Exclusive: Emmanuel Macron interview on FRANCE 24, Tuesday May 12 at 9pm
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“French President Emmanuel Macron will answer questions from FRANCE 24, RFI and TV5Monde journalists in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.”
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Multiple web search results from France 24 and Euronews confirm that President Macron is in Nairobi for the Africa Forward Summit and will be interviewed by journalists from France 24, RFI, and TV5Monde.
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— The National Rally (French: Rassemblement national [ʁasɑ̃bləmɑ̃ nɑsjɔnal], RN), known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018 (French: Front national, [fʁɔ̃ nɑsjɔnal], FN), is a French far-right polit…
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— The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; French for "International Organisation of the Francophonie"; sometimes shortened to La Francophonie, French: La Francophonie [la fʁɑ̃kɔfɔni], s…
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“Watch the interview on FRANCE 24 on Tuesday, May 12, at 9pm (Paris time).”
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The specific broadcast time (Tuesday, May 12, at 9pm Paris time) is explicitly stated in official France 24 announcements provided in the web search results.
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— Presidential elections were held in France on 23 April and 7 May 2017. Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party (PS) was eligible to run for a second term, but declared on 1 Decemb…
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— A series of protests began in France on 19 January 2023 with a demonstration of over one million people nationwide, organised by opponents of the pension reform bill proposed by the Borne government t…
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— Emmanuel Macron, the 25th president of France, positions himself as a liberal and a centrist. When he launched his party En Marche in April 2016, he said that it was "neither right nor left". By March…
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“Around thirty African heads of state and government, along with more than 3,000 delegates, are gathering in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on May 11 and 12 for the Africa Forward Summit at the invitation of France and Kenya.”
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Multiple sources (Tuko.co.ke, Euronews, and other web search results) confirm the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi on May 11-12, co-hosted by France and Kenya, with approximately 30 African heads of state and thousands of delegates.
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— The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in Kenya, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.
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— The Earth Summits are decennial meetings of world leaders, organized since 1972 with help of the United Nations, to help defining ways to stimulate sustainable development at the global level. The ai…
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— This is a list of international presidential trips made by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the sixth and current president of the Arab Republic of Egypt since 8 June 2014.
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“Macron announces €23 billion investment in Africa at Kenya summit”
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The claim of a €23 billion investment is confirmed by a cross-reference and multiple independent web search results, including RFI and other news reports.
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— This is a list of international presidential trips made by Emmanuel Macron, the 25th and current President of France. As of May 2026, Emmanuel Macron has made 335 presidential trips to 99 states inter…
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— The 52nd G7 Summit is a scheduled annual summit to be held on 15–17 June 2026 in Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France. This will mark the second time Évian-les-Bains hosts a G7 summit, having previou…
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— Emmanuel is a name and surname, which is a romanization of Immanuel. Notable prople with the name include:
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“Macron will be interviewed by Stéphane Ballong (FRANCE 24), Mounia Daoudi (RFI), and Nidhya Paliakara (TV5Monde).”
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France 24 explicitly names Stéphane Ballong, Mounia Daoudi, and Nidhya Paliakara as the journalists conducting the interview in Nairobi.
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— Macron will be interviewed by Stéphane Ballong (FRANCE 24), Mounia Daoudi (RFI), and Nidhya Paliakara (TV5Monde). FRANCE 24's English channel will broadcast a version of the interview dubbed into Engl…
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— On the occasion of the Paris Summit Global Finance, the French President, Emmanuel Macron will speak with Stephane Ballong (France 24), Mounia Daoudi (RFI) and Marc Fauvelle (franceinfo).
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“FRANCE 24's English channel will broadcast a version of the interview dubbed into English.”
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France 24's official announcement explicitly states that its English channel will broadcast a dubbed version of the interview.
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