{"id":953284,"date":"2026-05-11T19:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/953284\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:53:24","slug":"exclusive-emmanuel-macron-interview-on-france-24-tuesday-may-12-at-9pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/953284\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Emmanuel Macron interview on FRANCE 24, Tuesday May 12 at 9pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:France 24;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img alt=\"France 24\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Mon, 11 May 2026 at 6:40 pm UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_france_24_en_articles_749\/d06cfa8aa1d85ea05f8df4668f92d7e2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron will answer questions from journalists from FRANCE 24, RFI, and TV5Monde.<\/p>\n<p> (\u00a9 Graphic Studio FMM)<\/p>\n<p>Around thirty African heads of state and government, along with more than 3,000 delegates, are gathering in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on May 11 and 12 for <a data-ylk=\"slk:the Africa Forward Summit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/africa\/20260511-macron-opens-africa-summit-in-kenya-with-push-for-new-france-africa-partnership\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the Africa Forward Summit<\/a>\u00a0at the invitation of <a data-ylk=\"slk:France;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/france\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a> and <a data-ylk=\"slk:Kenya;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/kenya\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Kenya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The gathering is meant to showcase France\u2019s new policy for the continent \u2013\u00a0a shift from a former colonial power seen as dominating, to what Paris describes as a partnership of equals.<\/p>\n<p>But with one year remaining in Macron\u2019s second term, what assessment can be made of his Africa policy \u2014 and what legacy will he leave to his successor?<\/p>\n<p>Read more<a data-ylk=\"slk:Macron announces \u20ac23 billion investment in Africa at Kenya summit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/africa\/20260511-macron-announces-23-billion-euro-investment-in-africa-at-kenya-summit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Macron announces \u20ac23 billion investment in Africa at Kenya summit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Has he achieved his goal of strategically repositioning of France in Africa? What new forms of cooperation have emerged? How have France\u2019s relations with African states evolved? And what challenges lie ahead?<\/p>\n<p>Macron will be interviewed by St\u00e9phane Ballong (FRANCE 24), Mounia Daoudi (RFI), and Nidhya Paliakara (TV5Monde).<\/p>\n<p>FRANCE 24&#8217;s English channel will broadcast a version of the interview dubbed into English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, 11 May 2026 at 6:40 pm UTC French President Emmanuel Macron will answer questions from journalists from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[266040,2000,299,36,66065],"class_list":{"0":"post-953284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-african-states","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-heads-of-state-and-government"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116557698008653455","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}