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President Emmanuel Macron met 300 young entrepreneurs in Lagos, Nigeria. He notably detailed his vision to cope with the migrant crisis.
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Africa and Europe to build "win-win solutions", particularly on the issue of migrants, addressing Wednesday 300 young entrepreneurs on the second day of his visit to Nigeria
Affirming that the two continents had "a common destiny", Mr. Macron detailed his vision of the "migrant crisis" that is currently shaking the European Union and to be settled "in the long term" in Africa
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"We must Resist short-term emotions (…) and work with African governments, "said Emmanuel Macron, who was speaking at a large hotel in Lagos.
" The sustainable answer is to build a better future "in African countries, such as Senegal, in Ivory Coast or Nigeria, where young people leave because of "economic opportunities", according to him. "Europe can not accept them, at least all of them", while "we need Africans to succeed in Africa"
The need to control demography
The President reaffirmed the need to control demography in countries where women "have seven, eight children", and to fight against "smugglers", who "have close links with terrorists" active in the Sahel.
By standing up, microphone in hand, questions of young active, Emmanuel Macron has reproduced one of his favorite exercises abroad, tested in Ouagadougou and reproduced in New Delhi, Washington or Aachen.
In the morning , he inaugurated the French Alliance of Lagos, housed in a renovated colonial villa and made available by Mike Adenuga, a Nigerian billionaire who made his fortune in oil, telecommunications and services.
The network of Alliances françaises, which includes 83 2 schools for more than 500,000 students, "allows to thrill French culture around the world," greeted the president.
In Nigeria, a country of 180 million inhabitants surrounded by French-speaking neighbors, "the place of French is ridiculous compared to what it should be. The potential is enormous, "said Charles Courdent, director of the French Alliance in Lagos.
Emmanuel Macron then spoke with the famous Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, including the community conflicts in his country, the jihadist group Boko Haram and cultural exchanges between Africa and Europe
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