> La Francophonie, a network of more than 80 countries where French is spoken – including 32 where it is an official language – is France’s post-colonial equivalent of the Commonwealth.

Macron's a shitty colonial imperialist. It's interesting though to read french news from a newspaper from another country. Well, hi goal is to increase frane's power by using the countries where french is spoken. And thus he needs to promote french.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/20/emmanuel-macron-campaign-french-speaking