Gabon – Emmanuel Macron assured that the era of “Françafrique” was “over”. While some are worried, and even regret France’s loss of influence on the continent, the President of the Republic assured that France is now a “neutral interlocutor” there.
On Monday, he presented the future of French policy in Africa from Paris. This Thursday, March 2, during a four-day trip to Africa, Emmanuel Macron clarified certain points of his thoughts from Libreville, Gabon.
The French president claimed that the era of “Françafrique” was “over” and that France was now a “neutral interlocutor” on the continent. “This age of Françafrique is over and I sometimes have the feeling that mentalities are not evolving at the same pace as us when I read, I hear, I see that France is still attributed intentions that she doesn’t have, that she no longer has,” he said to the French community.