“Young people and women are the priorities of the Francophonie”

2023-11-05 17:33:38

By Yves Thréard

Published 22 minutes ago, Updated 22 minutes ago

Louise Mushikiwabo. Firas Abdullah /ABACA for Le Figaro

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Of Rwandan nationality, the secretary general of the International Organization of the Francophonie affirms her opposition to inclusive writing and deciphers the reasons for the political crisis as well as the anti-French sentiment which is currently shaking Africa.

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs under Rwandan President Paul Kagamé, Louise Mushikiwabo was elected head of the International Organization of the Francophonie in 2018, and re-elected in 2022. Next October, she will host the OIF summit – which will take place will be held for the first time in France since 1991 – in Villers-Cotterêts. Without detour, it analyzes the contrasting evolution of the use of the French language in the world and details the other missions, of a much more social and humanitarian nature, which are assigned to it, in a French-speaking space in the midst of a political crisis and cultural change. .

LE FIGARO. – On October 30, you attended the inauguration of the Cité internationale de la langue française in the Château de Villers-Cotterêts, north of Paris. Do you approve of this initiative from Emmanuel Macron?

Louise MUSHIKIWABO. – It was a magnificent event, very well organized. I appreciated that the International Organization of the Francophonie was associated with the…

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