- Title: Macrons attend dinner and dancing in Abidjan
- Date: 21st December 2019
- Summary: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST (DECEMBER 21, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND IVORY COAST PRESIDENT ALASSANE OUATTARA WALKING IN TO DINING ROOM TOGETHER/ GUESTS APPLAUDING MACRON'S WIFE BRIGITTE (LEFT) WALKING IN TO ROOM WITH OUATTARA'S WIFE DOMINIQUE VIP GUESTS SITTING DOWN AT DINING TABLE MACRON TALKING TO OUATTARA'S WIFE OUATTARA SITTING NEXT TO BRIGITTE MACRON DANCERS AND ACROBATS PERFORMING ON STAGE INFRONT OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF MACRON AND OUATTARA
- Embargoed: 4th January 2020 21:52
- Keywords: Alassane Ouattara Brigitte Macron Dominique Ouattara Emmanuel Macron French President Ivory Coast's President
- Location: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
- City: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
- Country: Ivory Coast
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001BAX4CAV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:France's President Emmanuel Macron and Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara attended a gala dinner on Saturday (December 21) in the country's main city Abidja as part of Macron's two-day visit.
The two leaders were joined by their wives France's First Lady Brigitte Macron and Lady Dominique Ouattara.
The dinner came after West Africa's monetary union agreed with France to rename its CFA franc the Eco and cut some of the financial links with Paris that have underpinned the region's common currency since its creation soon World War Two.
Under the deal, the Eco will remain pegged to the euro but the African countries in the bloc won't have to keep 50% of their reserves in the French Treasury and there will no longer be a French representative on the currency union's board.
Critics of the CFA have long seen it as a relic from colonial times while proponents of the currency say it has provided financial stability in a sometimes turbulent region.
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