{"id":381094,"date":"2018-10-15T17:38:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-macron-says-the-epicenter-of-the-french-language-is-now-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2018-10-15T17:38:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:38:54","slug":"prison-planet-com-macron-says-the-epicenter-of-the-french-language-is-now-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-macron-says-the-epicenter-of-the-french-language-is-now-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Macron Says the \u201cEpicenter\u201d of the French Language is Now in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p>French President makes more bizarre comments on national identity<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Joseph Watson<\/strong><br \/>PrisonPlanet.com<br \/>October 15, 2018 <!-- NO_ADS_IN_ARTICLE --><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/110517macron1.jpg\" alt=\"null\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>During a visit to Armenia, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the \u201cepicenter\u201d of the French language is now not in Paris, but in Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe French language does not belong to any of us but belongs to everyone. She emancipated herself from her bond with the French nation to welcome all imaginaries,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/langue-francaise\/francophonie\/2018\/10\/11\/37006-20181011ARTFIG00140-pour-emmanuel-macron-le-francais-s-est-emancipe-de-son-lien-avec-la-nation-francaise.php\">said Macron<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Asserting that the French language was being \u201cenriched with new meanings\u201d thanks to \u201cthe youth in Africa,\u201d Macron claimed that Paris or France could no longer be viewed as being at the root of the French language. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I speak French, I speak our French languages. Its epicenter is neither on the right nor on the left of the Seine. It is probably in the Congo Basin or somewhere in the region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that Macron has made comments that have antagonized critics of mass immigration who feel that the French identity is slipping away.<\/p>\n<p>During a trip to Denmark back in August, Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/08\/30\/macron-denmark-true-dane-frenchman\/\">asserted<\/a> that \u201ctrue\u201d Frenchmen and Danes \u201cdo not exist\u201d and that everyone is now a \u201cEuropean\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the former investment banker also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/04\/17\/macron-europe-migration-destiny-africa\/\">insisted<\/a> that \u201cunprecedented\u201d mass migration was Europe\u2019s \u201cdestiny,\u201d citing a book by American journalist and professor Stephen Smith, who estimates that the number of Africans living in Europe will grow from nine million to between 150 million and 200 million within the next 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Macron\u2019s globalist rhetoric hasn\u2019t done much for his approval ratings, which have been hovering at around 29 per cent \u2013 an all time low.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/56b_rmUHUg4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUBSCRIBE<\/strong> on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p>Follow on Twitter: <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPlanet\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @PrisonPlanet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paul.j.watson.71\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paul.j.watson.71<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">*********************<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Paul Joseph Watson is the editor at large of <a href=\"http:\/\/infowars.com\/\">Infowars.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/prisonplanet.com\/\">Prison Planet.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333;...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/macron-says-the-epicenter-of-the-french-language-is-now-in-africa.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President makes more bizarre comments on national identity Paul Joseph WatsonPrisonPlanet.comOctober 15, 2018 During a visit to Armenia, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the \u201cepicenter\u201d of the French language is now not in Paris, but in Africa. \u201cThe French language does not belong to any of us but belongs to everyone. 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