During a televised speech devoted to the fight against the coronavirus, Emmanuel Macron declared that France and Europe were going to have to help Africa to fight against the epidemic, by "massively canceling its debt".

France and Europe will have to help Africa to fight against the coronavirus by "massively canceling its debt," said President Emmanuel Macron on Monday.

Beyond a European "refoundation", "we must also know how to help our neighbors in Africa to fight against the virus more effectively, also to help them economically by massively canceling their debt" declared Emmanuel Macron from the Élysée in a new television address dedicated to the fight against the global epidemic of Covid-19.