Emmanuel Macron will travel to Canada for the second time next Wednesday, to “relaunch the strategic partnership” between the two allied countries with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Ten days before the Francophonie summit organized by France, he will go Thursday, after Ottawa, to Montreal, where he will also meet Quebec Prime Minister François Legault.
“Several announcements are planned for this occasion to relaunch the Francophonie in Canada, in conjunction with the provinces and the federal government, but above all with the desire to carry a new ambition which is to seek new models, particularly in the form of private financing,” said a presidential advisor, without further details.
UN General Assembly
The French head of state will travel to the UN General Assembly in New York next week, where he will meet with leaders from the Middle East, before a visit to Canada, with a stop in Quebec, to advocate a “revival of the Francophonie”, the Élysée announced on Thursday.
Two years after his previous speech at the prestigious United Nations podium, when he warned against the “fracture of the world”, the French president will once again attend the major annual diplomatic event at a time when it is necessary to “recreate points of convergence” within the international community, his entourage explained to the press.
Especially since the context “has undoubtedly worsened further”: in addition to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the world is shaken by the war in Gaza. “The international community is very strongly fractured around these two subjects,” explained the presidency.
Expected in New York on Tuesday, he will give his speech on Wednesday.
He will also participate in several events, including a summit on democracy hosted by Brazilian President Lula, and a meeting to take stock of his “Paris Pact for People and Planet,” launched in 2023 to reform international financial institutions and better reconcile the fight against poverty and the fight against global warming.
Above all, Emmanuel Macron “will be able to meet leaders, particularly from the Middle East”, at a time when the region threatens to sink into escalation, according to the Élysée, which did not provide any specific appointments. A meeting with the new Iranian president Massoud Pezeshkian was planned but has not yet been confirmed.