Michelle Fitzpatrick

@AFP digital investigations editor for Europe. Former Germany correspondent. Previous stints in Paris, Phnom Penh and London. Views my own.

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Journaliste de l'Agence France-Presse, l'un de nos compatriotes, Arman Soldin, a été tué en Ukraine. Avec courage, dès les premières heures du conflit il était au front pour établir les faits. Pour nous informer. Nous partageons la douleur de ses proches et de tous ses confrères.

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

We are devastated to learn of the death of AFP video journalist Arman Soldin in eastern Ukraine today.

All of our thoughts go out to his family and loved ones.

[Michelle Fitzpatrick @michfitz09]

#LetHerLearn: Afghans use social media to protest university ban https://t.co/42ATgFj7cG via @RFI_En

[euronews @euronews]

November 15 marks Equal Pay Day across the EU as women across the bloc continue to make 13% less than their male colleagues for doing the same work. #EuropeNews https://t.co/DHIqCnIcdX

[Freedom House @freedomhouse]

Theary Seng, a Cambodian-American human rights attorney wrongfully detained in Cambodia, has started a hunger strike in anticipation of this week’s #ASEAN summit in Phnom Phen. (1/2)
https://t.co/fKMJEFahNB

[Michelle Fitzpatrick @michfitz09]

G7 disappoints with fossil fuel 'loophole' https://t.co/TxqjK9yHl4 via @FRANCE24

[Michelle Fitzpatrick @michfitz09]

Will Russia's war weaken the G7's climate commitments? The draft communique seen by AFP suggests it might. Final summit day today.
https://t.co/YFJuvOsDnh

[Rachel O'Brien @robr1]

Award News! Our video about coastal cities on the climate 'frontline' has won a Covering Climate Now prize - described by the judges as 'journalism of the highest quality' @AFP #CCNowAwards

https://t.co/V65FSUra0I

[The Local Germany @TheLocalGermany]

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her years-long policy of detente towards Moscow, saying she had "nothing to apologise for" even as the Ukraine war casts a pall on her legacy. https://t.co/G0B5MfAvvN

[Michelle Fitzpatrick @michfitz09]

"How do you somehow try to preserve the dignity of these victims who have been left shorn of it by the manner of their deaths?" A moving account by Danny Kemp on documenting the horrors of Bucha.

[Danny Kemp @dannyctkemp]

Bucha: a street filled with bodies. Wrote a piece for @AFP about what a team including 📷 @rschemidt, 🎥Nicolas Garcia and myself found in this small town outside Kyiv on April 2 after the Russian withdrawal https://t.co/6LQoOC0znz

[Michelle Fitzpatrick @michfitz09]

@tombarfield Sorry to hear that, one of our kids has just tested positive too so we're back in quasi lockdown here. Hope you feel better soon.

[Michelle Fitzpatrick @michfitz09]

German family minister quits over vacation during flood disaster https://t.co/yPaJBnAkFT via @TheLocalEurope Europe's news in English

[The Associated Press @AP]

AP journalists Mstyslav Chernov and Evgeniy Maloletka arrived in Mariupol before dawn on Feb. 24. By the time they left nearly three weeks later, the once-thriving seaport lay in ruins.

This is their story. https://t.co/YyVwuVA354

[Michelle Fitzpatrick @michfitz09]

Syrian doctor in German torture trial 'felt sorry' for detainees https://t.co/ghN0erMfQY

[Richard Carter @rdcParisAFP]

An AFP team was attacked and suffered death threats while covering a demo today in Paris against vaccine passports. AFP has firmly condemned this attack on journalists doing their job to report news to the world.

[Michelle Fitzpatrick @michfitz09]

@laurencro Congrats Lauren, I know the timing sucks but I wish you lots of wonderful, unforgettable moments along the way. There's nothing quite so magical as having your first baby.

[O. Johnstoni  @einfach_machen3]

“Seit fast zwei Jahren tun Familien ihr Möglichstes, um ihre Kinder und die Gesellschaft zu schützen, und als Ergebnis werden diese Kinder jetzt den Tausenderinzidenzen überlassen […]. Es gibt keinen Plan, nicht mal mehr einen Versuch, sie zu schützen.” https://t.co/R5NjUbmitm

[Deborah Cole @doberah]

New German govt partners Free Democrats are using a broccoli emoji for weed (to be legalized under new coalition) and we are here for it