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France considers envoy to explain Macron’s ideas to Muslim states
Move comes amid backlash over president’s views on secularism and freedom of expression
France is looking at appointing a special envoy to explain Emmanuel Macron’s thinking on secularism and freedom of expression in a bid to quell the anti-French backlash growing in…
- Patrick Wintour
- The Guardian
The growth in anti-French sentiment also has the potential to deepen the already entrenched conflict between Macron and Turkey over Libya and oil exploration in the eastern…
Macron has already conducted one lengthy interview on Al Jazeera Arabic seeking to justify his approach, but has so far only received full…