_PIR
Discussing whats next after the fall of another French prime minister - basically more of the same - more deadlock no solution in sight for French over-spending @Aston_PIR@AstonUniversity@France24_en
Happy to share my latest publication on developing netnography into an "appnography" approach to investigating Snapchat use by criminals in Marseille, France in @SecDialogue@AstonUniversity@Aston_PIR#Netnography
https://t.co/3ZLUvElAl4
Macron's bold pitch: France as the 'third way' between US-China power in Asia
Tens of billions in trade deals signed across Southeast Asia. Can Europe really challenge superpower dominance?
@JosephDowning1, Gary Ng and Simon Toubeau join us.
Watch here: https://t.co/i3nq7i0G0Y
Discussing the new French government and the problems they will have overcoming the current fiscal crisis in France on @France24_en@Aston_PIR@AstonPress
Resign? Not me. President Emmanuel Macron tonight dismissed pressure from the Left and Far Right for him to leave the Elysee 30 months early to unblock France’s deep political crisis. 1/
"The political tumult gripping France comes just weeks after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition collapsed, leaving the EU’s two most powerful states in limbo."
If Central and Eastern Europe wants to lead, now's the time to show how https://t.co/dxqLHUPhoo
Told @GBNEWS what is very likely is that Michel #Barnier will lose the vote of confidence in the National Assembly tonight, and that his minority govt will come #crashing down, as both the far-Left and the far-Right are uniting in an unholy alliance to tear down his govt.
Budget en suspens, risque de censure, crainte de shutdown... « Ce que l’on vit est totalement inédit », souligne l’économiste Eric Heyer https://t.co/YvOULXyIwg
Todays attack on #SNCF#ParisOlympics2024#Paris2024 demonstrate the vulnerability of critical infrastructure and the difficulties of protecting hundreds of miles of tracks, cables and installations - this presents an interesting new chapter in European anti-terrorism
First graduation ceremony as a lecturer @Aston_PIR at the end of my first full semester. Congratulations to our graduating students, you were great, and thank you to my colleagues for such welcoming first semester. Academics might complain a lot, but it is a great job!