Before his tour in Central Africa, Emmanuel Macron sets the course for his African policy

In the speech he is to deliver on Monday February 27, Emmanuel Macron will exhibit ” its priorities and its 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 and Blood et the Burkina Fasowhere she was engaged in joint counter-terrorism actions.

« The philosophy of this change is to cooperate differently, not to put more or fewer men “, specifies an adviser to the president to AFP. ” We are entering a cycle where we are going to work in the second curtain “, he adds.

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This speech from the Élysée comes after that of Ouagadougou in November 2017in which Emmanuel Macron had developed the principles he intended to promote during his first five-year term in France’s African policy.

This speech aims to set the course for his second term. It comes in a context where, on the continent, France’s links with its former colonies are provoking more and more debate among young people anxious to invent a new type of international relations.

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