French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to travel to New Orleans on Friday, Dec. 2.
This will be the first visit to the city by a French president in 46 years.
According to French press Macron plans to tour the French Quarter and meet with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards to discuss climate issues and to announce a fund to support French language education in American schools.
Macron’s visit will be just the third by a French president to its former colony of New Orleans.
Macron’s Louisiana visit will be at the end of his first state visit to the United States since 2018. Macron first will spend two days in Washington DC, meeting with President Joe Biden and being honored with a state dinner at the White House. Macron is expected to arrive in Washington on Wednesday. He is expected to arrive in New Orleans on Friday and then return to France later Friday evening.
