The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, will be visiting New Orleans with his wife, France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron, on Dec. 2.
President Macron will begin his visit in Jackson Square, where he will be welcomed by Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
After that he will take a walk through the French Quarter before a meeting at the Historic New Orleans Collection, where he will discuss climate change issues with Gov. John Bel Edwards.
That meeting will be followed by the signing of a memorandum of understanding that will create a position on the Governor’s Climate Initiatives Task Force for a French expert in the energy transition.
President Macron will also affirm his commitment to the French language and culture at the New Orleans Museum of Art by announcing the creation of the Fund for the French Language, which will support the teaching of French in American schools.
