In the spotlight: Emmanuel Macron talks to Africa
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French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace in Pretoria, South Africa, May 28, 2021 © Pierre Firtion / RFI
By: Sébastien Duhamel
11 mins
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"
Immigration, terrorism, colonization ... Macron's confidences in Africa
", river interview granted to the
JDD
by the French president on the sidelines of his trip this week to Rwanda and South Africa. “
Emmanuel Macron takes stock of his African policy. He insists in particular on the migratory consequences for Europe of a collective failure to reinvest massively in Africa ",
writes the
JDD
... He"
calls on Europe to erase part of the African debt
".
Emmanuel Macron also sends some well-felt messages, which have the merit of being clear.
On the military level already, he affirms that France would withdraw its troops from Operation Barkhane if Mali went "
in the direction
" of radical Islamism.
We must anyway think "
of the exit
", insists the Head of State, who recalls having precisely proposed an exit path during the G5 Sahel summit in Pau, in January 2020.
Political messages
In the columns of the
JDD
therefore, the French head of state says he "
passed the message
" to the leaders of West Africa: he "
would not remain alongside a country where there is no longer any democratic legitimacy or transition ”
. We inevitably think of Mali, the scene of a second coup d'état in nine months, seen as unacceptable by Paris and the European Union.
For the French president, another issue on which things are clear: Chad. "
We come to the aid and support of a sovereign state so that it is not destabilized or invaded by rebel and armed groups." But we are asking for transition and political inclusiveness
, "he assures us. We know that he had been sharply criticized for having attended Idriss Déby's funeral and, on the occasion of this trip elsewhere, Emmanuel Macron says he had a long exchange with Mahamat Déby, the son of the marshal who took Succession. And during the G5 Sahel that followed, affirms Emmanuel Macron, “
with the other heads of state, we went to see him to ask him for this political opening with the support of the African Union.
".
In short, move around, there is nothing to see.
Communication assured for Emmanuel Macron, messages well passed.
Far right, imminent danger
However, during this time in France: extreme right, imminent danger.
By dint of devoting Unes and dossiers to it - by dint of probably, for us to talk about it - perhaps that will end well. "
The extreme trivialization, How Marine Le Pen approaches power,
" warns the
OBS
. One year now from the presidential election, the magazine notes that the heiress of the extreme right is now an "
invariant of French policy
", and above all she "
has never seemed so close to conquering power
". Everything is here. Today, the "
republican front
" which
stood in the way has flown
. The porosity with the electorate of the Republicans is apparently real, in particular the "
retirement savings
"On which the RN has views tells us The Obs, and who are already convinced in terms of"
security and immigration
".
The National Rally largely benefits from the weaknesses of the rest of the political class.
Marianne
also
gives
us some keys to success. “
Secularism, republic, Protectionism, security, immigration, localism… All these subjects that they left to the RN
”. "
The left and the right
, believes
Marianne
,
have left entire sections of the political field to the National Assembly, thus eliminating any democratic debate
." The two magazines are in any case in agreement: this outcome, possibly fatal next year, is also the fruit of Emmanuel Macron's political strategy. In
L'Obs
, the words of a political scientist: "
When MLP is designated as the first opponent, it is the principle of alternation that is reactivated.
So the question is this
,
if it is no longer Emmanuel Macron's turn, is it Marine Le Pen's turn?
".
Because this is where everything could be played out, laments
L'Obs
, knowing which of the two will be "
less hated
".
Lots of smart people in France?
And to decide, we can be reassured, there are a lot of intelligent people in France.
Above all, there are many people who believe themselves to be very intelligent, even gifted,
L'Express
tells us
. For ten years now, the phenomenon of HPI, the high intellectual potential, "
fascinates
" more and more the French, who believe they are. But it is not necessarily their fault. "
While only 2.5% of the population has an intelligence quotient greater than or equal to 130, consultations on this subject are exploding
." It's a business, as Michelle, a psychologist from the 15th arrondissement of Paris, recognizes: “
Like many of my colleagues, I got into it because I knew there was money to be made”
.
A "
juicy market
" which can attract "
charlatans
", warns
L'Express
. Or at least people with particular profiles, shall we say. The magazine presents Raymonde Hazan, “
self-proclaimed gifted psychoanalyst
”. “
The only thing you can open all doors with as a gifted person is the key to the heart,
” she tells us. And this key to the heart inevitably has a price. “
On its web page
, reports
L'Express
,
Raymonde offers high potential detection by telephone (120 euros for 45 minutes). One hour and a half of video to live well your
"giftedness"
(349 euros). "
She even launched her academy in Normandy a few years ago.
If you're interested, it would cost 3,500 euros for six days.
"
A rate not confirmed by Raymonde Hazan, who refuses to talk about his training to
" normo-thinking ",
"
laments
L'Express
.
Like the journalists who contacted her, we are probably not smart enough to understand Raymonde ...
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