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Added on the 18/03/2013 00:00:00 - Copyright : L'Est Républicain
Vous les avez interrogés en vidéo, ils vous répondent face à notre caméra. Le Républicain Lorrain a rencontré, pour ses lecteurs, les candidats des treize listes à ces Régionales.Retrouvez l'intervention de Patrice Lefeuvre (Lorraine générations solidaires).
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes his Beninese counterpart Patrice Talon to the Elysee Palace for a working lunch. The discussion was to focus on "a follow-up to the visit to Benin last July, notably support for professional training, the strengthening of economic ties, cultural cooperation projects and support for the Beninese armed forces in terms of equipment". IMAGES
Patrice Talon welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron to the Marina Palace in Cotonou. The two men will have a tête-à-tête and then visit the cultural works recently returned by France, having been stolen by the colonial regime. IMAGES
After Cameroon, Emmanuel Macron arrives in Cotonou, Benin to meet his Beninese counterpart, Patrice Talon. The meeting will continue with a visit to an exhibition on Beninese art through the ages. A highly symbolic exhibition after the restitution of bronzes to Benin dating from the 16th to 18th centuries that were stolen by various colonial powers. Emmanuel Macron will end his first African tour since his re-election in Guinea-Bissau. Several French left-wing MPs have also alerted Emmanuel Macron to the "authoritarian excesses" in Benin and the "alarming" situation of political prisoners. IMAGES
The coffin containing the remains of former Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba arrives at a burial ceremony in Kinshasa on the 62nd anniversary of the country's independence. The ceremony marks the end of a nine-day pilgrimage that has retraced the highlights of Patrice Lumumba's life in the Democratic Republic of Congo. IMAGES
Benin President Patrice Talon votes in elections almost certain to hand him a second term in office. A cotton tycoon first elected to lead the West African nation in 2016, Talon faces two little-known rivals, as more serious contenders have been exiled or barred from running. IMAGES