Coming to Lousiane to conclude his American tour with the presentation of a French learning program, the Head of State spoke with the new boss of Twitter.
by Claire Gatinois (New Orleans (United States), Special Envoy) and Philippe Ricard (New Orleans (United States), Special Envoy)
In 2018, Emmanuel Macron had to, death in the soul, decline the invitation. Since then, the idea has trotted him in his head. The French president therefore took the time to conclude, Friday, December 2, his American tour on Friday, December 2 by a detour to New Orleans, two hours by plane from Washington. The day after the state dinner organized in his honor at the White House by his “friend” Joe Biden, the Head of State was able to savor the hospitality of the Cajuns.
In shirt arm, sketching a dance step on the air gospel of when the saints go Marching in, played by a street orchestra in the French district, alongside the mayor, Latoya Cantrell, Emmanuel Macron left far away From him the Parisian tumult and the affairs that pollute his mandate. “How is it going in France?” Asks her an expatriate in French. “Super”, answers the president immediately.
Admittedly, the reception is far from the one who was reserved for General de Gaulle who, in 1960, had mobilized some 300,000 people in the old possession. But the Vivats, the Selfies, the “we love you” launched from the wrought iron balconies were enough to erase the frictions which punctuated the passage of Emmanuel Macron to Washington and the exhaustion linked to a state visit carried out at No race. “People came to say thank you for being there,” said David Cheramie, a resident of the neighboring city, Lafayette, who dedicated his career to the promotion of French, the language that his parents were talking about at home.
In Washington, the head of state did not obtain all the advances he imagined. But on the banks of the Mississippi, he said he was satisfied with his trip. “The assessment is beyond what we could legitimately expect,” he said, denying any “friction or tension that would have justified any annoying whatsoever” with his American counterpart. “There was a speech of truth,” he rectified.
“Put France and Europe at the heart of the American agenda”
In the midst of the Louisiana Francophones, the Head of State arose as a defender of the interests of France and Europe. So yes, he “set foot in the dish”, as he concedes to evoke the subject’s concern, that of the “inflation reduction act”, this massive investment plan which promises subsidies and tax exemptions Made in America in order to accelerate the energy transition. A plan seen as a protectionist threat capable of weakening Europe by accelerating the relocations and deindustrialization of old continent.
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