Macron to turn out to be first French president in additional than 45 years to go to New Orleans

French President Emmanuel Macron will go to New Orleans subsequent week throughout his transient journey to america, changing into the primary French president to journey to the once-French metropolis in additional than 45 years.

Macron is simply the third French president to go to the previous colony of Louisiana, after Charles de Gaulle in 1941 and Valéry Giscard d’Estaing in 1976, in keeping with the French newspaper Le Figaro.

He’ll meet with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) to debate local weather points and is reportedly set to announce a fund to assist French language schooling in American colleges, per Le Figaro.

Macron can even take a tour of New Orleans’s well-known French Quarter.

His first two days within the U.S. will spent in Washington, assembly with President Biden, Vice President Harris and different prime officers.

Macron final paid a go to to the U.S. in 2018 throughout former President Trump’s administration.