Before his tour in Central Africa, Emmanuel Macron sets the course for his African policy
French President Emmanuel Macron speaking from the Élysée Palace in Paris, January 22, 2023. AP - Benoit Tessier
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French President Emmanuel Macron will present, from the Elysee Palace on 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.
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In the speech he is due to hold on Monday February 27,
Emmanuel Macron
will set out "
his priorities and his method to deepen 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 combat 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.
► To read also: Emmanuel Macron in March in Gabon, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville and the DRC
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.
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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