The Head of State has promised “an increased effort from France in terms of training and equipment”.
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The French president announced, on Monday, February 27, on the eve of an African tour, a next “visible decrease” of French military workforce in Africa and a “new partnership model” involving a “rise” Africans.
“Transformation will start in the coming months with a visible decrease in our workforce and a rise in power in these bases of our African partners,” said the head of state, promising “an increased effort from France in training and equipment material “.
“Tomorrow our presence will be part of bases, schools, academies that will be co-managed, operating with French staff which will remain but at lower levels and with African staff and which can accommodate ( …) Other partners “, he detailed.
a” framework law “on works of art
During his speech at the Elysée, Emmanuel Macron also announced “a framework law” to “carry out new restitutions” of works of art “for the benefit of African countries that ask for it”.
This law “will be proposed in the coming weeks by the Minister of Culture to our Parliament” and “will make it possible to set the methodology and the criteria to proceed” to these restitutions, “based on a cultural and scientific partnership to welcome and Keep these works, “continued the French head of state, explaining to wish” that this approach can be part of a broader dynamic and also a European dynamic “.