The 2024 Francophonie summit will be held in Villers-Cotterêts, announces Emmanuel Macron


Europe 1 with AFP

President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that the 2024 Francophonie summit will be held in France for the first time in more than 30 years, at the Château de Villers-Cotterêts, headquarters of the future Cité internationale de la langue française. It is here that François I had instituted the use of French in administrative acts, in 1539.

The 2024 Francophonie summit will be held in France for the first time in more than 30 years, at the Château de Villers-Cotterêts, headquarters of the future Cité internationale de la langue française, Emmanuel Macron told TV5 Monde. “The summit of heads of state and government (of the Francophonie, editor’s note) will be held in 2024 in Villers-Cotterêts” in Aisne, said the French president in an interview broadcast on Sunday by the French-speaking channel. “There is no more beautiful place for the French language to tell its odyssey and build its future”, according to him.

“A highlight for French-speaking creators”

Very degraded, the royal residence, where François I instituted the use of French in administrative acts in 1539, is being renovated to accommodate the Cité internationale de la langue française, a project of several tens of millions of euros particularly followed by Emmanuel Macron. The singer Yseult will be the godmother of the 2024 edition. “I want this to be a very strong time for French-speaking creators and creators, pleaded the Head of State.

France has not hosted a Francophonie summit since 1991, five years after the first meeting of this type in Versailles under the leadership of François Mitterrand. After two consecutive postponements, the 18th edition is being held this weekend on the island of Djerba in Tunisia, the leaders aiming to see the bloc play an “increased role” internationally.

Present on Saturday in Djerba, Emmanuel Macron advocated a “Francophonie of action”, acknowledging that the use of the French language had declined in recent decades in the Maghreb countries.



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