This will be the second state visit to the United States for Emmanuel Macron. The first time was at the invitation of Donald Trump in 2018, with some unforgettable embarrassing moments!
The 29 November :
– Arrival of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron; private party.
November 30 :
– Meeting with the media.
– Bilateral cooperation meeting in the space field, in the presence of Kamala Harris (vice-president).
– Lunch with the biodiversity caucus of the Congress.
– Visit to Arlington Military Cemetery (next to Washington) with ringing for the dead and laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Emmanuel Macron will also recall the memory of Pierre-Charles L’Enfant, the French urban planner who created the initial plan of the city of Washington.
– Meeting devoted to cooperation in the nuclear field.
– Meeting with the French community residing in the Washington DC region
– Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron’s private dinner with Joe and Jill Biden.
December 1:
– Reception at 9 a.m. at the White House in the presence of many guests.
– Conversation between the presidents in the Oval Office.
– Press conference.
– Visit to the State Department and lunch with Vice-President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (who is French-speaking).
– Meetings at the Capitol with the leaders of the two chambers and the two parties, but also of the friendship caucus with France.
– State dinner at the White House with the presence of several hundred people, including French and American personalities.
December 2 in New Orleans
Emmanuel Macron had not been able to travel in 2018 for the 300th anniversary of the city founded by the Frenchman Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. This time he is going, becoming the third French president in history to visit the capital of Louisiana, Charles de Gaulle in 1960 and Valéry Giscard d’Estaing in 1976.
Emmanuel Macron will announce the creation of a Fund for the French language, to support language learning in schools in the United States. He will discuss the climate with the governor of Louisiana, a State particularly sensitive to climate change (threatened by the rise of the oceans, especially when the hurricanes arrive, but also by the floods of the Mississippi…).
Culture and music will also be on the program during a “wandering” which promises to be historic in the French Quarter of the city!
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