Macron sets the course for his African policy
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- 28 Feb 2023
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French President Emmanuel Macron presents, from the Elysée, this Monday, February 27, a new speech on the orientations of his African policy in the years to come. It comes just before the start of a tour by the French president to four Central African countries: Gabon, Angola, Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In a speech, he will set out "his priorities and his method for deepening the partnership between France, Europe and the African continent", explains the Elysée. He will also indicate how Paris envisages the evolution of its military presence on the continent, while the French army had to leave Mali and Burkina Faso, where it was engaged in joint actions to fight against terrorism.
"The philosophy of this change is to cooperate differently, not to put more or fewer men," said an adviser to the president to AFP. “We are entering a cycle where we are going to work in the second curtain,” he adds.
This speech from the Élysée comes after that of Ouagadougou in November 2017, in which Emmanuel Macron had developed the principles he intended to promote during his first five-year term in France's African policy. Read More…
