Youth, mobility, university exchanges: a "Summit of the two shores" to be held in Marseille in 2019

Noting that education, culture and knowledge, "placed back at the heart of France's international cooperation policy," constitute a "universal good", the President announced in particular "theorganization of a Summit of the two shores, which would be built on the current 5+5 dialogue, but in an even more inclusive way, with a strong contribution from civil society".

Ten years after the creation of the Union for the Mediterranean, Emmanuel Macron believes that we need to " rediscover the thread of a different Mediterranean policy, drawing all the lessons from what we have achieved and what we have sometimes failed to achieve. ussi and what we have sometimes failed to achieve, by involving all civil societies, butby recasting a more inclusive Mediterranean policy, which is also undoubtedly one of the conditions for the reconsolidation of the Maghreb".

And the President announced that " to talk about youth, mobility, energy and university exchanges, this policy is indispensable. In the coming months, we will be preparing this Summit, which will be held in Marseille in early summer 2019".

At the same time, the President wishes "more than ever, to promote our culture and our language ", and assures us that "we have moved away from a defensive vision of the language to finally promote an offensive and uncomplicated policy of promoting French".we have moved away from a defensive vision of the language to finally promote anoffensive and uninhibited policy for the promotion of French".It is against this backdrop that the Head of State has "called foran in-depth review of French education abroad, basedon the report by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Based on the report I have requested from the government, a reform will be announced this autumn".