In person(s)

An International City of the French Language in Villers-Cotterêts: what for?

Audio 29:00

Villers-Cotterêts Castle © Benjamin Gavaudo / National Monuments Center

By: Pascal Paradou

1 min

On the occasion of the partial opening of the Cité Internationale de la langue Française. Villers-Cotterets Castle.

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This project was launched in 2018 on the initiative of President Emmanuel Macron who wants to make it a high place for the influence of the French language and the Francophonie through multidisciplinary spaces. 

Guests:

Valérie Senghor

, Deputy Director General of the

Center des Monuments Nationaux

and

Xavier North

, Principal Commissioner of the permanent course on the French language deployed at the Château de Villers Cotterêts, former General Delegate for the French language as well as

Annie Picard,

Principal of

the European School of Villers-Cotterets

Also with on-site reporting by Isabelle Chenu. 

And the column "It's class!"

by Déborah GROS, educational project manager at

RFI Savoirs 

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